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3 Times Nancy Mace Went Against Trump

Conservative talk show host: disgraceful Nancy Mace...Go away

On CNN This Morning on August 28, 2026, conservative radio host Jason Rantz (KTTH Seattle) tore apart Rep. Nancy Mace's proposal to bar naturalized citizens from serving in Congress, on the federal bench, or in the Cabinet. Host Audie Cornish, herself a naturalized citizen, asked Rantz point-blank: 'I want to ask, when will I be American?' Rantz refused to defend the resolution, said Mace 'does not represent the mainstream of Republicans or Americans on this particular topic at all,' and closed with a direct rebuke: 'This is a disgraceful bill by a disgraceful Nancy Mace, who's been rejected by Republicans. Go away!'

Nancy Mace Attacks the Girl Scouts: 'New Girl Scout Uniform Dropped'

On August 27, 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace posted about the Girl Scouts twice within six minutes: first re-posting the same niqab 'GIRL SCOUT TROOPS OFFER ISLAMIC FAITH PATCHES' meme comedian Rob Schneider had used, then an AI-generated image of a girl in a full Girl Scout uniform whose face is entirely covered by a green veil, captioned 'New Girl Scout uniform dropped.' Both followed a direct reply she had left two days earlier under Schneider's post, in which she wrote that the Girl Scouts were 'promoting the oppression of women with the Islam badge.' All of it grew out of a viral 'Islamization of Girl Scouts' claim that began with War Room co-host Natalie Winters on August 24 and spread through Laura Ingraham, Jack Posobiec, Laura Loomer and others. Girl Scouts of the USA called the claim misinformation and said the organization 'is not a religious organization and does not teach religion'; CAIR called the campaign 'manufactured outrage.' This dispatch shows every post as a screenshot, reproduces each verbatim with attribution, and adopts none of the speakers' characterizations.

Mace Won't Talk About Brian Musgrave, and He Isn't Even Under the Gag Order

A year ago this week, a federal judge ended Brian Musgrave's defamation case against Rep. Nancy Mace, not because her 'predator' accusation was found true, but because the court held she was immune. Eighteen months after she named the Fort Mill businessman from the House floor, there is still no criminal charge, no evidence produced, no retraction, and SLED has told him he is not a target. Musgrave was never a party to the case Mace is gagged in, and his own case is closed, so nothing bars her from answering for the accusation. She simply does not.

On CNN, Mace says Muslims should 'go back to that country' as her 'trojan horse' furor spirals

What began as a single August 7, 2026 post from Rep. Nancy Mace's official account, calling every Muslim public officeholder a 'trojan horse,' spread over 72 hours into a national story. On August 9, Mace defended the claim live on CNN Newsroom, where anchor Omar Jimenez read her the First Amendment and Article VI's ban on religious tests for office. Across the segment Mace said she did not want to hear the Muslim call to prayer 'five times a day in an American city,' warned that 'our granddaughters' would be 'wearing burkas to school,' and told Jimenez that Muslims should 'go back to that country of origin.' She closed by saying she would 'ban all immigrants from those countries.' Minutes later she posted the clip herself with the line 'Islam has no place in Western society.' This dispatch reproduces the exchange verbatim as transcribed by five outlets, embeds Jimenez's own posted video, and catalogs the reaction across the political spectrum.

Remember when Nancy Mace read a CNN guest's "kissy emoji" text into the congressional record?

A look back. On September 19, 2024, Rep. Nancy Mace used part of a House Oversight Committee hearing to enter into the official record a screenshot of a text she said Vanderbilt professor Michael Eric Dyson sent her after they clashed on CNN: "Shh don't tell anybody. We look good together," with a kissy emoji. Dyson denied hitting on her, said it was a joke, and called Mace "a bigot and racist." The clip is circulating again. In her own words and his, readers can judge.

On CNN's election-night board, anchors can't find Mace, John King places her 'at the bottom of the pack' as she finishes last in the GOP governor's primary

During CNN's June 9, 2026 coverage of the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, anchor Kaitlan Collins and data analyst John King could not initially locate Nancy Mace among the leading candidates on the results board. King scrolled to the bottom of the field to find her, calling Mace 'at the bottom of the pack.' Pamela Evette and Alan Wilson advanced to a June 23 runoff; Mace finished near the bottom of the major Republican field.

Nancy Mace accused the SC Attorney General of 'political hit job.' He says that's a 'categorical lie.'

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson appeared on CNN's 'The Source with Kaitlan Collins' the night after Rep. Nancy Mace's interview, flatly denying her claim that he orchestrated the airport police report. Wilson called Mace's accusation a 'categorical lie' and described her conduct as that of 'an entitled spoiled brat.'

Nancy Mace Tries Her Damndest To Deflect Responsibility For Her Wild Airport Tantrum

HuffPost covered Rep. Nancy Mace's CNN appearance with Kaitlan Collins, focusing on Mace's denial that she called officers an idiot and her partial admission that portions of the police report were 'falsified.' The piece noted Mace later contradicted herself on X, posting that she had in fact called one person an idiot before.

Mace tells CNN's Kaitlan Collins the airport police report was 'falsified'

On CNN's 'The Source with Kaitlan Collins' on Dec. 9, 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace called the airport police report '100% fictitious' and accused SC Attorney General Alan Wilson of orchestrating its contents, a claim Wilson rejected the following night.

Nancy Mace claims police report about airport incident was 'falsified'

CNN's Kaitlan Collins interviewed Rep. Nancy Mace on 'The Source,' pressing her on the airport police investigation findings. Mace called the report a 'political hit job' and claimed it was 'falsified,' attributing the report to a conspiracy involving South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.

New video of Rep. Nancy Mace's airport incident released

CNN's report airing the released Charleston International Airport surveillance footage of the October 30, 2025 escort encounter. The surveillance video is silent; the disputed verbal details come from the police report.

Exclusive: Man accused as 'predator' by Rep. Nancy Mace breaks his silence

In an exclusive interview with CNN national correspondent Randi Kaye, aired the evening of March 10, 2025 as a segment on 'Anderson Cooper 360°', Brian Musgrave, one of the four men Rep. Nancy Mace named in her House floor speech, denied her allegations on camera: 'Absolutely not. No, no.' Mace's allegations are contested and unproven; the dispute is the subject of ongoing civil litigation.

Asked on CNN to call Trump's "she turned Black" attack on Kamala Harris out of bounds, Mace says: "I didn't say it, and I would not say it"

On CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip on August 15, 2024, the panel pressed Rep. Nancy Mace again and again to simply say that Donald Trump's claim that Vice President Kamala Harris "turned Black" was out of bounds. Mace would not. "I didn't hear him say it," she said, then "I am not going to weigh in on her race," then "I didn't say it, and I would not say it." Host Abby Phillip: "This doesn't take that much courage, honestly, to just say that was out of bounds." In the same appearance Mace insisted she would say Harris's name "any way that I want to." The clip, posted by Acyn, was captioned "one of the most embarrassing moments I have ever seen from Nancy Mace."

Mace defies CNN panel on Harris name pronunciation: 'I will say Kamala's name any way that I want to'

On August 15, 2024, Mace repeatedly mispronounced Vice President Kamala Harris's name on CNN after initially saying it correctly, then defiantly told the panel she would say it however she wanted when called out for disrespect.

'Doesn't Take That Much Courage!' CNN's Abby Phillip Stunned Mace Refuses To Denounce Trump Race Attacks on Kamala Harris

Mediaite's account of the August 15, 2024 CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip panel. Asked to say that Donald Trump's claim that Vice President Kamala Harris turned Black was out of bounds, Rep. Nancy Mace repeatedly refused, saying she had not heard the comment and would not weigh in. Host Abby Phillip told her it did not take much courage to say it was out of bounds. In the same segment Mace insisted she would say Harris's name any way that she wanted, drawing objections from Michael Eric Dyson and Keith Boykin.

Mace tells CNN 'I have not been fundraising off of this', contradicted by her own timeline

On October 5, 2023, Mace denied fundraising immediately after McCarthy's ouster on CNN, but reporters had been tipped about a fundraising appeal she sent within one hour of the vote, the same behavior she had condemned in Matt Gaetz nine months earlier.

Mace tells CNN 'I have been a proponent of vaccinations', hours after telling Fox natural immunity is 27x better

On November 28, 2021, Mace presented two contradictory vaccine messages on the same day: telling Fox News that natural immunity is 27 times more protective, then telling CNN she had been a consistent proponent of vaccinations and masks.