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Who Is Jarvis? Nancy Mace's Favorite Reply Guy, and the Burner-Account Question

For more than a year, one of the most-watched running bits on X has been the flirtation between Rep. Nancy Mace and an anonymous account named Jarvis. She follows him, replies to him, and has posted 'we look good together.' On its face, @jarvis_best is no mystery but a phenomenon: an anonymous right-leaning comedy account posting since 2018, now past 113,000 followers. But there is a second version of the story. In May 2025, WIRED reported that former Mace staffers alleged she had them create 'burner' accounts to promote her and push back on critics; separately, an X post quoted by Alternet claimed a taxpayer-funded staffer created and ran the @jarvis_best account itself. That account-specific claim is an unverified social-media assertion whose author could not be identified, and Mace has flatly denied the burner-account allegations, calling her accusers 'bitter exes.' This dispatch pulls the public record together and lets readers judge. Updated August 12, 2026: Jarvis floated Mace as White House press secretary with an AI-generated podium image, and she answered him with a Taylor Swift 'I Love You' GIF.