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• September 11, 2026 · Dispatch

  What Nancy Mace Believes About Rape

  She built a political identity on the word. Then, in one unguarded interview with journalist Tara Palmeri, something different came out: she called a factual question about Trump's accusers 'rape shaming,' could not name a single one of the 20-plus women, and said she would not recommend women come forward. Her own floor speech describes a blackout after two vodka sodas at a property owned by the man she accuses of rape, and a question her children asked that she never answered.

• September 11, 2026 · Dispatch

  Mace Accused Tara Palmeri of 'Rape Shaming.' She Then Said the Only Trump Accuser She Could Name Was a 'Porn Star' Who 'Wasn't Accusing Him of Rape.'

  In a September 7, 2026 uncut release of her September 1 interview, journalist Tara Palmeri showed two exchanges she cut from the original broadcast. In the first, Mace called Palmeri's question about how she reconciles supporting Trump with women's advocacy 'rape shaming.' In the second, asked whether she believes the women who accused Trump of rape, Mace named only a 'porn star' she believed was not accusing him of rape, apparently not knowing that E. Jean Carroll specifically accused Trump of rape and a jury found him liable for sexual abuse.

• September 10, 2026 · Dispatch

  "I gave up my political career for that discharge petition. And I would do it all over again."

  Opening her Sept. 1, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, Rep. Nancy Mace said she gave up her political career for the Epstein victims discharge petition and would do it again. She then confirmed that Trump 'ultimately punished' her for it: 'Oh, 100%.'

• September 10, 2026 · Dispatch

  "I just go off the rails sometimes": Mace responds to critics who call her 'crazy'

  Rep. Nancy Mace, in a Sept. 1, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, acknowledged that she sometimes 'goes off the rails' but pushed back on critics who call her 'crazy,' saying: 'Being nice has gotten us off the rails. I'm just bringing back common sense.'

• September 9, 2026 · Dispatch

  "I'm in the files": Mace tells Palmeri she is named in the Epstein files, questions FBI credibility

  Rep. Nancy Mace told Tara Palmeri on Sept. 1, 2026 that she is in the Epstein files. When Palmeri raised a Jane Doe connected to Donald Trump, Mace said she believed the FBI 'didn't find it credible,' and added: 'I don't know if we can trust the FBI on this one.' Mace has stated publicly that she appears in the files as a victim, not a perpetrator.

• September 9, 2026 · Dispatch

  Mace: "I was 16 years old and was assaulted... I am going through something similar again"

  Rep. Nancy Mace, in a Sept. 1, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, described how being raped at 16 shaped who she is, and said: 'I am going through something similar again. And why does this keep happening?' Mace did not specify what recent event she was referring to.

• September 9, 2026 · Dispatch

  Mace on Trump and the GOP machine: "He's definitely part of figuring out who gets to stay and who gets to go"

  Rep. Nancy Mace, asked by Tara Palmeri whether Donald Trump is part of the political machine, said he is 'definitely part of figuring out who gets to stay and who gets to go.' The exchange came during a Sept. 1, 2026 interview after Mace described Kevin McCarthy talking trash about her on Fox News.

• September 9, 2026 · Dispatch

  "Oh, 100%": Mace says Trump punished her for standing up for victims, still calls him a good man

  In a Sept. 1, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, Rep. Nancy Mace confirmed that Donald Trump 'ultimately punished' her for standing up for victims, saying 'Oh, 100%.' When Palmeri asked whether Trump is a good man, Mace said: 'I think so. I think he's got it in his heart.'

• September 8, 2026 · Dispatch

  "I'm leaving Congress because I can't get shit done": Mace explains exit in her own words

  Rep. Nancy Mace told Tara Palmeri on Sept. 1, 2026 that she is leaving Congress because she 'can't get shit done,' citing her inability to pass women's safety legislation as the defining frustration of her tenure.

• September 8, 2026 · Dispatch

  Nancy Mace introduced 90 bills this Congress. Zero became law.

  Rep. Nancy Mace, in a Sept. 1, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, acknowledged she introduced 90 bills this Congress and that zero became law. Asked what she actually accomplished without Nancy Mace, she pointed to the 'bully pulpit.'