Whomst among us hasn’t forgone a morning quickie to make it to work on time? On Thursday morning, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) told attendees at Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) prayer breakfast about her own dilemma. “When I woke up this morning at seven,” Mace explained, “Patrick, my fiancé, tried to …
Read More »21 South Carolina GOP Lawmakers Propose Death Penalty for Women Who Have Abortions
Members of the South Carolina State House are considering a bill that would make a woman who has an abortion in the state eligible for the death penalty. The “South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023” would amend the state’s code of laws, redefining “person” to include a fertilized …
Read More »Republicans Insist They Won't Touch Social Security But Continue to Talk About Changing Social Security
During his state of the union this year, President Joe Biden created what appeared to be a moment of unity. Republicans and Democrats alike cheered when he said, “So folks, as we all apparently agree, Social Security and Medicare is off the books now, right?” But now, weeks after that …
Read More »Confessions of a Sometimes-MAGA Critic
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) did not intend to strip Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) of her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee —until, of course, she did. As a personal matter, Mace says she has nothing against Omar. “I don’t know her from Adam,” she says,an odd contention from someone …
Read More »'Handmaid's Tale Wasn't Supposed to Be a Roadmap:' GOP Congresswoman Bashes Extreme Abortion Bans
“Handmaid’s Tale was not supposed to be a roadmap,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said of states enacting extreme abortion bans without exceptions for rape or incest in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Mace, her state’s only female member of Congress, criticized the “extremities” of both …
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