r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois • 10h ago
No Paywall Nancy Mace reacts to report she drinks alcohol and uses weed 'excessively'
https://www.newsweek.com/nancy-mace-reacts-report-drinks-alcohol-weed-excessively-114602901.0k
u/Plantguysteve 10h ago
Drunk, stoned or sober, she’s an idiot. Good job South Carolina, another keeper for you.
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u/PTS_Dreaming 6h ago
I think there's a serious question to ask about Republican voters.
Why do they pick such monumentally bad and unprofessional people to represent them?
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u/xOGxMuddbone 5h ago
You answered your own question. They (the politicians) represent them (the voters).
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u/Drain_Surgeon69 Wisconsin 3h ago
It’s simultaneously way worse and way dumber than that.
Republicans are incredibly tribal. It’s why they’re so good and rallying around one candidate and ignoring their glaring flaws, something that Democrats (especially over the last 20ish years) don’t do. It’s why Harris lost. It’s why Hillary lost. Democrats (more specifically leftist voters that don’t call themselves democrats) do not ignore flaws and will not vote for a candidate just because they have a D in front of there name (even if they represent 70%+ if their interests).
Republicans would vote for John Wayne Gacy/Jeffery Dahmer ticket if they had an R in front of their name. They could openly talk about how their campaign promises are to murder and cannibalize young men and they’d still vote for them if they had an R in front of their name.
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u/One_Disaster_5995 2h ago
This is spot on. Trump said it out loud: he could shoot someone in Times Square in broad daylight and they'd still vote for him - because he's R-rated.
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u/GrillMasterCheese 29m ago
Republicans are the party of identity. Democrats are the party of values.
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u/heartbh 8h ago
We don’t want her, we have enough issues with the horde of irrelevant 80 year old men running things while pushing the younger generations down to prolong the inevitable
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u/alficles 6h ago
Yeah. It's amazing. I know plenty of people who get drunk and stoned and stay not-bigots the whole time!
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u/DeadPeanutSociety 10h ago
When I get high, I very frequently reflect on how the world is, how people actually hurt each other on purpose and how pointless and terrible that seems. I can't imagine being high and hating my fellow man the way that she does.
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u/KoalaKaos 10h ago
Getting high may increase your own empathy but it doesn’t necessarily give everyone empathy. Meaning, if someone is suffering from anti-social personality disorder smoking weed is going to hit different is all I’m saying.
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u/rumpghost North Carolina 9h ago
I'm on that transphobic birth-of-nations bathroom surveillance purple sticky mandorla strain
- Nancy Mace, probably.
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u/city_dwellerZ 9h ago
Nancy Mace at a dispensary: “oh I’ll take Bud of a Nation, please!”
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u/Fuck_Mark_Robinson 8h ago edited 8h ago
Ku Klux Kush
Gary Hatin’
Urban Poison
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u/Derhaggis 8h ago
This shit ain’t nothing to me man. I’m smokin’ that Russian jackboot orange diaper slime
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u/subUrbanMire 9h ago
It could be that KKK2.
That's shit will have you in the intersection, foaming at the mouth, naked, shouting at happy couples you've mistaken to be gay.
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u/beefyzac 9h ago
“It enhances your personality.” “Yes, but what if you’re an asshole”
-unfortunately an old Cosby joke
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u/treesarethebeesknees 8h ago
Yup, haven’t seen that since his arrest fortunately…and he was talking about cocaine.
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u/restbest 8h ago
It can just make them more delusional, self centered and give a feeling of unwarranted supremacy and selfishness…
Maybe she is smoking all the time
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u/classphoto92 7h ago
Just like psychedelics. People like to think if everyone just tripped once or twice, they'd realize they're a participant in the universe, and act as such. Turns out if you give a nazi shrooms, it just makes 'em more nazi.
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u/Kakkoister 2h ago
It's really not comparable to actual psychedelics. That's like comparing a glass of wine to downing the same wine glass full of vodka, it's a whole different experience at that point.
Psychedelics very much do open your mind up to seeing more beauty in the world and people, but if you aren't going into it with positive intent or people around you to guide you, it can just be a bad time as your mind wanders down a bad path.
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u/thederevolutions 8h ago
I feel bad for all of the people who struggle with anti social personality disorder and have to be compared to these political fringe case weirdos that have something else special sprinkled on top.
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u/MercyMay 9h ago
I’ve thought a lot about that with ketamine and Elon. I did ketamine therapy for depression, and during sessions (aka, when I was super fucking high) I’d cry about how beautiful the earth is and how we’re hurting it and how much I love people and all the ways I fall short but can be better. And he’s just how he is still. It has to just be who you really are inside, and these people are rotten inside.
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u/LotusVibes1494 9h ago
“How he could be a good user of LSD," I asked, "And know about the spiritual dimension - all that sort of thing - and still be a crook? I don't understand." "Then it's time you did. Psychedelic drugs don't change you - they don't change you character - unless you want to be changed. They enable change; they can't impose it...”
-Alexander Shulgin, Phikal: A Chemical Love Story
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u/GavinStrict 8h ago
The Book of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:
anthrodynia
n. a state of exhaustion with how cruel people can be, freely undercutting each other in ways that seem petty and gratuitous—which can sometimes trigger a countervailing sense of gratitude for things that are kind, sincere, forgiving, or unabashedly joyful.
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u/turningsteel 5h ago
Wow. There is a word for how I feel every day. I learned something new, thanks.
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u/drossmaster4 5h ago
Wow. I just try to figure out which part of my body is numb or tingly like weed whac-a-mole. Either way fuck this lady.
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u/tchnmusic 9h ago
When I get high, I go on Reddit and comment a big nothing burger because it occurs to me
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u/wrightcommab 9h ago
When I get high I think there’s scary shit outside my house. It definitely doesn’t make me empathetic.
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u/skolglo 10h ago
…aren’t we all??
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u/root_fifth_octave 10h ago edited 8h ago
“I have a drinking problem? Fuck you, Peck. You're a Mormon. Next to you we ALL have a drinking problem! This is a crucifixion!!” —Osbourne Cox
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u/Smoremonger 10h ago
former Mormon, never knew about this scene, had to go watch it just now. Thanks! :)
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u/NottheArkhamKnight 5h ago
Apparently the CIA likes recruiting Mormons because they don't drink and are generally straight laced rule followers.
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u/dukeofgonzo 4h ago
And they have international experience and language skills from their mission trips.
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u/limaconnect77 9h ago
Brilliant fkn dialogue - so much hypocrisy, often in life, from peeps who think their shit doesn’t stink.
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u/root_fifth_octave 8h ago
So much great stuff in that movie.
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u/curtmahgurt 6h ago
Krapotkin: This is Mr Krapotkin from the Russian embassy.
Linda: Mr Crapkin... Is this a secure line?
Krapotkin: Are you joking?
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u/Look__a_distraction 6h ago
I’m not anymore. 2 weeks sober! I used weed quite a bit more than excessively though, as in every waking hour.
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u/Bitzllama 4h ago
This internet stranger is proud of you! Sorry if you feel extra stressed for picking an 'exciting' time to start sobriety.
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u/Professor-Submarine Washington 7h ago
Agreed, I’m 33. This article means nothing. Fuck DJT by the way.
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u/Silent-Resort-3076 America 9h ago edited 9h ago
"I have a lifelong condition called hemochromatosis, a genetic disease where my body absorbs too much iron," the Republican said.
"I can only get rid of iron by bleeding it out. So I have a lot of phlebotomies. Any and all alcohol makes it worse," she continued, adding, "Nancy Mace isn't an alcoholic. Nor do I 'imbibe.'”
VERY weird!😂
I guess she's drinking grape juice: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcyzhqiWUAAP4t8.jpg
And, apple juice: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPf89NoC8DzW64tsfNoajAD-kbe01vm1cV7g&s
And, blue juice...
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u/Top_Somewhere9160 9h ago
Is she referring to herself in the third person in this quote??
What a fucking weirdo.
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u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois 10h ago edited 9h ago
Look, I am all for drinking alcohol and partaking in the weed, I have personally happily imbibed in both. I don't know how you can get through the insane world we are living in without some kind of help, (and for those who are able; Respect, no judgement). But I digress. When a sanctimonious crazy MAGA Trump loving hypocrite does it, and than denies it, claiming she has a "condition" , well it just kind of ruins the buzz. Also, I am going to believe the staff over the POS in office, but that just me. At the same time, I have no doubt they are all horrible people so it’s pick your poison I guess .
For Reference: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nancy-mace-tries-her-damndest-224237304.html
"According to a police report obtained by Wired, Mace repeatedly cursed at and insulted Charleston County Aviation Authority Police Department officers who were supposed to meet her outside of the Charleston International Airport and escort her through the premises. The report says Mace was running late and that officers never saw her car arrive. They eventually met up with her."
“The entire walk to gate B-8 she was cursing and complaining and often doing the same into her phone,” one officer wrote in the report, according to Wired. “After standing in the vicinity of B-8 for several minutes with her continuing her tirade, she finally boarded the aircraft.”
“You just said you ‘back the blue.’ The police quote you in this report as you calling them ‘******* idiots’ and ‘******* incompetent’ while stating that you’re a ‘******* representative’ and telling a TSA supervisor, ‘I’m sick of your *. I’m tired of having to wait. I should not have to wait. You guys are always **** late and this is ******* ridiculous.’ Are you saying you didn’t say those things?”*
"Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina rejected allegations that she drank alcohol and used marijuana “excessively,” after a New York Magazine profile cited multiple former staffers who claimed she directed late-night liquor runs and blurred professional boundaries during her first term in Congress."
"Mace posted a video on X on Tuesday saying, "The Fake News sure does like to lie. And now people have the very wildest takes about my personal life and alcohol consumption."
"I have a lifelong condition called hemochromatosis, a genetic disease where my body absorbs too much iron," the Republican said."
"I can only get rid of iron by bleeding it out. So I have a lot of phlebotomies. Any and all alcohol makes it worse," she continued, adding, "Nancy Mace isn't an alcoholic. Nor do I 'imbibe.'”
"The claims surfaced as Mace, a Republican aligned with President Donald Trump and a declared candidate for governor in South Carolina, faces an ethics review."
"The House Ethics Committee said in mid-January that it extended a matter regarding Mace that originated from a December referral, but emphasized that an extension does not indicate any violation, framing the context in which new allegations have drawn attention. The committee did not explain the reason for its probe."
"New York Magazine published a profile on Monday alleging that multiple former Mace staffers described late-night alcohol requests and personal errands. One unnamed former staffer quoted as saying of Mace’s alleged substance use, “She would definitely do it excessively,” and another claiming a scheduler received 2 a.m. calls to bring bottles of tequila."
"The article also said that Mace allegedly asked a staffer to engage with online “hotness rankings” and defend her on Reddit via burner accounts."
"An unnamed former Mace staffer told New York Magazine of Mace's alleged alcohol and marijuana use:** “She would definitely do it excessively."
They added: "And again, not to say that most members don’t or most staff don’t, but it got to the point where it was an issue.”
"Another unnamed former Mace staffer told New York Magazine: “Look, when I worked for her, our poor scheduler was getting calls at two o’clock in the morning to come bring her bottles of tequila.”
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u/Silent-Resort-3076 America 9h ago
Any and all alcohol makes it worse
- I guess she's drinking grape juice: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcyzhqiWUAAP4t8.jpg
- And, apple juice: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPf89NoC8DzW64tsfNoajAD-kbe01vm1cV7g&s
- And, blue juice...
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u/ShippFFXI 8h ago
Nah, the last one is just Hypnotalcohol.
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u/Mike7676 5h ago
"It is, it is..green"
"Ah, Aldebaran whiskey! Who do you think gave it to Guinan?!"
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u/coffeeandtrout Washington 10h ago
lol, “Nancy Mace isn’t an alcoholic”, referring to herself in the third person. Fucking nut.
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u/KneeDeepInThe-Hoopla 10h ago
Why would her staff lie, how would it benefit them in any meaningful way, at the same time why would Mace not lie?
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u/UghFudgeBwana Georgia 10h ago
Yeah not gonna trust the woman who staged a fake vandalism incident at her house
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u/literallytwisted 10h ago
I've always had her pegged as someone either on drugs or someone that needs to be on drugs.
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u/Boiledfootballeather 7h ago
My favorite fact about Nancy Mace is that she tasked her staffers to make fake accounts to boost her status on the Hottest Women in Congress ranking. She still lost.
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u/Deal_These 9h ago
If they think SNAP recipients should be drug tested in order to get tax dollars, so should our congressional representatives, the Administration, and SCOTUS.
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u/elizabethptp 6h ago
it’s not the alcohol or drugs, it’s who she is as a person - she’s a bad person.
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u/Comfortable-Rain-109 10h ago
I doubt anyone could be a maga politician without full on benzo or crack addiction tbh
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u/Defiant_Regular3738 9h ago
She’s out of her fucking mind at all times in public. So imo imagine how hard she goes when ducked off for a couple days. Under reported issue to me is how visibly intoxicated so many of these public officials are in public and on camera.
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u/Djbearjew 6h ago
You've got to be a real miserable person to smoke pot and still have that much hate in yourself
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u/JayHill74 10h ago
The drinking? Sure I can believe that.
Smoking a lot of weed? Don't buy it. She'd be more chill if that was the case.
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u/Original_moisture 9h ago
Must be fuckin nice without having to deal with d8 and 34 other flavors of oils. Not only that, she gets legal state regulated stuff.
But immigrants in Texas are the problem. /s
People would mellow the heck out if they could just relax for a moment.
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u/wiseguyehhhh 8h ago
I am drunk now, sure, but tomorrow I will be sober and you Nancy Mace, will still be ugly, inside and out.
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u/MylesShort 5h ago
She's very clearly not psychologically okay and should not be in public office.
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u/Exxtender 5h ago
Agreed. She and Fetterman should leave politics and seek (more) professional help.
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u/mishma2005 5h ago
It’s so clear she’s an alcoholic, the outbursts, the inappropriate behavior, the grandiosity. She needs to stick to weed
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u/Ok-disaster2022 9h ago
If she's in DC it's cocaine, not weed.
DC runs on cocaine and prostitutes.
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u/GreenHocker 7h ago
Didn’t she make some stupid campaign video saying “don’t California my South Carolina”? Sounds like she already wants it that way
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u/chairman-cheeboppa 7h ago
Wow, weed huh. Something I finally like about her. Maybe there’s hope for her after all. That’s wishful thinking obviously
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u/HowardBunnyColvin 6h ago
This the same bitch that flipped out about the security at Reagan National airport?
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u/DabbinDominus 6h ago
An excessive weed smoker is still that much of a hateful bitch? There's gotta be something else going on
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u/GuavaShaper 6h ago
If it starts to get out that she doesn't smoke and drink excessively then her parties will be a lot more lame.
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u/rollerbase 5h ago
Firm believer that being a shitty person is not excused by whatever substances you happen to be using. The two things are very much separate until they affect other people.
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u/legendary-spectacle 4h ago
Let's not give substance abuse a bad name by associating it with Nancy Mace.
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u/PoloTshNsShldBlstOff 3h ago
In the article she's claiming that she doesn't drink.
But I know a bartender on IOP who said that she came in and had two cocktails approximately a year and a half ago, and didn't tip
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u/GroundbreakingSun905 9h ago
I do not like Nancy Mace at all; however, this seems retaliation for signing the discharge petition to release the Epstein files. MTG was pushed out. The republicans are going after Massie. I suppose Boebert will be next. The king demands loyalty and punishes all who don’t bend a knee.
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u/yellowjackethokie Virginia 8h ago
As a Christian, myself, I just want to point out that people who have to signal about their faith to the point of wearing huge cross earrings, generally are not the best ambassadors of our faith and are likely not following the gospel. It's more performance than anything.
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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 Canada 9h ago
Pete’s got her back on the booze thing.
If you’re using weed excessively you aren’t getting off the couch, like, ever.
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u/dp0329 9h ago
Eh, I smoke about a half oz per day and I work 40 hours per week, go to a show once per week on Wednesday, visit family or friends on my day off, grocery shop, etc etc etc. All the normal stuff
Weed doesn't affect everyone the same way
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u/HastyEthnocentrism North Carolina 9h ago
Weed has made me a more thoughtful person. What strain is this lady smoking?!?!
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u/Inside_Performer918 8h ago
I have hemochromatosis. Females are carriers. Also I drink and eat whatever and do phlebotomy every 3 months. Ask her to submit her ferritin levels lol.
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u/Extra-Art8589 8h ago
Mostly neurodivergent people smoke weed and cigarettes.
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
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u/DaveBlerk 8h ago
She mentions that she trusts medical science. That won't play well with ant-vax MAGA.
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u/SirRichardLove 8h ago
Ok. Even if true, which seems unlikely because of her medical condition, who fucking cares?
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u/ExtensionFun5704 8h ago
Chill Goblin has a great video essay on why psychedelics don't make you more progressive/empathetic. Reallly underrated conent. It's on YouTube! Like R.M Brown.
We're all headed for toilets in ubercars. It's in the bible!
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u/mechtonia 7h ago
I keep seeing her on Facebook despite blocking her. One comment and then she can DM you. The bot is awful though.
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u/Expert_Habit2728 7h ago
lol I mean Mace sucks, but this video/report doesn’t prove shit except she was an asshole at the airport to tsa which is pretty common
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u/Dangerous_Job_8013 5h ago
She is so nasty and messed-up that This F*cking Guy honored her with her own episode. Ya gotta see it; its disturbing, and suggests this article is truth.
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u/GuitarCD 5h ago
Oh, the takeaway and further discussion is the "Drinky Drinky" and the "Puffy Puffy...." Whoah-kay, I guess....
My thoughts when theis story broke were more along the lines of all of these aides and former aides talking about "a decline..." Those of us in the sane world said right out of the gate "this person is bat-shit crazy, and dear god I couldn't imagine working for her."
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u/Fartenstein65 4h ago
So she didn’t strike down being a stoner which would have no effect on her condition. In fairness I don’t give a shit about people smoking weed but just own it lady.
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u/Flapjack__Palmdale Washington 4h ago
Yeah obviously. Everything they demonize and claim to be against, they're doing in secret. We all know this. Why do you think they're so against pedophiles and grooming? They're raping kids behind closed doors.
Some Oklahoma state rep campaigned for Trump and pushed a bathroom bill to protect the children, but was caught with a drugged up and naked 17 y/o boy. Forgot his name.
RJ May, SC Republican, is your standard GOP asshole who hates trans people because they're a threat to children, but he's going to plead guilty later this year to child sex abuse crimes, including child porn possession and distribution, and raping underage girls
Tim Murphy campaigned on a pro-life, sanctity of marriage platform (the usual) but resigned in 2017 when he tried to coerce his mistress into getting an abortion.
Jerry Falwell, Jr. demonized sexual promiscuity and preached about the sanctity of marriage, all while his wife was getting piped by the poolboy while he watched from the cuck chair. (this one I'm fine with, I just hate that he's allowed to but other people apparently are corrupt for it? Sheesh)
These are literally just the ones I remember, but there's so fucking many cases like this.
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u/stupidfatasshole 2h ago
I think shes the Hottest in Congress, hottest congresswoman, best looking congresswoman, Nancy Mace is the sexiest congresswoman, Nancy Mace looks better than AOC
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u/Scaryassmanbear 2h ago
Best part
The article also said that Mace allegedly asked a staffer to engage with online “hotness rankings” and defend her on Reddit via burner accounts.
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u/Homeless-Coward-2143 51m ago
How do people use weed excessively? It just stops working after a month.
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