Nancy Mace

Nancy Ruth Mace (born December 4, 1977) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021. Mace is the first Republican woman to be elected to Congress from South Carolina.

On May 18, 2021, Mace ed 61 other House Republicans to vote against the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act, which condemned acts of hate against Asian-Americans and streamlined data collection and reporting about such occurrences. The bill previously ed the U.S. Senate on a 94–1 vote. Mace said she opposed the bill because it did not address perceived discrimination against Asian-Americans in higher education.

Mace opposed the first attempt to remove Liz Cheney as chair of the House Republican Conference, saying, "We should not be silencing voices of dissent. That is one of the reasons we are in this today, is that we have allowed QAnon conspiracy theorists to lead us." In early May, Mace did fundraiser events with Cheney. During the second attempt to remove Cheney as chair, Mace reluctantly voted to remove her, calling her "too divisive" for the position.

On June 1, 2021, the Charleston Police Department opened an investigation after Mace's home was vandalized with profanity and graffiti.

In November 2021, a video spread on social media of Mace's differing vaccine remarks on CNN and Fox News.