{"id":573608,"date":"2023-05-08T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nancy-mace-finds-herself-on-a-lonely-gop-island\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T10:00:00","slug":"nancy-mace-finds-herself-on-a-lonely-gop-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nancy-mace-finds-herself-on-a-lonely-gop-island\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nancy Mace finds herself on a lonely GOP island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35ffdc7dee4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35ffdc7dee4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nancy-mace-finds-herself-on-a-lonely-gop-island\/#Abortion_%E2%80%98Dont_be_an_asshole_to_women\" >Abortion: \u2018Don\u2019t be an asshole to women\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nancy-mace-finds-herself-on-a-lonely-gop-island\/#Guns_%E2%80%98We_need_to_have_this_conversation\" >Guns: \u2018We need to have this conversation\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nancy-mace-finds-herself-on-a-lonely-gop-island\/#Debt_limit_showdown\" >Debt limit showdown<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/macenancy_042623gn01_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) feels like she is on a political island.<\/p>\n<p>The second-term Republican representative from South Carolina has become one of the most vocal critics of her own party on core issues and has found herself at the center of key votes in the new Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Most recently, she was one of the final Republican holdouts on a bill to raise the debt limit and implement spending cuts. She only came around and backed the measure after receiving assurances from Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that the House would, among other promises,\u00a0hold votes on legislation pertaining to reproductive health access and active shooter alerts \u2014 two issues that have come to define her profile on the national stage.<\/p>\n<p>Her stances on abortion and guns, however, haven\u2019t significantly moved the needle in the GOP, leaving Mace isolated in a party she believes is heading down a path of defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI often joke that I live on an island back home, and I feel like I\u2019m on an island \u2014 it\u2019s very lonely,\u201d Mace told The Hill in a brief interview on the steps of the Capitol. \u201cI would say this experience in stepping out and not toeing the party line is a very \u2014 it\u2019s a very lonely experience in the environment that we\u2019re in today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A high school dropout and the first-ever female graduate from the Citadel, Mace has kept her scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y and stubborn style when it comes to politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She airs her grievances with her party publicly, becoming a fixture on Sunday political talk shows. And though she\u2019s come around and voted with her party on most issues \u2014 from kicking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) off the Foreign Affairs committee, to the debt ceiling bill \u2014 she\u2019s done it after extracting promises from leadership and, at the same time, sounding the alarm about the party\u2019s priorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mace,\u00a0who came to Congress in 2021 after beating a Democratic incumbent by just over 1 point, describes herself as a centrist \u2014 \u201cyou guys keep calling me a moderate, and I would say centrist\u201d \u2014\u00a0but her views on abortion and guns have largely isolated her from the rest of the House Republican conference.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Abortion_%E2%80%98Dont_be_an_asshole_to_women\"><\/span>Abortion: \u2018Don\u2019t be an asshole to women\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mace describes herself as a pro-life, constitutional conservative, but has been vocal in her belief that there should be exceptions to abortion regulations. The congresswoman \u2014 who has publicly spoken about her experience being raped and molested as a teenager \u2014 has expressed support for 15-to-20-week abortion bans with exceptions for rape, incest and cases where the life of the mother is at risk.<\/p>\n<p>That puts her at odds with Republican-led states around the country seeking to implement total or six-week bans.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Mace\u00a0blamed Republican messaging on abortion\u00a0for the GOP\u2019s underperformance in the midterms, which left the House conference with a razor-thin majority, calling the party\u00a0\u201ctone-deaf.\u201d\u00a0Last month, she warned that Republicans are \u201cgoing to lose huge\u201d if they \u201ccontinue down this path of extremities.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>On a number of occasions, Mace has\u00a0railed against Florida\u2019s newly minted six-week abortion ban, which Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law last month during a private ceremony late at night.\u00a0She has\u00a0particularly\u00a0zeroed in on\u00a0the requirement that anyone seeking an exception because of rape, incest or human trafficking\u00a0provide\u00a0proof such as a restraining order, police report or medical record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou saw a six-week ban in Florida signed in the dead of night \u2026 and the requirements for women who\u2019ve been raped. Are you kidding me?\u201d Mace said. \u201cI\u2019m pro-life. I\u2019m saying 15-20 [weeks] with exceptions, and so how we talk about it matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be an asshole to women,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<div class=\"sailthru_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-widget sailthru-signup-display-area sailthru-signup-hill-position-main\">\n        <span class=\"sailthru-signup-widget-close\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#sailthru-signup-widget\">Close<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sailthru_form\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-success-message\" hidden=\"hidden\">\n<p class=\"thanks\">Thank you for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"watch\">Subscribe to more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letters here<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"sailthru-subscribe-grid-display\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-display-message-wrapper\">\n<p>                            <span>The latest in politics and policy.<br \/>\nDirect to your inbox.<br \/>\nSign up for the Campaign and Election News newsletter<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to an\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/maristpoll.marist.edu\/polls\/abortion-rights-in-the-united-states\/\">NPR\/PBS NewsHour\/Marist National Poll<\/a>\u00a0conducted in April, 33 percent of Republicans mostly support abortion rights, while 65 percent say they are mostly opposed. When surveying time constraints for the medical procedure, just 4 percent of Republicans backed a six-week ban, 26 percent expressed support for a three-month prohibition and 32 percent said the procedure should only be allowed in cases involving rape, incest, or saving the life of the mother. Thirteen percent of Republicans said a total abortion ban aligned most with their opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Mace also made headlines last month when she joined some Democrats in calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ignore a Trump-appointed federal judge\u2019s ruling in Texas that blocked the agency\u2019s approval of mifepristone, a pill used for abortions and managing early miscarriages. The Supreme Court ultimately\u00a0granted a temporary pause\u00a0on the Texas ruling while the Biden administration\u2019s emergency request for a stay is considered by the bench.<\/p>\n<p>The relative silence of top GOP political figures\u00a0on the ruling was a sign of the difficulty the abortion issue has posed for the Republican Party in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade. Despite racking up long-sought pro-life wins, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> electorate in 2022 showed that it is largely in favor of legal abortion access.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Mace has been shouting that sentiment from the rooftops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re allowing the minority of voices to take over a mainstream issue where I would argue the vast majority of elected officials and our voters agree with where I am, but they\u2019re afraid to say it,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd they just allow these extreme voices to run away with the issue. And we\u2019re going to lose because of it if we don\u2019t speak up and speak out and do what\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Guns_%E2%80%98We_need_to_have_this_conversation\"><\/span>Guns: \u2018We need to have this conversation\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mace has also been outspoken on the topic of firearms, a hot-button issue after a spate of mass shootings in the U.S.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In April, after a gunman opened fire at a bank in Louisville, Ky., killing five people and injuring eight others, Mace said members of her party \u201ccan no longer be silent\u201d on the issue of guns in America. The massacre came days before Republicans\u00a0gathered in Indianapolis\u00a0for the National Rifle Association\u2019s annual meeting, roughly 115 miles away from the bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have this conversation,\u201d Mace told \u201cFox News Sunday.\u201d \u201cI will tell you, every mass shooting, there\u2019s just silence. \u2026 Prayers are offered, Easter baskets are offered, but no real solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The congresswoman listed off proposals such as instituting AMBER alert-style notifications for shootings, bolstering background checks and hardening schools, churches and synagogues, imploring her party to take some action on the issue.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe have not learned anything from the midterm elections if we\u2019re going to sit there on our hands silently, not offering any type of solution to reduce gun violence in our country. And it\u2019s not about gun control,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>But last year, when\u00a0Congress approved\u00a0the first major piece of legislation to combat gun violence in 30 years \u2014\u00a0which President Biden later signed into law \u2014 Mace did not join the 14 GOP House colleagues or 15 Republican senators who supported the measure.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mace.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-mace-releases-statement-gun-legislation\">statement following the vote<\/a>, Mace called the bill \u201csweeping legislation which jeopardizes Americans\u2019 Constitutional protections.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Debt_limit_showdown\"><\/span>Debt limit showdown<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most recently, Mace broke from House Republicans when she initially came out against their legislation to increase the debt ceiling and implement spending cuts. She said the measure did not do enough to reduce the national debt and expressed opposition to nixing tax credits for wind and solar energy, which she said would impact her district.<\/p>\n<p>The congresswoman, however, ultimately flipped her stance and voted in favor of the measure after closed-door negotiations with McCarthy. In exchange for her vote, Mace says she received assurances the House would hold a floor vote on legislation related to women\u2019s access to reproductive health and childcare services, in addition to an active shooter alert bill that she will lead.<\/p>\n<p>Mace will also lead a draft on a balanced budget amendment with the backing of McCarthy and will receive a markup discussion on her States Reform Act, which would decriminalize cannabis on the federal level and defer regulation to the states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important that I use my one voice and my one vote, my one voice, to advocate and work on the things that South Carolina cares about and the country cares about,\u201d Mace said when discussing her deal with McCarthy. \u201cAnd I\u2019m going to do everything in my being to be a strong voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mace said she has not received\u00a0direct\u00a0pushback from her colleagues for any of her politically controversial stances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou might know better than me at this point,\u201d she said. \u201cI think I intimidate people sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou hear rumors and stuff, but nobody\u2019s ever said anything to us,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Her postures, however, have consistently left her isolated within an increasingly partisan political party during a hyper-polarized moment in American history.<\/p>\n<p>But that loneliness does not seem to bother her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call the balls and strikes,\u201d Mace said, \u201cand I don\u2019t care if you have an R or D by your name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Emily Brooks contributed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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