Nancy Mace

thumb|Official portrait (2020) 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. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served in the South Carolina General Assembly from 2018 to 2020. In 1999, Mace became the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets program at the Citadel Military College of South Carolina, which was led at the time by her father, Emory Mace, the commandant of cadets. From 2018 to 2020, she represented the 99th district in the South Carolina House of Representatives, covering Hanahan, northeast Mount Pleasant, and Daniel Island. Quotes Our country needs real, less divisive, less violent leadership on the issue of race. "Mace: About those statues in the US Capitol" Post and Courier (July 20, 2021). I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality. I have friends and family that identify as LGBTQ. Understanding how they feel and how they’ve been treated is important. Having been around gay, lesbian, and transgender people has informed my opinion over my lifetime. "How Nancy Mace went from LGBTQ ally to anti-trans culture warrior" MS Now (November 20, 2024). Every single Muslim holding public office in America is a trojan horse, and a threat to both national security and our republic. If not wanting to be blown up, stabbed, or rammed by a car by a radical Islamist in the United States of America makes us Islamophobes, then so be it. "Nancy Mace Hit With Humiliating On-Air Lesson on First Amendment" New Republic (August 10, 2026). External links Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians Category:Nationalists Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives Category:Women politicians in the United States Category:Women born in the 1970s Category:People from North Carolina