South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace has faced fierce backlash after she posted a video of her heated, foul-mouthed exchange with a constituent in a makeup store.
The Republican lawmaker lost her composure after a voter inquired whether she would be holding more town halls this year, following her recent decision to skip an event due to safety concerns.
“Some unhinged lunatic, a man, wearing daisy dukes, at a makeup store, got in my face today,” she wrote on X alongside the clip she posted on Saturday. “Dems are nuts. So I went off – and I won’t be backing down.”
In the video, which is just under two minutes long, Mace explained that she had already done one town hall this year and has plans for more before accusing the man of harassing her.
“I asked if you were doing any this year. It was one simple question,” he replied.
Unprompted, Mace then brought up her voting record.
“By the way, I voted for gay marriage twice,” she added.
“What does that have to do with me?” the man responded. “You think everything about me has to do with gay marriage?”
“I do, absolutely,” Mace added. “If you want to get in my face about town halls, you should have shown up to one last year.”
The conversation took a turn after the House Republican repeatedly called the man “crazy.”
“You people on the left are crazy. You’re absolutely f***ing crazy. And get out of my face,” Mace said. “Goodbye. F*** you.”
“You’re going to be voted out so fast this year,” the man said while walking out of the aisle. “You’re a disgrace to this state, that’s what you are. I asked you a simple question, and you just go on this tirade and tell me, ‘F*** you?’ Disgusting.”
“You couldn’t take me on baby. Stay the f*** away from me,” Mace added.
Several of Mace’s followers rushed to her defense, while others lambasted the GOP lawmaker for her handling of the confrontation.
