Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., forcefully rejected allegations published in a New York magazine profile this week, calling the claims “fabrication and lies” and accusing critics of spreading falsehoods about her personal life and conduct as a member of Congress.
Appearing Tuesday on Newsmax with host Todd Starnes, Mace addressed accusations from former staffers who alleged she demanded aides bring her liquor after midnight to keep parties going at her home during her first term in office. The profile also claimed she ordered staffers to clean multiple properties she listed on Airbnb.
Mace flatly denied both allegations.
“Absolutely not, never in either case,” she said when Starnes asked her directly whether the claims were true. She emphasized that the image painted by the article bore no resemblance to her real life.
“Anyone who knows me, I go to bed very early,” Mace added. “I’m almost fifty. I go to bed by 8:30 or 9 every night. No one’s been over to my house after midnight.”
The congresswoman dismissed the profile as a politically motivated attack and rejected additional claims suggesting she damaged a once-positive relationship with President Donald Trump by voting in favor of releasing more files related to Jeffrey Epstein. After addressing that allegation, Mace returned to what she described as the article’s fixation on alcohol.
In the interview, Mace revealed she has a genetic condition that restricts her ability to drink alcohol, saying the accusation that she frequently consumed liquor made no sense given her medical history.
“I had to come out with a genetic condition that I have. I’ve had it all my life,” Mace said. “I’m not allowed to drink or consume much in the way of alcohol. It’s called hemochromatosis.”
She explained that consuming alcohol could have serious consequences for her health.
“If you do, it’ll destroy your organs, and you’ll die at an early age,” Mace said. “And I love life and I love living and I’m going to live the healthiest that I can be given the genetic condition I have.”
Mace argued that the claim she was buying or demanding alcohol was not just false, but illogical. “There’s no reason for me to consume or buy alcohol like they were saying,” she said, adding that it would “literally kill me.”
However, her former head of communications, Natalie Johnson, publicly disputed Mace’s account. Johnson mocked the congresswoman’s assertion that she did not drink, calling it “the funniest, most brazen lie she’s told to date.” Johnson also alleged that Mace drank frequently and claimed interns or junior staff were sent to purchase alcohol during the workday. Johnson later responded to Mace’s comments about her genetic condition by posting photographs that appeared to show the congresswoman drinking.
Separately, Mace is currently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee’s Office of Congressional Conduct. While the subject of the investigation has not been disclosed, the timing has prompted speculation that it may be connected to a reported incident at Charleston International Airport involving airport police.
For now, Mace is standing her ground, portraying the accusations as politically driven smears and vowing not to back down in the face of what she says are false and defamatory claims.
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