Ubiquitous
2024-03-12 08:30:46 UTC
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) tore into George Stephanopoulos on Sunday after
the ABC News anchor asked her to square her endorsement of former
President Donald Trump with coming forward as a victim of rape.
Im not going to sit here on your show and be asked a question meant
to shame me about another potential rape victim. Im not going to do
that, Mace said on This Week.
I was brought on to talk about 2024 instead Clinton crony
turned fake journalist @Gstephanopoulos attacked me and tried
to shame me as a rape victim.
***@ThisWeekABC pic.twitter.com/9uNhypsZdO
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024
The tense interview began with ABC showing a clip of Mace talking in
2o19 about the struggles women such as herself have experienced in
speaking publicly about being raped.
Stephanopoulos then pressed the congresswoman to explain her support of
Trump given her personal history and the former president being found
liable for sexual abuse and defamation in a case brought by E. Jean
Carroll.
For several minutes, Stephanopoulos kept trying to get Mace to answer
the question, denying he was trying to humiliate the congresswoman
while she argued that was exactly what he was doing.
Mace insisted the question was offensive and disgusting. She added,
Youre questioning my political choices because Ive been raped.
During the exchange, Mace noted that the judgement against Trump was in
a civil case rather than a criminal one and pointed to how Carroll
joked about a spending spree with the judgement money she was awarded.
It makes it harder for other women to come forward when another woman
has made a mockery of it, Mace said.
In sharing insight into her pick for president in the 2024 contest,
Mace said she endorsed the man that I believe is best for our country.
Its not Joe Biden.
The interview eventually gave way to Stephanopoulos pressing Mace on
the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, and showing a clip of her
saying not long after that Trump should be held accountable and not
hold office again.
Asked why she is supporting Trump now, Mace said that she listened to
my voters in South Carolina and theyve moved beyond January 6.
Mace also said her constituents are concerned about the border crisis
under President Joe Biden, and she mentioned American citizens, such as
Laken Riley, who were allegedly murdered by illegal immigrants.
The interview ended with Stephanopoulos claiming that Mace made it
very clear that she was comfortable with Trump being found liable for
rape and youre comfortable for his actions on January 6.
Mace shot back, accusing Stephanopoulos of putting words in my mouth.
In posts to social media that followed, Mace shared the entire video of
her interview with Stephanopoulos and continued to criticize the
anchor. She included references to him being an aide to former
President Bill Clinton and the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Rape victims go through enough trauma, pain and shame as it is.
It's an abomination for a guy like this to try to shame me for
my political choices as a rape victim. https://t.co/f3ZjXEgfGb
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024
Im not going to be shamed for being raped by a guy who worked
for a President who wagged his finger and lied to the American
people about having oral sex with an intern in the Oval Office
STFU @GStephanopoulos https://t.co/xq8NVqgQin
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024
I was asked to speak on 2024 today, NOT my own rape. Ive
carried this shame for 30 years, a shame George Stephanopolous
will never know. I dont need @gstephanopolous mansplaining
rape to me or shaming me on national TV for being a survivor
of rape. https://t.co/f3ZjXEgfGb
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024
I was asked to speak on 2024 today, NOT my own rape. Ive carried this
shame for 30 years, a shame George Stephanopolous will never know,
Mace said in one post to X from her personal account. I dont need
[Stephanopoulos] mansplaining rape to me or shaming me on national TV
for being a survivor of rape.
She said in another, I was brought on to talk about 2024 instead
Clinton crony turned fake journalist [Stephanopoulos] attacked me and
tried to shame me as a rape victim. Gross.
--
Let's go Brandon!
the ABC News anchor asked her to square her endorsement of former
President Donald Trump with coming forward as a victim of rape.
Im not going to sit here on your show and be asked a question meant
to shame me about another potential rape victim. Im not going to do
that, Mace said on This Week.
I was brought on to talk about 2024 instead Clinton crony
turned fake journalist @Gstephanopoulos attacked me and tried
to shame me as a rape victim.
***@ThisWeekABC pic.twitter.com/9uNhypsZdO
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024
The tense interview began with ABC showing a clip of Mace talking in
2o19 about the struggles women such as herself have experienced in
speaking publicly about being raped.
Stephanopoulos then pressed the congresswoman to explain her support of
Trump given her personal history and the former president being found
liable for sexual abuse and defamation in a case brought by E. Jean
Carroll.
For several minutes, Stephanopoulos kept trying to get Mace to answer
the question, denying he was trying to humiliate the congresswoman
while she argued that was exactly what he was doing.
Mace insisted the question was offensive and disgusting. She added,
Youre questioning my political choices because Ive been raped.
During the exchange, Mace noted that the judgement against Trump was in
a civil case rather than a criminal one and pointed to how Carroll
joked about a spending spree with the judgement money she was awarded.
It makes it harder for other women to come forward when another woman
has made a mockery of it, Mace said.
In sharing insight into her pick for president in the 2024 contest,
Mace said she endorsed the man that I believe is best for our country.
Its not Joe Biden.
The interview eventually gave way to Stephanopoulos pressing Mace on
the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, and showing a clip of her
saying not long after that Trump should be held accountable and not
hold office again.
Asked why she is supporting Trump now, Mace said that she listened to
my voters in South Carolina and theyve moved beyond January 6.
Mace also said her constituents are concerned about the border crisis
under President Joe Biden, and she mentioned American citizens, such as
Laken Riley, who were allegedly murdered by illegal immigrants.
The interview ended with Stephanopoulos claiming that Mace made it
very clear that she was comfortable with Trump being found liable for
rape and youre comfortable for his actions on January 6.
Mace shot back, accusing Stephanopoulos of putting words in my mouth.
In posts to social media that followed, Mace shared the entire video of
her interview with Stephanopoulos and continued to criticize the
anchor. She included references to him being an aide to former
President Bill Clinton and the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Rape victims go through enough trauma, pain and shame as it is.
It's an abomination for a guy like this to try to shame me for
my political choices as a rape victim. https://t.co/f3ZjXEgfGb
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024
Im not going to be shamed for being raped by a guy who worked
for a President who wagged his finger and lied to the American
people about having oral sex with an intern in the Oval Office
STFU @GStephanopoulos https://t.co/xq8NVqgQin
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024
I was asked to speak on 2024 today, NOT my own rape. Ive
carried this shame for 30 years, a shame George Stephanopolous
will never know. I dont need @gstephanopolous mansplaining
rape to me or shaming me on national TV for being a survivor
of rape. https://t.co/f3ZjXEgfGb
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024
I was asked to speak on 2024 today, NOT my own rape. Ive carried this
shame for 30 years, a shame George Stephanopolous will never know,
Mace said in one post to X from her personal account. I dont need
[Stephanopoulos] mansplaining rape to me or shaming me on national TV
for being a survivor of rape.
She said in another, I was brought on to talk about 2024 instead
Clinton crony turned fake journalist [Stephanopoulos] attacked me and
tried to shame me as a rape victim. Gross.
--
Let's go Brandon!