- The rep. Nancy Mace of the Republican Party in South Carolina said on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s actions related to the January 6 Capitol riots “put all of our lives at risk”.
- “We feared for our lives, many of us that day and our team,” she said. “My kids should be up there. If they were there as they should have been, I would have been devastated, so we need to find a way to hold the president accountable.”
- Despite denouncing Trump’s conduct, Mace voted against impeachment, calling the process “rushed”.
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New Republican deputy Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who has sharply criticized the way President Donald Trump handled the January 6 Capitol riots, said on Sunday that his actions related to the deadly attack “put all of our lives at risk.” risk”
On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Mace raised bipartisan pressure to censor Trump that could have been an alternative to the president’s second impeachment, which released the House of Representatives 232-197, with ten Republican votes.
Despite denouncing Trump’s conduct, she voted against impeachment, describing the process as “rushed” and saying that he did not give the president due process.
“With censorship, that was one of the things that I believe we should have discussed,” said Mace. “It is constitutionally complex, but there were people in both chambers and both parties with the ability to see it as an option, but we couldn’t even bring it up for debate or look at it as an option because we were really trying to figure out how can we hold a president accountable who puts all our lives at risk? “
She described the riots, which resulted in the deaths of five people, as “a traumatic event” for many members.
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“We feared for our lives, many of us that day and our team,” she said. “My kids should be up there. If they were there as they should have been, I would have been devastated, so we need to find a way to hold the president accountable. ”
Mace was then questioned about members who continued to oppose the results of the presidential election after the unrest, including the two main Republican leaders in the House, minority leader Kevin McCarthy of California and minority leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
“I will tell you, as a new member, it was extremely disappointing,” she said. “I literally had to walk through a crime scene where that young girl [Ashli Babbitt] he was shot and killed to enter the chamber to vote that night to certify what should be a ceremonial vote to certify the Electoral College. However, my colleagues continued to object, and they knew that this was a failed motion. “
On January 7, Mace said on CNN that “all of Trump’s legacy has been wiped out” after the Capitol riots.
“We need to start again,” she emphasized at the time. “We don’t have the necessary foundation to move forward and do the things we need to do to be successful, to work and to be the voice of hard-working Americans who believed in his message. We cannot tolerate violence. .. We have to rebuild our nation and rebuild our party. “