Congresswoman Nancy Mace, RS.C., described her first 100 hours in Congress as “hell” on Monday, telling “The Story” that the Capitol’s deadly riot, the struggle to count the votes of the Electoral College and the second impeachment of President Trump represented a series of unbelievable events.
I couldn’t imagine being in this situation in my life … it was heartbreaking and it made me very angry, “said Mace, who ousted Democrat Joe Cunningham in November, to presenter Martha MacCallum.
“I spoke out vehemently against the president and my own colleagues … we have a Constitution as our guide. The vote to certify the Electoral College is in our Constitution,” she said of the political battle that precipitated the mutiny. “It was a ceremonial vote to certify all 50 legally certified states.”
While Mace voted against objections to the election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania, she also voted against Trump’s impeachment on the sole charge of “inciting insurrection”. She argued that House Democrats tarnished the impeachment tool by taking it to the floor for voting.
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“We ignored the Judiciary Committee process,” she said. “So, for anyone, this sets a very scary constitutional precedent. It is not something that should be rushed.”
Mace added that there are “constitutional questions about whether or not you can impeach a president, remove him from office when he is out of office. He will go away.”
Mace said the Senate leadership is sending “mixed signals” about whether to break the precedent and seek to condemn President Trump.
“There are questions [about] if they are doing this it is constitutional, even having a trial and impeachment when he is out of office … It basically destroys the constitution, “she argued.” We have to be consistent in how we apply the Constitution across the board, and furthermore, it will sow the divide. We are already divided as a nation. This will throw gasoline on the fire. “
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Mace, who invited his children to attend his inauguration on January 3, told MacCallum that she was immediately concerned about the atmosphere before the vote was certified.
“Because of the rhetoric I saw from my colleagues, the president, the connections [coming] in our office, I felt that violence would be the result on the 6th, “she said.” I put my kids on the first plane home on Monday morning. If they were there, I would have been devastated. It’s personal to me. “