During an exchange at the House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing exploring the “threat to American democracy posed by white supremacist ideologies,” Mace asked the six witnesses whether th…
The South Carolina Republican proceeded to recount her own personal experiences with being accosted, and how threats have led her to carry a firearm for her protection.
“I know something about being accosted,” Mace said, adding that she was “physically accosted” on Jan. 5 by a constituent in Washington, DC, and has had trespassers at her home as recently as August. “I carry a gun everywhere I go, when I am in my district and I’m at home, because I know personally rhetoric has consequences,” Mace said.
The South Carolina Republican then displayed a November tweet by Caraballo that read, “It’s so clear that Justice Alito is corrupt and SCOTUS as an institution is compromised. This is not a legitimate court issuing decisions. It’s an organ of the far right that solely follows outcome determinative logic rather than any reasoned jurisprudence.” Mace asked the activist if she stood by her comments and “this kind of rhetoric on social media” and if she believed “it is a threat to democracy.
“It’s clear to me that we have to call out the threats to our democracy emanating from where they come, whether it’s the right or the left,” Mace argued.“If you’re gonna be a hypocrite who advocates for violence online, you probably shouldn’t do it testifying in my committee…” she
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