Recently, GOP Rep. Nancy Mace called out Newsweek (and the media at large) for “[fanning] fictitious news flames” by running with Dem Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s version of the January 6 riots:
.@AOC made clear she didn’t know who was at her door. Breathless attempts by media to fan fictitious news flames are dangerous.
My office is 2 doors down. Insurrectionists never stormed our hallway. Egregious doesn’t even begin to cover it. Is there nothing MSM won’t politicize? pic.twitter.com/Tl1GiPSOft
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) February 2, 2021
I'm two doors down from @aoc and no insurrectionists stormed our hallway… https://t.co/pAuLh4Vvam pic.twitter.com/xRV4qqY7Qs
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) February 4, 2021
Needless to say, AOC is not happy:
This is a deeply cynical & disgusting attack, @NancyMace.
As the Capitol complex was stormed and people were being killed, none of us knew in the moment what areas were compromised.
You previously told reporters yourself that you barricaded in your office, afraid you’d be hurt. https://t.co/4FyWsaXSDx pic.twitter.com/7gW6yKO9gJ
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 4, 2021
Here’s the “deeply cynical & disgusting attack” AOC is apparently referring to by linking to that Fox News story:
On Wednesday, she faced a wave of backlash. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., also blasted media coverage, tweeting that insurrectionists never stormed the hallway that she shares with Ocasio-Cortez. The hashtag #AlexandriaOcasioSmollet trended, an apparent comparison to actor Jussie Smollett, who falsely claimed to be the victim of a hate crime.
So, Mace’s point that the media have been running with a hole-riddled narrative is “a deeply cynical & disgusting attack” against … AOC?
We feel like we’ve become pretty fluent in AOC over the last two years but we’re a bit confused.
weirdly, the mace tweet linked here takes mace’s own point out of context. mace wasn’t accusing aoc of exaggerating the threat, she was accusing the media of distorting what aoc said. compare to mace’s original tweet https://t.co/ghXF92044P https://t.co/DNvt7VBmUH
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) February 4, 2021
Do … do you mean to say that AOC is mischaracterizing Mace’s criticism in order to make herself the victim and paint Mace as a liar?
"I am mad at you for pointing out my easily-checked lies and now I'm going to change the subject to something you said previously, which you've never denied saying, in an attempt to make you the bad guy so people stop pointing out I'm a liar and not very smart!" https://t.co/GeENxqBNWS
— 'Puter Gormogon (@PuterGormogon) February 4, 2021
How is Mace saying that she was afraid during the riots proof that she’s a hypocrite?
Mace prepared for something that thankfully didn't happen, which means that now she's a hypocrite for pointing out that it didn't happen.
— I got your #Unity right here (@jtLOL) February 4, 2021
"Nancy Mace prepared for something that thankfully didn't happen, which means now she's a hypocrite for pointing out that it didn't happen" https://t.co/d6UBOhlkWB
— I got your #Unity right here (@jtLOL) February 4, 2021
Hey Parker, it’s both!
Cannon was evacuated due to a nearby bomb threat well BEFORE insurrectionists ever stormed the Capitol. We then returned to our building, which at no point was breached by rioters. Maybe brush up on your timeline of events before coming after my boss. https://t.co/Akl9olr1Wc
— Natalie Johnson (@nataliejohnsonn) February 4, 2021
Mace’s story hasn’t changed, but AOC’s most definitely has.
This was what you were saying just a few weeks ago.
Now you’re contradicting your own account to attack me for Fox News clicks.
It’s honestly pretty sad to see you turn around like this and throw other people under the bus.
Thought you’d be better.https://t.co/1WPlwUWlar
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 4, 2021
Yes, AOC. This is what Nancy Mace was saying a few weeks ago:
Just evacuated my office in Cannon due to a nearby threat. Now we’re seeing protesters assaulting Capitol Police.
This is wrong. This is not who we are. I’m heartbroken for our nation today. pic.twitter.com/jC9P0YfSLQ
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) January 6, 2021
Wow. AOC really busted Nancy Mace, didn’t she?
LFG!! AOC keeps her receipts mama!
— Jonathan (@Lifethrujon) February 4, 2021
AOC should throw those receipts away.
What does "nearby" mean?
— I got your #Unity right here (@jtLOL) February 4, 2021
Last time we checked, “nearby” didn’t mean “inside.”
Contrary to what Boston University's smartest graduate ever (what an ad for BU's special brand of quality education!) says, nothing Rep. Mace says contradicts anything she previously said.
AOC lied + implied rioters were right outside her door + she was in the Capitol itself. https://t.co/3BR6OscDpr
— 'Puter Gormogon (@PuterGormogon) February 4, 2021
Mace never said that the rioters were in her building. AOC is either too stupid to realize that, or she’s counting on her followers to be.
Knowing her, it may very well be a combination of both.
Wild that @NancyMace is discrediting herself less than 1 mo in office w/ such dishonest attacks. She *went on record* saying she barricaded in fear.@NancyMace who else’s experiences will you minimize?Capitol Police in Longworth? Custodial workers who cleaned up shards of glass? https://t.co/l1CT0jIXJF
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 4, 2021
All I can think of w/ folks like her dishonestly claiming that survivors are exaggerating are the stories of veterans and survivors in my community who deny themselves care they need & deserve bc they internalize voices like hers saying what they went through “wasn’t bad enough”
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 4, 2021
This is where the true damage of what @NancyMace is doing comes in.
How many survivors are watching her? Who now, seeing her, won’t get care or will feel further shame or silence? Who won’t speak up bc they know there are voices in leadership ready to minimize their experiences?
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 4, 2021
How many food workers or custodial workers or Capitol Police officers, who ran for their lives in Longworth or feared for their families in the weeks after the attacks, now think their terror is less valid because of her statements?
Mace’s attacks are attacks on them, too.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 4, 2021
OK, AOC’s a moron, but there’s no way she doesn’t know exactly what she’s doing right now.
Seems @NancyMace just sunk @AOC's battleship and now AOC is doing her best to discredit Mace, but it's just not working. Every attempt to dig herself out of this lie just makes it worse.
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) February 4, 2021
For what it’s worth, we never thought AOC would be better than this.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and tweets.
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Update:
If you expected Nancy Mace to have some thoughts on AOC’s unhinged rant this morning, you were correct.
Here’s what Mace has to say:
*FACT CHECK*
I have not once discounted your fear. We were ALL terrified that day.
I’m stating the fact that insurrectionists were never in our hallway… because they weren’t. I deal in facts. Unlike you, apparently. https://t.co/S6CWasKNpY
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) February 4, 2021
Hold up ✋
You seem to be triggered by facts so let me be clear:
I have not ONCE discounted your experience. It was harrowing for all of us.
FACT: Insurrectionists weren’t in our hallways. It’s your eagerness to politicize absolutely ANYTHING that deserves condemnation. https://t.co/9wXruBQfi0
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) February 4, 2021
Once more, for those in the back: Nancy Mace criticized the media. She pointed out that rioters didn’t storm the Cannon building. She shouldn’t have to defend herself from AOC’s intellectually dishonest wrath.
But here we are.
I don't "yass qween" politicians any more, but AOC needs to hear this.
And the media needs to stop being afraid of her online trolls and hold her to account. https://t.co/Dtlhp0pWa3
— Space Lazar Wolf (@NathanWurtzel) February 4, 2021
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Update:
‘You don’t know my story’! Nancy Mace fires back hard after AOC accuses her of trying to shame and silence survivors of assault https://t.co/zei1Mb74EV
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 4, 2021
