Rep. Nancy Mace spars with Bill Maher on ‘Real Time’

Rep. Nancy Mace tussled with late night host Bill Maher over why she was leaning nearer in the direction of former President Trump.

“We’ve had three years of Biden,” the South Carolina Republican instructed Maher.

Maher shot once more, “that unhealthy huh?”

“It’s been that unhealthy,” Mace retorted.

Mace, a GOP maverick, was on set with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and former U.S. Authorized skilled Frequent Eric Holder, the place moreover they talked about TikTok and the British royal family.

The late night host teased Mace in regards to the alternative of being former President Trump’s working mate.

“You wouldn’t flip it down,” Maher talked about.

Mace replied that “nobody would flip that down. You’re a heartbeat away. And it’s in your nation. It’s service in your nation.”

Maher then chided Mace about her vote to certify the 2020 presidential election — which former president Trump has prolonged insisted was stolen.

“For many who have been the vice chairman on January sixth, would you’ll have completed what Mike Pence did that made Trump so indignant?” Maher talked about.

“I licensed the Electoral Faculty in every single state,” Mace talked about.

“I indicate, that was the appropriate issue to do, the constitutional issue to do. And I’d do it as soon as extra, 100 computer. 100 computer.”

Maher equipped that Trump might not be joyful to hearken to that, should he be watching this method.

“I hope he’s watching tonight! I hope he’s watching tonight,” Mace countered.

Though she’s a relatively new member, elected in 2020, Mace has established herself as a gadfly among the many many Residence Republican Conference.

Ultimate yr, she was actually considered one of merely eight Residence Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy from vitality, drawing howls of protests and first threats from her colleagues.

She moreover raised eyebrows after tales surfaced in December that she routinely talked about her intercourse life at work in entrance of staffers.