Mace fundraising off the false smear that AOC misrepresented her experience during the insurrection

[Nevilledog]

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Jake Tapper
@jaketapper
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Feb 6, 2021
.@RepNancyMace fundraising off the false smear that @AOC misrepresented her experience during the insurrection. She didn’t. Disappointing to see Mace do this. More on the smear, which has been fact checked, here: https://cnn.com/2021/02/04/politics/fact-check-aoc-capitol-attack-photo-shoot-office-building-police-officer-cruz/index.html…
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Jake Tapper
@jaketapper
2/ @byrdinator with the right-leaning @thedispatch also fact checked this smear:

Haley Byrd Wilt
@byrdinator
If you’ve sort of seen bits and pieces of AOC’s January 6th account going around this week but you’re still not clear on the details or you’re just lost in all of the right-wing pushback to it, do I have the newsletter for you: https://uphill.thedispatch.com/p/uphill-aocs-january-6-account…
10:50 AM · Feb 6, 2021

[struggle4progress]

1. Here are actual words from Mace!

... my office .. was evacuated due to threats. We found out later .. there was not one ...

... I did ... lead .. the rally on Wednesday ... I ... condoned it ...

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/07/954324515/rep-mace-says-she-did-her-job-in-line-with-the-constituion

Anybody can play Nancy Mace's dishonest game of partial quoting

[DeminPennswoods]

2. Not sure if it was on CNN or MSNBC,

but they ran Mace's tweets/comments the day of or day after the riot show she was just as scared as AOC. Unlike AOC, Mace is a graduate of The Citadel and should be prepared to face insurrectionists. Seems like her uninform had a big yellow stripe down the back.

[Nevilledog]

3. AOC responds

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
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Feb 6, 2021
Pretty horrible.

Well, it’s good to know what kind of person she is early. Also good to know that Mace is cut from the same Trump cloth of dishonesty and opportunism.

Sad to see a colleague intentionally hurt other women and survivors to make a buck. Thought she’d be better.

Daniel Dale
@ddale8
Rep. Nancy Mace is now fundraising off of her false insinuation that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez falsely said there were insurrectionists in their office hallway. (My fact check is here: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/02/04/politics/fact-check-aoc-capitol-attack-photo-shoot-office-building-police-officer-cruz/index.html…)
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Joe Cunningham already proving to be leagues more decent + honest than Mace seems capable of.

The House was far better off w/ Cunningham. It’s sad to see Mace diminish the representation of her community by launching a reputation of craven dishonesty right off the bat.
12:34 PM · Feb 6, 2021