MSNBC’s Chuck Todd Shuts Down GOP Rep. Nancy Mace’s Impeachment Lies
Ahead of Thursday’s impeachment hearings, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) joined MSNBC to offer up her defense of Donald Trump. But her “constitutional” argument didn’t fly with anchor Chuck Todd.
Mace—who just last week was fundraising off dishonest attacks on her colleague, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), claiming she exaggerated the threat to her own life during the Capitol riots—said she tried to watch the House impeachment managers’ video presentation but only got halfway through.
“I felt physically ill, I cried when I watched it,” she said, before pivoting to elaborate on violent threats that she has received. “Rhetoric does have consequences,” Mace added. “And watching that video brought me to my knees. It was very emotional to see that and what we went through. I never want to see this again in our country.”