Nancy Mace On Potentially Ousting Kevin McCarthy From Speakership: ‘Everything’s On The Table’

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said that “everything’s on the table” when it comes to potentially ousting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from his speakership.

Mace made the remarks during a Sunday interview with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl on “This Week” when asked about Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and others saying that they are going to try to oust McCarthy as speaker.

“Could you see yourself under any circumstances supporting a motion to vacate against McCarthy?” Karl asked.

“It hasn’t happened yet and I’m not going to comment on conjecture here,” she said. “Either he’s going to file it or he’s not. If he’s going to do it, put his money where his mouth is. I do hear that some votes might be up for grabs because people were made promises that have not been kept.”

“What about your vote, is it up for grabs?” Karl asked. “I mean could you support that effort?”

Mace responded, “We’ll see how it turns out. But I will tell you, I’m one of those members who were made certain promises. I’ve worked on women’s issues, I’ve worked on issues, you know, related to gun violence I feel are very important and, you know, it’s fallen on deaf ears. And if I give a handshake to someone, I expect them to follow through with it.”

Karl noted that Mace did not rule out supporting the motion to vacate which would result in McCarthy’s ouster.

“I might, you know what, everything’s on the table at this point for me because I want to do the right thing for the American people,” Mace said. “I want to do the right thing for women, I’m trying to show, here’s a path forward for women post Roe for birth control, for women who are rape survivors, et cetera.”

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Rep. Matt Gaetz's push to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker. Rep. Nancy Mace weighs in on her stance, saying, 'Everything's on the table at this point for me. I want to do the right thing for the American people.'

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Nikki Haley Says America’s Problem Is ‘We’ve Lost Faith’ — In God And The American People

Former South Carolina Governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley called on the United States to return to faith and family during a campaign stop in Iowa on Saturday when asked how such values would play a role in her administration.

“That’s what is wrong with our country,” Haley told KCCI reporter Amanda Rooker. “We’ve lost that faith in God, faith in the American people, faith in our spirit, and we need to go back to that.”

Haley appeared at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Town Hall in West Des Moines over the weekend, where she participated in a Q & A event with Governor Terry Branstad in Indianola and met with Iowa faith leaders.

“Let’s go back to the time when our parents raised us to be responsible individuals, where we went to school and learned how to be successful and where we went to church, and we found our faith and our conscience,” she said.

“We need to go back to that,” Haley added. “We’re going to keep talking about that because we have a country to save, and we can’t do it without faith.”

Officials for Iowa Faith & Freedom, the state chapter of a national Christian conservative organization, hold the annual event for candidates to court the state’s Evangelical leaders, who reportedly have influenced caucusgoers in past years. According to local media, event organizers reported roughly 1,200 people attended Saturday night’s fundraiser.

The event also featured several other GOP presidential candidates, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott (SC), former Vice President Mike Pence, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and businessman Perry Johnson.

The question about how faith has impacted their public service was reportedly recurring throughout the event.

During her time serving as South Carolina’s governor, Haley said she was “deeply” affected after a white supremacist shot and killed nine black members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston during a Bible study.

“I remember one day getting on my knees and saying, ‘God, I can’t do this by myself. I need you,'” she said. “And the strength and grace that he showed me, I will tell you, was a defining moment in my life. Because it was the only way that I was able to pull through and get through it.”

Haley said she moved the Confederate flag from over the state capitol building into a museum following the shooting.

“I will tell you it was a defining moment in my life because it was the only way I was able to pull through and get through it,” Haley said, according to local media. “But more than that, I was able to see South Carolina through in a way that she showed real strength and grace.

Among the many topics appealing to Iowa’s faith community, Haley also stood firm on the issue of abortion, telling the crowd, “You have to speak hard truths” on the controversial topic that the American people “deserve the truth.”

“I am unapologetically pro-life, not because the Republican Party tells me to be but because my husband was adopted, and I had trouble having both of my children,” she reportedly told Ralph Reed of the Faith and Freedom Coalition during the banquet’s last sit-down interview. “I am surrounded by miracles and blessings.”

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