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Nasty Nancy Mace Launches Expulsion Bid Against An Even Worse Republican

Nasty Nancy Mace Launches Expulsion Bid Against An Even Worse Republican

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has launched a new crusade.

After the Republican firebrand cruelly tried to ban a transgender lawmaker from bathrooms on Capitol Hill and feuded with airport leadership in her home state of South Carolina—two battles where she was objectively in the wrong—she has now taken on a new foe. And this time, her target is valid.

Mace is trying to expel fellow House Republican and skeeze ball Cory Mills, who is accused of a whole host of horrific things including assault, domestic violence, revenge porn, stolen valor, and even illegally obtaining federal contracts as a member of Congress.“The swamp has protected Cory Mills for far too long and we are done letting it slide,” Mace said Monday in a statement after introducing a resolution to expel the Florida man from Congress. “We tried to censure him and strip him from his committee assignments. Both parties blocked it, but we are not backing down. The evidence against Mills is overwhelming: beating women and telling them to lie about it, cyberstalking women, lying about his military service, and profiting off his seat. Any Member who votes to keep him here is voting to protect a woman beater and a fraud. He needs to be expelled immediately.”

Mace resorted to an expulsion resolution because Mills is refusing to resign—despite multiple other GOP members of Congress urging him to do so.

“There’s absolutely no reason to resign,” Mills told CNN. “He [Johnson] told me not to resign, and he told me that this is why we have this process.”

Indeed, House Speaker Mike Johnson has been protecting Mills for months, and even admitted to CNN that he did actually tell Mills not to resign.

“It is not something I encourage, no. Look, we have a process here,” Johnson said about encouraging his members not to resign amid personal scandals. “So no, I’m not in favor.”

Of course, that’s not surprising in the least. Johnson was happy to keep now-former Rep. Tony Gonzales around after the Texas lawmaker was exposed as a serial sexual harasser, because Gonzales was a reliable vote in Johnson’s slim GOP majority.

Related | Vile allegations against GOP lawmaker? Mike Johnson says no biggie

But wait, the story gets even messier!

Rather than lay low and hope the scandal goes away, Mills has actually picked a fight with Mace, threatening to expel her from Congress.

And he’s taunting her on social media as well, firing off multiple posts on X on Wednesday attacking Mace for her own scandals.

“Hey Nancy, I have no restraining order or any criminal or civil cases open. Can you say the same?” Mills wrote in a post on X, even though he has had restraining orders against him in the past. “What about your restraining order for harassment of your ex fiancé? What about the current gag order issued by the judge in SC and pending cases?”

Mills posted subsequent screeds on X accusing Mace of being mentally unwell, of drinking alcohol, and of being “fake MAGA.”

Related | Nancy Mace’s ‘very nasty’ conduct revealed in police report

Ultimately, in this battle between two utterly detestable and morally repugnant people, Mace is right.

Mills is a pig who belongs nowhere near a position of power, let alone as one of 535 people who make our country’s laws.

As the saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Speaker Johnson Faces Possible Ouster As Jordan Jockeys For Takeover

Speaker Johnson Faces Possible Ouster As Jordan Jockeys For Takeover

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) appears ready to make his move to take over as Speaker of the House after Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) is expected to make his move after the GOP loses control of Congress.

NOTUS reported Monday that Republican lawmakers believe Jordan is preparing to take over and that he's raising and donating large sums of campaign cash to incumbents.

The House isn't expected to remain Republican in the November election. It is typical for the president's party to lose seats in the first midterms. However, Trump's poll numbers are so bad when it comes to the economy and starting an unpopular war in Iran that the GOP looks increasingly likely to lose control of Congress and possibly the Senate.

Jordan tried to beat Johnson when the Republicans ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in 2023, but ultimately failed to garner a majority. Over two dozen "lawmakers, congressional aides, outside advisors and lobbyists" told NOTUS that they see signs Jordan is preparing to make his move.

Jordan, a far-right extremist, has been trying to make inroads with the shrinking moderate and establishment wing of the party, the report explained.

“He’s done a really good job kind of broadening his base of support,” one moderate told NOTUS. “He’s gone out of his way to help people and build relationships.”

Jordan has spent years trying to overcome a scandal involving his awareness of sexual abuse at Ohio State University when he was an assistant wrestling coach. There are at least 177 sexual abuse cases involving Dr. Richard Strauss, the New York Times reported in 2021.

When Jordan ran, he faced a lot of questions about why he couldn't win in 2023. One member asked why, after years of refusing to raise money for those he disagreed with, he would suddenly decide they were on the same side. A key piece of the job in leadership is protecting incumbents and helping raise money for their reelections.

Jordan's excuse was, “It wasn’t my job to help you then."

One ally tried to explain that Jordan was instead focused on protecting Trump from impeachment.

“Jim completely changed his tack,” one senior Republican lawmaker told NOTUS after opposing Jordan in 2023. “He knew that for any chance for him to ascend to a top leadership role, or any leadership role for that matter, he was going to have to shed the wrestler Jim and become a little bit more congenial, workable, friendly, and civil.”

While he's been making inroads with moderates, he may still have to work to convince even those in his own wing of the GOP.

“Some of his angling is frustrating to some on the right,” said a Freedom Caucus member.

Jordan will likely have to face off against Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA).

When asked about it, Jordan said he was “focused on helping our team keep the majority,” and he is “not at all” looking to a leadership race if the GOP moves into the minority.

The response perfectly encapsulated why so many of his colleagues resisted; he simply wasn't a team player.

Jordan is perhaps most known for using the Judiciary Committee to try to bring down former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run.

Reprinted with permission from Alternet

Protecting Their Majority, Republicans Back Scandal-Ridden Rep. Gonzales

Protecting Their Majority, Republicans Back Scandal-Ridden Rep. Gonzales

Republicans are rallying around a fellow GOP lawmaker who had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a staffer who later died by suicide.

Yes, multiple Republicans either refused to call for Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas to resign or flat out admitted that he should stay in Congress because kicking him out would hurt their chances at keeping their narrow majority.

They said this even after text messages were made public, showing Gonzales pressuring aide Regina Ann Santos-Aviles—who later died by self-immolation—to send him sexual photos of herself and asking if she liked "anal," even after she pushed back and said that he was going "too far."

Gonzales’ fellow Texas Republican,Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), told CNN that resigning would be “the stupidest thing he could ever do” because "if he does that, then you gotta give the gavel to Hakeem Jeffries, and I'm sure the Democrats would love that."

Of course, that is not the case. Republicans would still hold a 217-214 majority. But it would be hard, if not impossible, to pass legislation given that GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky often votes against must-pass Republican legislation.

A number of other Republicans made similar comments to MS NOW, but like the cowards they all are, they refused to put their names behind such a disgusting admission.“They can’t lose a single vote, and so members almost seem untouchable right now,” an unnamed House Republican told the outlet.

“It’s a game of numbers and we’re in a losing battle,” another unnamed House Republican said. “Anyone who is remotely considering leaving right now would be able to use that as an incredible bargaining chip.”

And a third unnamed House Republican told MS-NOW that, while the allegations against Gonzales are "a really ugly situation,” Republicans can't "afford" to hold him accountable until the "numbers get better."

Gross is an understatement.Other cowardly Republicans refused to comment publicly on what they think Gonzales should do.

“I’m not going to get ahead of the speaker on this," Rep. Richard Hudson (R_NC), chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told Punchbowl News. "The speaker said publicly that Tony needs to respond to the allegations."

And John Cornyn, the Republican senior senator from Texas, also refused to call on Gonzales to resign.

"I’ve got my own race to run. I’ll let the speaker deal with that," he told Semafor reporter Burgess Everett, referring to his uphill primary battle against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

To be sure, there are some Republicans calling on Gonzales to resign—most of them women who say that Gonzales’ behavior is disgusting and unacceptable.But the most important House Republican of them all—Speaker Mike Johnson—said that Gonzales deserves due process and therefore shouldn't step down.

Of course, as long as the text messages are legitimate, there’s no doubt that what Gonzales did violated House ethics rules, which clearly state that members of Congress are barred from having sexual relationships with aides.

"Send me a sexy pic,” Gonzales texted Santos-Aviles, who died by suicide after reports said that she had been sidelined by staff due to her sexual relationship with their boss.

“You don't really want a hot picture of me,” she responded.

"Yes I do,” Gonzales said. "Hurry."

Santos-Avile’s response made it clear that she was trying to shut down his advances.

“No, I just don't like taking pictures of myself,” she said.

What Gonzales did is despicable. But Republicans won't punish him, just as they won’t punish President Donald Trump, who has been credibly accused of sexual assault by multiple women.

Congressional Republicans Drop 'States Rights' To Help Trump Steal 2026 Midterm

Congressional Republicans Drop 'States Rights' To Help Trump Steal 2026 Midterm

President Donald Trump announced last week that he thinks that the federal government should take over the 2026 midterm elections—an obvious effort to rig the results in favor of Republicans to prevent Democrats from flipping control of Congress.

"These people were brought to our country to vote, and they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting," Trump told Dan Bongino, the loser podcaster who quit his top job at the FBI. "We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia."

But rather than condemn the obviously illegal and dangerous threat, Republicans have been gaslighting Americans into thinking that Trump didn't mean what he said and is actually just talking about the need to pass their voter suppression SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

Take a look at what Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said when asked whether he agreed with Trump's horrific demand to "nationalize" elections.

"I think the president has clarified what he meant by that, and that is that he supports the SAVE Act," Thune said Tuesday—an obviously false statement as Trump explicitly said that he wants the federal government to take over elections.

Q: Do you agree with Trump saying we should 'nationalize' elections?THUNE: I think the president has clarified what he meant by that, and that is that he supports the SAVE Act(That is not what he meant)

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM

Similarly, Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio was also asked if he agrees that the federal government should take over elections, and gave a mealy-mouthed response that did not answer the question.

"I understand the president's frustration," Husted said on CNN. "We can instill confidence in both the president and American people that elections are run well through the SAVE Act."

And when host Dana Bash pushed further, Husted demurred.

"I don't know exactly what he means," Husted said.

Yeah, sure bud.

BASH: Do you agree the state is 'an agent for the federal govt' in elections?HUSTED: I understand the president's frustration. We can instill confidence that elections are run well through the SAVE ActB: He wasn't talking about the SAVE Act, thoughHUSTED: I don't know exactly what he means

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM

Meanwhile, Coward of the Year House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) spread voter fraud lies to defend Trump's call to take over elections—something the former constitutional lawyer should know is illegal.

Article I Section 4 of the Constitution explicitly states that, “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.”

So Congress can make laws regulating elections, but the federal government cannot run them—as Trump is demanding.

"We had three Republican candidates who were ahead on election day in the last cycle, and every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent," Johnson told reporters on Tuesday. "Can I prove that? No."

Johnson: “We had three House Republican candidates who were ahead on Election Day…And every time a new tranche of ballots came in, they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost…It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove that? No.”

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) February 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM

Of course, the order in which ballots are counted means nothing.

Trump then made all of the GOP defenders look like idiots a day later, when he again said that, yes, he really did mean that the federal government should take over elections because of some nonexistent fraud he now has Director of National Intelligence Tulsia Gabbard probing.

"Take a look at Detroit … take a look at Philadelphia, take a look at Atlanta," Trump said Thursday. "The federal government should not allow that. The federal government should get involved. These are agents of the federal government to count the vote. If they can’t count the vote legally and honestly, then somebody else should take over."

Indeed, Trump has already tried to take over election administration with executive orders that sought to require people to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote, limiting the use of electronic ballot-counting machines, and blocking states from counting mail-in ballots that were postmarked on Election Day.

But federal judges have blocked the orders, saying that Trump cannot unilaterally change election law.

Republicans, who purport to be supporters of states’ rights, should be appalled at Trump's call to federalize elections.

But because they’re all sniveling cowards, they’ve instead found any way possible to defend Dear Leader.

Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos


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