Rep. Nancy Mace, currently serving as the U.S. Congresswoman for South Carolina’s 1st district, shared a series of personal reflections and policy positions on her Twitter account on May 27, 2026.
In her first post of the day, Mace recounted her early experiences entering the workforce: “A lot of you know, when I dropped out of school at just 17 years old, I got my first job working at the Waffle House at College Park Road in Ladson. My parents told me if I wasn’t going to go to school, I had to go to work. From there I went on to become the first female to” (May 27, 2026).
Later that evening, Mace addressed her legislative efforts regarding medical procedures for minors: “No child should have their body permanently altered, and no doctor should ever get away with it. We introduced the Childhood Genital Mutilation Prevention Act to make it a federal crime. Any doctor or activist who performs or pushes these procedures on kids faces steep fines and” (May 27, 2026).
In a subsequent post, she referenced a specific case involving Logan Federico and criticized state policies: “Our daughters are worth protecting. Logan Federico’s life was worth protecting. Logan Federico deserved to come home. The South Carolina system of injustice failed her. Every judge who released her killer. Every politician who pushed soft-on-crime policies.” (May 27, 2026).
Mace has represented South Carolina’s 1st District in Congress since replacing Joe Cunningham in 2021 and previously served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2018 to 2020. Born in Fort Bragg in 1977 and now residing in Charleston, she graduated from The Citadel with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1999.
