Nancy Mace, first GOP woman elected to Congress in South Carolina, joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to discuss her election and campaign.
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Jedediah, a South Carolina House
Jedediah, a South Carolina House
seat, flipping back to red after
Nancy MACE, narrowly defeated
incumbent, Joe Cunningham,
becoming the first republican
woman in South Carolina ever
elected to Congress and shes no
stranger to service in nineteen. Ninety nine mace
made history as the first Juan
to graduate from the citadel
congresswoman Elect Nancy MACE
joins me now welcome to the show
its my pleasure to have
you here. What does that feel?
Like such a great title, I was
reading that first republican
woman elected to Congress from
South Carolina
thats quite a title.
Quite so, and you know in
fact its one hundred years after women
Sufferage, so I feel
deeply honored to be making
history. Once again,
when I was seventeen, I dropped out of
high school and my first job was
at a waitress at a waffle house
on the side of the interstate.
I was in business for twenty one years
and now im in the: U Dot S Congress,
and this is what american dreams
are really made of from the
waffle house to the? U dot S
house, as I like to say, and
im very eager to get to work
Jedediah. You know I loved
reading about your background
and your story. You just alluded
to and thats precisely the kind
of backgrounds that we need in
Congress. Right now
speak a little bit to the issues.
What issues do you think drove
your success in the campaign?
Why do you think people felt
strongly about voting for you?
Well, the voters wanted a new
Nancy in Congress and Senator
Lindsey Graham said a few times.
Nancy MACE is Nancy Pelosis
worst nightmare. She only have a
four person majority in the: U Dot S
house now and if folks
want to learn about that its
nancymace dot org. But one of the
things I really push on the
campaign trail is that, while
im going to swear to an other
to the constitution at the same
time, im going to represent
that voters and constituents in
the low country and that message
really resonated because im
going to put the region where I
represent above any political
party. Really,
this is a coastal community that
has very unique needs.
Were fiscally conservative but
we love America and we want to
protect the environment and
those are the issues that really
resonated with voters and those
are the things I want to
work on. When I get sworn in
Jedediah, I think people are
mostly excited for things to get
done.
They hate, stalemate and theyre,
hoping that people get elected
that are really willing to sit
down and have
those conversations and
accomplish something.
Do you feel that your background
and your disposition would
enable you to sit with people
across the aisle and make stuff
happen?
One hundred percent
I liked using the example ive
been in the state lawmaker for
three years now and in the
middle of Covid I passed a
prison reform bill and I cant
remember the last time. I saw a
republican push a reform like
that, but when that bill is
voted on every single Democrat
and every single Republican
voted for that measure and it
was signed into law,
weve got to really work and
this election. What were seeing
in twenty twenty its the mandate now is
that we have to reach across the
aisle to get something done.
There was a red wave across many
states in the general assemblies
and state legislatures massive
turn out on both sides
of the aisle
people want someone whose going
to get something. Donald weve
got to be able to work together
and ive dot that as a state
lawmaker, and I look forward to
doing that in Congress.
It used to be that way, but now
weve allowed our disagreements
to cause so much. Division and
people are really tired of it
and weve got to rebuild our
country, states and communities
and im raising my hand
stepping into the arena and im
ready to do it
Jedediah. I think theres a lot.
Transcript generated on 2020-11-08.