Nancy Mace Says Pelosi ‘Was a More Effective House Speaker Than Any Republican’

Nancy Mace Says Pelosi ‘Was a More Effective House Speaker Than Any Republican This Century’

Sarah Rumpf Dec 8th, 2025, 9:08 pm

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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) threw out some praise for her fellow congressional Nancy in an op-ed for on Monday, writing that Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “was a more effective Speaker than any Republican this century.”

Both Nancys are leaving Congress. Mace is joining a crowded GOP primary to become South Carolina’s next governor, and Pelosi announced last month that she would not seek re-election .

In an op-ed headlined “ What’s the Point of Congress? “, Mace wrote how she “came to Congress five years ago believing I could make a difference for my constituents, for South Carolina and for a country I love deeply,” bu