'You're a piece of s**t': Nancy Mace and Cory Mills clash in heated exchange after failed censure
Mace forced a censure vote against Mills and criticized him during a heated exchange on the House floor.
SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYBlaze Media is an established but strongly partisan publisher, so its institutional credibility is moderate rather than comparable to a wire service or newspaper of record. The article identifies an author and reports a vote and attributed statements, but offers limited independent sourcing.
- Source type — An established national outlet with a pronounced partisan orientation.
- Editorial standards — The article reports the vote and attributes Mace's claims, but does not provide much independent verification.
- Author attribution — A named author is credited.
- Source diversity — It says Mills's office was contacted, but the article contains no response from him or other independent sources.
The article gives a vote tally, names members who voted to advance the measure and attributes Mace's allegations and statements. It has limited source diversity and does not include Mills's response, though it says his office was contacted.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article reports the vote and says Mills's office was contacted, but the available account relies heavily on Mace's allegations and statements. Mills's response and independent perspectives are absent.
- Counterarguments presented — No response from Mills is included; the article only says his office was contacted.
- Source diversity — Most of the narrative and quoted material comes from Mace.
- Loaded language — The headline uses an insult from the floor exchange, while the body includes accusations that are not independently substantiated in the article.
The report gives substantial space to Mace's allegations and presents the censure effort as a response to Mills's conduct, while offering little countervailing account. Its descriptions of the earlier Plaskett matter also reinforce a critical framing of Democrats.
- Framing — The article foregrounds Mace's case against Mills and her account of a backroom deal.
- Source selection — Mace's statements dominate; no opposing account from Mills appears.
- Language tone — The article uses a vivid insult in the headline and repeats a description of Plaskett as having colluded with Epstein.
Rep. Nancy Mace pushed for a House censure of Rep. Cory Mills, but the effort failed 310-103. The vote was followed by a heated floor exchange, with Mace criticizing Mills over allegations and calling him a “piece of s**t.”
Mace forced a censure vote against Mills over alleged stolen valor, arms deals under investigation and alleged abuse toward women. The measure failed 310-103; the article says 204 Republicans and 106 Democrats voted against advancing it, while eight Republicans, including Mace, voted to advance it. Mace also accused Mills of making a “backroom deal” to suppress his censure and criticized him in posts on X.
Mace said the effort was a win because, in her view, it would prevent Mills from being used in future censure negotiations. She said Mills’s investigation had been referred to an Ethics Subcommittee and called for leadership to remove him from his committees pending the investigation. The article says Mills’s office was contacted for comment.
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- Readers of left-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: 56% good look
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Votes cast on this page: ▲ 9 · ◆ 2 · ▼ 7
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Part of a bigger story
14 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Nancy Mace pursued a House resolution to censure fellow Republican Cory Mills and remove him from committee assignments, citing allegations against him. The House later referred the resolution to the Ethics Committee rather than immediately removing him. Left-leaning outlets present the move as Mace’s effort to secure Mills’s committee removal. Center outlets mostly emphasize the resolution’s path and related Ethics Committee action, while also reporting Mills’s denials. Right-leaning outlets place the bid amid Republican infighting and, in some accounts, foreground Mace’s allegation of a deal to protect Mills.
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