Former Republican Speaker Says He Wants Nancy Mace 'To Get the Help She Needs'
McCarthy used a Fox News appearance to criticize Mace and Swalwell and said he wanted Mace to get help.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates Yahoo News, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
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- Source type — The page carries an attributed article first published by Mediaite, rather than original Yahoo News reporting.
- Author attribution — The article has a named author and identifies the television appearance behind the remarks.
- Transparency — The page explicitly states that the post first appeared on Mediaite.
- Editorial standards — The short, quote-driven story offers limited independent corroboration or response from the people criticized.
The story attributes the central remarks to a specific television appearance and supplies context about the McCarthy-Mace conflict. It relies mainly on McCarthy’s comments and does not include responses from Mace or Swalwell.
HOW WE SCORE ↗McCarthy’s criticism dominates the story, and neither Mace nor Swalwell responds. The article does provide background on McCarthy’s conflict with Mace, but it offers little competing perspective.
- Source diversity — The central claims and opinions come from McCarthy’s television appearance.
- Counterarguments presented — No response from Mace or Swalwell is included.
- Opinion vs reporting — The article reports the remarks as McCarthy’s rather than presenting them as established facts.
The report attributes the critical remarks to McCarthy and recounts the background without adopting his claims as fact. The pointed headline quotes him but does not establish an editorial position.
- Language tone — The body reports the remarks in straightforward, attributed language.
- Headline — The headline highlights a provocative quote, but does not itself endorse it.
- Framing — The story presents McCarthy’s comments and the history of his dispute with Mace as reported events.
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Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy criticized Reps. Nancy Mace and Eric Swalwell during a Fox News appearance, calling them among Congress’s least ethical and least respected members and saying Mace should get help. The article also revisits McCarthy’s failed effort to back a primary challenger to Mace.
McCarthy made the remarks on Fox News. He said Mace and Swalwell had tied for “least ethical” and “least respected” in bipartisan votes, and said he wanted Mace to get help and not be in a position to make decisions. He also criticized Swalwell over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy and said he hoped Swalwell would leave Congress.
Mace was among the Republicans who voted to remove McCarthy as speaker in 2023. The article says McCarthy later backed a Republican primary challenger to Mace, who lost.
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