Republican Rep. Nancy Mace (S.C.) roasted distinguished members of her personal occasion Wednesday on the annual Washington Press Club Foundation Congressional Dinner.
The fundraising dinner was billed as a night of “lighthearted quips,” however Mace’s digs had been something however. And she managed to bash House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and ex-President Donald Trump in the identical one-liner about McCarthy’s contortions to win the speakership final month.
“I haven’t seen someone assume that many positions to appease the crazy Republicans since Stormy Daniels,” mentioned Mace, referring to the grownup movie actor who accused Trump of getting an affair along with her in 2006.
Mace later made a jab at Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who she recently branded a “fraud.” Gaetz helped lead Freedom Caucus radicals who opposed McCarthy’s speakership till he promised concessions.
“Well, let’s be honest. We all knew that Matt Gaetz would never let the vote get to 18,” mentioned Mace. The joke about Gaetz’s alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old drew shocked reactions from the gang.
“I do have a message for Matt this evening. He really, really wanted to be here tonight, but he couldn’t find a babysitter — to be his date, I mean. Come on.”
Mace wasn’t the one politician firing off jokes at members of their very own occasion.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) took goal at President Joe Bidenover a clip that shows him clapping out of sync with Black churchgoers at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church final month.
