"After the 2024 elections, Mace tried to brand herself as the biggest opponent of trans rights in the House, introducing bathroom bills, using slurs in committee hearings, and telling often fantastical stories about the threats she claims she receives from trans people and their allies. It got to a point last year where even her Republican colleagues were worrying about her " sharp mental decline." Now she is claiming that she suffers from a rare genetic condition called "hemochromatosis," a genetic disorder of the intestines that prevents her from drinking alcohol. This is in reaction to a profile that New York Magazine published this week about Mace's "downward spiral," where staffers said that she's "not okay" and has "deteriorated, and it sucks.""
""She would definitely do it excessively," one staffer told New York Magazine about her alcohol and cannabis consumption. "And again, not to say that most members don't or most staff don't, but it got to the point where it was an issue.""
"Mace called New York Magazine "Fake News" in a video posted to X and said that, not only does she not abuse alcohol, she barely ever drinks it at all due to hereditary hemochromatosis, which she said means she can't drink alcohol at all. "Any and all alcohol makes it worse," she said. "Nancy Mace isn't an alcoholic. Nor do I 'imbibe.'""
After the 2024 elections, Mace positioned herself as a leading opponent of trans rights, introducing bathroom bills, using slurs in committee hearings, and telling fantastical stories about alleged threats from trans people and allies. Republican colleagues reportedly expressed concern about her sharp mental decline. She says she suffers from hereditary hemochromatosis, a genetic intestinal disorder that prevents her from drinking alcohol. Staffers reported increased alcohol and cannabis use, late-night trips to liquor stores to keep parties going in her home, and behavior that breached congressional ethics rules. Mace denied alcohol abuse, called contrary reports "Fake News," and said alcohol worsens her condition.
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