Nancy Mace Hits Back At Claims She Used Alcohol And Weed ‘Excessively’ In Whirlwind Posting Spree | EUROtoday

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) refuted claims that she drank alcohol and used marijuana “excessively” via a sequence of social media posts on Tuesday, saying she will be able to’t drink an excessive amount of on account of a “genetic affliction” — solely to be countered by one in all her former staffers.

A New York Magazine profile printed Monday featured a number of former Mace workers who stated the politician despatched staffers on late-night journeys to the liquor retailer throughout her first time period in Congress. In response, the South Carolina consultant wrote in an X publish that she is bodily incapable of consuming in extra.

“[The] Press really should FACT CHECK before running lies,” she wrote Tuesday alongside a photograph of her consuming from a mug with the phrases “Not Tequila” written on it. “I have a lifelong genetic affliction which prevents me from consuming much alcohol. It’s called HEMOCHROMATOSIS. Look it up.”

Hemochromatosis is a dysfunction wherein the physique can construct up an excessive amount of iron within the pores and skin, coronary heart, liver, pancreas, pituitary gland and joints, in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In a video clip posted Tuesday on X, Mace accused the “fake news” of “spreading the lies” that she abuses alcohol. She additionally added that she’s not “supposed” to drink alcohol however does so “socially, occasionally,” noting that it “would cause all sorts of disease on my organs, cancer, etc. [and] shorten my lifespan.”

Natalie Johnson, Mace’s former communications director, fired again at Mace’s claims, writing Tuesday on X, “Nancy Mace claiming she doesn’t drink alcohol might be the funniest, most brazen lie she’s told to date.”

She added, “The woman drank so much she’d have interns or junior staff run to Congressional Liquor during the work day so she could imbibe during telephone town halls.”

Johnson, who was reportedly Mace’s director of communications from January 2021 to August 2021, additionally re-shared a number of pictures of Mace showing to carry alcoholic drinks. Johnson captioned the publish “Cheers!”

Johnson additionally shared one in all Mace’s X posts from Feb. 18, 2025, wherein the consultant wrote, “It’s ‘National Drink Wine Day!’ Cheers,” alongside a photograph of herself smiling and holding what seemed to be a glass of purple wine.

Mace’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark.

The accusations come after the House Ethics Committee introduced in January that it’s investigating allegations in opposition to Mace, who’s at present working for governor of South Carolina. The committee stated it is going to announce its “course of action” on the matter on or earlier than March 2.