Former Congressman George Santos, recently expelled from the House amidst corruption allegations, launched a harsh critique of Congresswoman Nancy Mace on Thursday. His remarks were aimed at accusing her of exploiting him for personal advantage, while also reviving claims that she mistreated her staff.

The exchange was sparked by Mace’s post on X the previous night, where she queried her followers, asking them about their experiences of surviving challenges they didn’t expect to overcome. Santos responded to this on Thursday morning by urging her to “cut the bullsh*t,” asserting that while he acknowledges her advocacy for abuse survivors, she should recognize that abuse manifests in multiple forms, not solely sexual.

Nancy Mace, representing South Carolina, has been a prominent figure on the House Oversight Committee, particularly in its investigation into the files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender. Her approach has included pressing Republicans on their potential connections to Epstein, demonstrating her willingness to pose difficult questions to her own party.

Adding to the complexity of her public persona, Mace has previously brought serious accusations against her former fiancé, Patrick Bryant. On the House Floor last year, she accused him of secretly recording her, physically assaulting her, and conspiring to drug, rape, and film other women—a matter that has undoubtedly shaped her advocacy and public statements.

Mace has been a vocal member of the Oversight Committee in the US House of Representatives, which has been investigating the files of deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and has not shied away from asking Republicans tough questions about their involvement with him as well. 

Last year, Mace took to the House Floor to levy allegations of ‘secretly filming her, physically assaulting her, and engaging in a conspiracy to drug, rape, and film other women,’ against her ex-fiancé, Patrick Bryant. 

Bryant subsequently sued Mace for defamation. He has accused her of cooking up fake gang rape claims to blackmail him. 

Santos continued his post on X: ‘You know you are an abusive b*tch and have abused your staff to a point some had to seek therapy… you decided to pound on me on TV at every single opportunity you had. You never once called me or asked me how I was handling the situation.’

Representative Nancy Mace talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday night, March 3, 2026

Former US Representative George Santos before  a court hearing at US District Court Eastern District of New York Long Island Courthouse on August 19, 2024 in West Islip, New York, where he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and identity theft

Santos was sentenced in April 2025 to 87 months in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after pleading guilty in August 2024, before being released in October 2025 following a presidential commutation from Donald Trump.

Mace, meanwhile, has faced accusations of being a difficult boss. A recent New York Magazine report detailed accounts from former staffers, including one who claimed: ‘Our poor scheduler was getting calls at two in the morning to bring her bottles of tequila.’

Alcohol was not the only substance Mace allegedly used, with multiple staffers also noting her cannabis use, described by some as ‘excessive.’

Another staffer claims they were allegedly instructed by Mace to look up forums on the social media site Reddit that ranked the ‘hottest women in Congress’ and to raise her standing with comments and ‘upvotes.’

Ahead of the story’s publication, Mace went on offense, taking the ‘hit piece’ as a badge of honor.

‘As NY Mag publishes the next national hit piece against me tomorrow, the establishment doesn’t go after people who fall in line. They go after people who don’t,’ Mace stated in a Sunday evening post to her X account.

‘I’ll take that as a compliment. When you stand for something, you make enemies. I’ve never let that stop me from doing my job – and I’m not starting now,’ Mace also argued in her own defense.

Mace was also recently filmed having a heated altercation with Charleston airport staff back in her home state of South Carolina, where she is also running for Governor.

A police report of the incident described Mace as ‘very irate’ and noted that she usedderogatory and profane language toward staff.

Santos, however, has his own score to settle.’You just ran to TV and smeared me… at the time you, Tony Gonzales and a bunch of other aholes fked with my mental health, but I prevailed because I’m not a victim I’m a f*ing fighter and you can go FK yourself Nancy,’ Santos wrote in his Thursday morning X post.

In 2023, Mace accused Santos of having an ‘entire résumé and life’ that was ‘manufactured’, telling CBS News it was ‘very difficult to work with anyone who cannot be trusted.’

Santos had indeed fabricated much of his background while running for Congress. He falsely claimed to have attended a prestigious high school and to have studied at Baruch College and New York University — neither institution had any record of him — and said he had worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, both of which denied he was ever employed there. 

He later apologized for the ’embellishment.’

Mace’s congressional office directed the Daily Mail to her campaign for comment — Santos’s post was a response to content on her personal X account, not an official communication. The campaign did not respond.