Nancy Mace Calls Muslim Officeholders a Threat, Drawing Democratic Condemnation 2 Days Later

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 10

Rep. Nancy Mace said in a Friday X post that "every single Muslim holding public office in America is a trojan horse" and a threat to U.S. national security and the republic.
Pramila Jayapal answered Saturday that the remarks were "absolutely disgusting and dangerous," urging Republicans to denounce what she called blatant Islamophobia and voicing support for Muslim communities.
Mace escalated the exchange in a reply saying Islam "must be removed from civil society in the US," then wrote Sunday that if fearing attack by "a radical Islamist" makes people Islamophobic, "then so be it."
The backlash widened beyond House Democrats, with California state Sen. Scott Wiener accusing Mace of demonizing Muslims and British commentator Owen Jones saying similar rhetoric about Jewish Americans would be treated as openly Nazi.

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