Embattled House Republican Faces House Censure From Nancy Mace

Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace will introduce a resolution Wednesday to censure her fellow GOP colleague, Rep. Cory Mills of Florida, in a high-profile example of Republican infighting on the House floor.

Mace’s resolution is expected to remove Mills from the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees. The resolution will be privileged, according to a source familiar, meaning House GOP leadership will have to hold a vote on the matter by Friday.

Mace sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday requesting that Mills be removed from his committee roles.

The move comes after House Democrats introduced a retaliatory censure measure against Mills on Tuesday in response to a Republican led-effort to formally rebuke Democratic U.S. Virgin Islands delegate Stacey Plaskett. Republicans have excoriated the nonvoting delegate for consulting with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 congressional hearing.

Democrats later withdrew their resolution following Republicans failing to secure the votes to censure Plaskett and remove her from her seat on the House Intelligence Committee.

Mace and several conservative Republicans railed against their conference for allowing the Plaskett censure vote to fail. The group of conservatives alleged that some Republicans cut a deal to save Plaskett in an effort to prevent a vote on censuring Mills.

“Another backroom deal so Cory Mills can’t get censored for Stolen Valor,” Mace