The Worst Time To Enter Congress: Rep. Nancy Mace

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Continuing our two-part podcast with very different lawmakers from Congress, Ian Bremmer speaks with freshman Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC). She shares her experience during the January 6 riots shortly after taking office, explains why she did not support impeaching a president she strongly condemned, and discusses where she thinks Democrats and Republicans in Congress can come together in 2021. Listen to part one to compare Rep. Mace’s views to those of two-term Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT).

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0:00.0	One of the reasons I got into politics is I hate politicians.
0:02.4	Like, I hate politics.
0:03.8	But that's the reason I got into it is that I want to see a consistent voice.
0:08.0	I want to see someone put their money where their mouth is.
0:10.2	Not just, you know, to their favor always, to their political party.
0:13.8	We're so divided.
0:15.2	We've made everything partisan.
0:16.6	We've made impeachment partisan.
0:18.5	We've now weaponized impeachment.
0:20.7	And so, I mean, this isn't the American way, in my opinion.
0:25.9	Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast.
0:29.0	I'm Ian Bremmer.
0:29.8	And here you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.
0:34.5	And today I'm sharing a bonus episode with you.
0:37.0	I recently sat down
0:37.9	with Democratic Senator Chris Murphy to talk impeachment and the way forward for Congress in
0:42.0	the country. If you haven't listened yet, it dropped in your podcast feed right before this
0:45.7	episode. And today, I'm crossing the political aisle to pose some of the same questions to
0:51.1	Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace. And as you'll hear, she does not exactly tow the MAGA line.
0:57.4	Let's get to it.
1:03.7	The G0 World podcast is brought to you by our founding sponsor, First Republic.
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