Nancy Mace takes credit for historic McCarthy ouster: ‘I just booted out the old speaker and got a new speaker’

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) touted her record of going against the Republican Party and took credit for ousting former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) earlier this month.

The South Carolina Republican described herself as a “maverick” and said she supports her party, but that when she disagrees she will “call them out,” while speaking on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on Monday.

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“I would like to think of myself more so as a ‘maverick,’ right? So when I’m with my party I’ll support them, I’ll vote with them, and then I call them out when I disagree and sometimes it’s when I vehemently disagree,” Mace said. “I just booted out the old speaker and got a new speaker in, because I felt like the former speaker wasn’t the right leader for our country.”

When host Charlamagne Tha God asked Mace if the GOP has “got it out for you now,” Mace said they do and touted new House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as someone who is “not bought and paid for.”

“They are coming after me. I got one of the insiders — one of the establishment insiders — booted out of the speaker’s office and got someone who is not bought and paid for by Washington,” Mace said.

Later in the interview, Mace reiterated how she trusts Johnson and also claimed that neither party trusted McCarthy while he was speaker.

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“He’s a guy that I do believe will be honest and tell the truth. Democrats and Republicans didn’t trust the last guy, and at least we know where the chess pieces will be on the board and what sandbox we are playing in and we can figure that out together,” Mace said. “Because we know what we’re gonna get out of Mike Johnson, it’s the truth and honesty and humility and someone we can trust.”

Mace was one of eight Republicans who voted with all Democrats to oust McCarthy, leading to the House having no elected speaker for more than three weeks. The House finally elected a speaker last week when all Republicans voted for Johnson in the House floor vote.