{"id":36936,"date":"2026-08-10T18:19:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36936"},"modified":"2026-08-10T18:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:19:56","slug":"nancy-mace-says-all-muslims-in-public-office-pose-threat-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36936","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Mace says all Muslims in public office pose threat to US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., asserted that all <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_732259\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/religion\/islam\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Muslim<\/a> public servants in the U.S. pose a threat to the nation.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Every single Muslim holding public office in America is a trojan horse, and a threat to both national security and our republic,&#8221; Mace declared in a Friday post on X. &#8220;We refuse to be silent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Rep. <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_732260\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/pramila-jayapal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pramila Jayapal<\/a>, D-Wash., condemned Mace&#8217;s comments and insisted that Republicans should do so as well.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_732261\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/el-sayed-touts-endorsement-from-pastor-who-praised-notorious-antisemite-infamous-calling-jews-term\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>EL-SAYED TOUTS ENDORSEMENT FROM PASTOR WHO PRAISED NOTORIOUS ANTISEMITE INFAMOUS FOR CALLING JEWS &#8216;TERMITES&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/06b781cd-rep-nancy-mace-march-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/06b781cd-rep-nancy-mace-march-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/06b781cd-rep-nancy-mace-march-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/06b781cd-rep-nancy-mace-march-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/06b781cd-rep-nancy-mace-march-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Nancy Mace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., speaks to reporters following a briefing by Trump administration officials to members of the House on U.S. strikes on Iran, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on March 3, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Nathan Posner\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;This is absolutely disgusting and dangerous. Republicans must denounce this blatant Islamophobia. To Muslim communities across America: I will always stand with you,&#8221; Jayapal wrote in a Saturday <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_732262\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepJayapal\/status\/2086204597371125848\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Mace, in part of a <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_732263\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NancyMace\/status\/2086426090017341469\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> replying to Jayapal, wrote, &#8220;Islam must be confronted and Islam must be removed from civil society in the US.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_732264\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/imam-who-prayed-before-congress-faces-censure-after-celebrating-grahams-death\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IMAM WHO PRAYED BEFORE CONGRESS FACES FORMAL REBUKE AFTER CELEBRATING GRAHAM&#8217;S DEATH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/pramila-jayapal-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/pramila-jayapal-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/pramila-jayapal-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/pramila-jayapal-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/pramila-jayapal-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Pramila Jayapal\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., speaks during a House Budget Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Al Drago\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">California state Sen. Scott Wiener, who is running for the U.S. House in San Francisco, wrote, &#8220;Nancy Mace is on yet another bender demonizing Muslims and advocating to strip them of full citizenship. She is a vile person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Owen Jones, a British man who describes himself on X as a &#8220;Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places,&#8221; shared Mace&#8217;s post and <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_732265\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/owenjonesjourno\/status\/2086073457498808404\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> in a Saturday post, &#8220;This is a Republican Congresswoman. If she spoke like this about Jewish Americans, she would right be regarded as a loud-and-proud Nazi. Islamophobia is spiralling out of control in the US.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Mace shared Jones&#8217; post and <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_732266\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/2086502949153284128\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> on Sunday, &#8220;If not wanting to be blown up, stabbed, or rammed by a car by a radical Islamist in the United States of America makes us Islamophobes, then so be it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_732267\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dems-hot-seat-skipping-crucial-hearing-radical-group-hiding-us-embarrassment\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DEMS IN THE HOT SEAT FOR SKIPPING CRUCIAL HEARING ON RADICAL GROUP HIDING IN US: &#8216;EMBARRASSMENT&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/nance-mace-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/nance-mace-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/nance-mace-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/nance-mace-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/nance-mace-2025.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Nancy Mace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., arrives at the U.S. Capitol Building on Dec. 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C.<\/span> <span>(Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Mace, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021, ran unsuccessfully in the Republican <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_732269\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/south-carolina\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">South Carolina<\/a> gubernatorial primary this year.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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