Reps. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Cory Mills (R-FL) have launched a full-out war against each other, trading barbs and accusations online as the House undergoes an ethics reckoning that has seen three members resign.
Mace has introduced a motion to expel Mills on the House floor, and Mills is weighing whether to move forward with his own against the South Carolina Republican.
Both Mace and Mills are under House ethics investigations. Mills has been accused of domestic violence, stolen valor, and financial misconduct. Mace is facing allegations of financial misconduct. Both have denied wrongdoing.
Mills posted a litany of statements on X on Tuesday, challenging Mace to “call the vote” against him, claiming that her motion against him is “political theatre” she is using to get donations.
He wrote, “You claim to ‘hold the line,’ or is that only peacocking as well?”
Mills’s posts attacking Mace include references to her drinking habits, with images and video allegedly showing the congresswoman with alcohol, as well as high turnover in her office. Mace has said she doesn’t “drink much” because of a genetic condition she has called “hemochromatosis.”
“The only acceptable outcome for Cory Mills is expulsion,” Mace said in a post on X. “We didn’t come to Congress to watch people abuse their position of power and get away with it. Cory, your days are numbered. Start packing.”
The back and forth between Mills and Mace comes amid a cultural reckoning on Capitol Hill, sparked by allegations of sexual misconduct by now-former Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales. Both men resigned last week as pressure grew against them.
A third member, former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, resigned Tuesday ahead of a planned House Ethics Committee sanctions hearing. The Florida Democrat, who was found guilty of wrongdoing in 25 ethics violations by the panel last month, was accused of stealing $5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and funneling a portion of it to her campaign account.
Now, with all three gone, focus will likely turn to Mills. Mace has not said when she will bring up her motion, with her office saying it will likely be sometime next week.
Mace’s introduction of her expulsion resolution against Mills came after reporting that he was considering bringing his own expulsion resolution against Mace. However, Mills has yet to announce a resolution against Mace, telling the Washington Examiner on Tuesday that he is “still weighing that out.”
“I believe in due process,” Mills said. “I think the due process should have been the key from the very beginning. It’s the catalyst of what we run things on, and we have an ethics committee and other things because of that exact reason, committee of jurisdiction.”
It’s not clear how much support an expulsion resolution against Mills would garner. To be successful, a motion to expel a member needs to reach a two-thirds majority. It’s unlikely that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would approve of Mills’s expulsion, as the speaker has previously supported letting the House Ethics Committee do its work before moving against a member.
However, Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) has signaled she may support an effort to expel Mills, saying in a post on X, “I don’t care if you are Republican or Democrat. No one is above the law.”
Mace announced her motion to oust Mills on Monday afternoon, saying in a statement that “the swamp has protected Cory Mills for far too long and we are done letting it slide.
“We tried to censure him and strip him from his committee assignments,” Mace said. “Both parties blocked it, but we are not backing down.”
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She continued, “The evidence against Mills is overwhelming: beating women and telling them to lie about it, cyberstalking women, lying about his military service, and profiting off his seat. Any Member who votes to keep him here is voting to protect a woman beater and a fraud. He needs to be expelled immediately.”
Mace previously tried to censure Mills and remove him from the House foreign affairs and armed services committees last year. That effort was blocked on the House floor and sent to the House Ethics Committee, which has been investigating Mills since August 2024.