Nancy Mace Says Pelosi 'Was a More Effective House Speaker Than Any Republican This Century'

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 8th, 2025, 9:08 pm


Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) threw out some praise for her fellow congressional Nancy in an op-ed for The New York Times on Monday, writing that Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “was a more effective Speaker than any Republican this century.”

Both Nancys are leaving Congress. Mace is joining a crowded GOP primary seeking to become South Carolina’s next governor, and Pelosi announced last month that she would not seek re-election.

In an op-ed headlined “What’s the Point of Congress?“, Mace wrote how she “came to Congress five years ago believing I could make a difference for my constituents, for South Carolina and for a country I love deeply,” but she had “learned that the system in the House promotes control by party leaders over accountability and achievement.” “No one can be held responsible for inaction, so far too little gets done,” Mace lamented. “The obstacles to achieving almost anything are enough to make any member who came to Washington with noble intentions ask: Why am I even here?”

The problems, Mace wrote, have been going on for decades, with “[a] small number of lawmakers [who] negotiate major legislation behind closed doors and spring it on members with little notice or opportunity for input,” massive bills numbering thousands of pages with the provisions lawmakers wanted stripped out and unrelated policies stuffed in, amendments heavily limited, and “[l]eaders of both parties…systematically silenc[ing] rank-and-file voices.”

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