'Humiliation fetish?' Nancy Mace mocked after Declaration of Independence gaffe

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) came under ruthless mockery when, the day before the Fourth of July, she appeared to accidentally reveal she didn't understand what was in the Declaration of Independence.

It began when she threw what was meant to be a jab at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who referenced the Declaration of Independence while giving a record-breaking floor-speech in the House opposing President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" of tax breaks and Medicaid cuts, which narrowly passed Congress shortly after he concluded.

"Did Hakeem Jeffries just say the Declaration of Independence reads like an INDICTMENT? Did I hear that right?" Mace posted to X.

A number of people quickly chimed in to tell her that, yes, in fact, the Declaration of Independence spends most of its length listing the allegations against King George III, as justification for the American colonies to declare themselves independent from Britain.

"He said 'the second part of it reads like an indictment against an out of control king,'" wrote Semafor's David Weigel. "Which it does. 'He has obstructed the Administration of Justice' etc etc. It's a short read."

"The Declaration of Independence was, in part, an indictment of King George III," wrote criminal defense lawyer and legal blogger Scott Greenfield. "Anyone moderately familiar with the Declaration of Independence would know this."

"Do you have a humiliation fetish?" wrote political YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen.

"Maybe spend less time cosplaying in pjs … A key part of the Declaration of Independence is an indictment of King George III," wrote Denver city elections official Andy Szekeres, referencing Mace's recent stunt in which she drove to Washington, D.C. in a luxury van wearing just pajamas.

"It should surprise no one that this imbecile has never read the Declaration of Independence," wrote Alexandria city councilman R. Kirk McPike.