All right. Let's bring back Congresswoman Nancy Mace.
We're going to do it by the cell phone this
time because I really want to talk to her and
be able to hear her.
We had some technical difficulties earlier.
Congresswoman, thank you so very much.
Well, as you know, a lot of coverage of this
particular exchange with another
anchor yesterday. Let's watch.
You've endorsed Donald Trump for president.
Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for
rape.
How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with
the testimony we just saw?
I was raped at the age of 16,
and I'm not going to sit here on your show
and be asked a question meant to shame me about
another potential rape victim.
It's actually not about shaming you,
it's a question about no,
you are shaming you. Women won't come forward because they're
defamed by those who perpetrate rape Donald Trump.
They are judged and they're shame.
What you're doing is defending a man who's been found
liable for rape.
I don't understand how you can do that,
not in a Criminal Court of law.
This was a civil judgement over sexual abuse.
I mean, that was unbelievable.
First of all, what was that like to sit there
and be questioned that way?
And. And what did you say?
What you wanted to say?
Well, well, no. I was so shocked and dismayed by
the line of questioning.
George Stephanopoulos tried to bully me and shame me as
a rape survivor over my support for Donald Trump.
Which is insane to me because he wasn't found guilty
of rape anywhere.
But the other thing is that George Stephanopoulos,
he doesn't he, he has never felt the shame of
rape.
He does not know what this journey is like.
It's a journey of healing over a lifetime.
And I will tell you,
I've been built for tough.
I've been through some very tough things,
including the Citadel. The Citadel made me tougher than I've
ever been.
That guy playing Mr. Tough Guy yesterday,
he would not last 30 seconds at the Citadel,
the military College of South Carolina.
He has no clue what he's talking about.
What was it that do you think brought about the
back and forth?
I mean, you seem to signal enough with your body
language and your words
that this you felt bullied at that moment and then
you spoke the words.
Stop shaming me. Yeah, I did.
That's that's why women won't come forward when they're assaulted.
It's because of the judgment and the shame.
And here he was judging me,
bullying me, and shaming me as a rape victim for
my political choices.
And it's wrong, but it's almost like rape is bad
unless you're Republican and then we're going to shame you
for it.
And the way that the left reacted,
it's just a reflection of how bad Joe Biden's numbers
are,
that this is what they do to rape survivors,
to rape victims. That's to shame them for their for
their political choices here.
And you know, I said my piece.
I thought I did it very I did it more
respectfully than I should have,
than I probably wanted to.
But it was horrifying. And you could see at the
very beginning of that interview I went,
you can see in my facial expression,
because I was there to talk about
2024. I wasn't brought on to talk about my own
rape.
I didn't agree to any of that.
And he shares the speech I gave and passioned speech
five years ago about telling my story for the first
time.
It's very difficult for me to watch
that speech. It's painful and you can see it on
my face.
And I was in dismay that this is where he
was going with this.
It was disgusting. It takes.
I don't know what AB.
I don't know what AB CS female leadership.
What do they think about what he did?
I mean they've got female presidents.
What do they think about what he did yesterday?
That's that's an excellent question.
And and about those women who may have been victims
as well,
how they saw you in that moment standing tough.
You said you were built for tough.
You certain? You certainly are.
And I know it's a lifetime of of healing for
you,
But along this route, just know you have a lot
of support as a victim.
I appreciate you being tough in those moments.
Thank you, Congresswoman Nancy, thank you.
Thank you, Harris. That means a lot.
Thank you.