Republican congresswomen Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia haven't gotten along since they both arrived in Washington, but their feuding hit a new level when Greene called her rival "trash."
The barb went public Nov. 30 when Greene took aim at Mace's politics in a Twitter exchange that lasted most of the day.
"Nancy Mace is the trash in the GOP Conference," Greene wrote. "Never attacked by Democrats or RINO’s (same thing) because she is not conservative, she’s pro-abort. Mace you can back up off of Lauren Boebert or just go hang with your real gal pals, the Jihad Squad."
The latter part of her comment referred to a CNN appearance a day earlier where Mace took aim at fellow Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado for Islamophobic remarks she made about Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
Mace, of Charleston, said the Twitter fighting and attacks needed to stop.
“We have a responsibility to lower the temperature, and this does not do that,” she told CNN viewers. “I didn’t come to Congress to throw bombs on Twitter, to take advantage of people by saying crazy things to raise money or to be a comedian.”
But less than 24 hours later, after being baited by Greene, Mace began firing insults back.
"I’m a pro-life fiscal conservative who was attacked by the Left all weekend (as I often am) as I defied China while in Taiwan," Mace responded. "What I’m not is a religious bigot (or racist). You might want to try that over there in your little 'league.' "
Mace has reportedly not gotten along with Greene since the two freshman GOP congresswomen arrived in Washington.
Greene is well-known for her support of the QAnon conspiracy theory that alleges former President Donald Trump is secretly fighting a “deep state” ring of pedophiles, and she has also alleged unproven election fraud leading to his loss.
Axios reported in January that the two got into a heated exchange on a text chain seen by all freshmen GOP members following the Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill, which were sparked by unsubstantiated claims that the presidential election leading to Trump’s defeat was fraudulent.
Mace vocally condemned the president following the attack on the Capitol, and it has made her a target of Trump loyalists ever since.
But Mace also defended Greene when House Democrats voted to strip the Georgia Republican of her committee assignments because of comments she made, such as claiming that some mass shootings are staged, that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated by government forces and that a Jewish cabal sparked a wildfire with a space laser beam.
“One party stripping a member of another party of his or her committee assignments for comments made before taking office has never been done before,” Mace said. “Like most Americans, I am tired of the division. I’m tired of talking about the loudest voices in the room.”
Greene has weighed in on South Carolina politics before, particularly the GOP primary in the 7th Congressional District where U.S. Rep. Tom Rice, R-Myrtle Beach, faces a packed field of challengers after he voted to impeach Trump.
The Georgia Republican has backed Graham Allen in that race, and was scheduled to make an appearance with him in Myrtle Beach in November but the event was ultimately pushed back and has yet to be rescheduled.
Trump, still angry with Mace, publicly called on challengers to face the South Carolina freshman in her 2022 GOP primary.
Greene's campaign did not respond to a request asking if the Georgia Republican planned to campaign or back a candidate against Mace.
