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Wed Jul 2, 2025, 12:19 PM Jul 2

Nancy Mace's 'Perverse' Migrant 'Dream' For Own State Gets Slammed Online [View all]

Source: huff Post




The South Carolina Republican shared a social media post Tuesday that users
are calling "disturbed," "vile" and "grotesque."

Marco Margaritoff Jul 2, 2025, 12:01 PM EDT

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) appears to be relishing in Florida’s new immigrant detention center, a makeshift facility that is surrounded by dangerous wildlife and has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” and says she wants her home state of South Carolina to have one, too.

“Dear DHS: We’ve got a swamp and a dream,” Mace wrote Tuesday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Let’s talk. South Carolina’s gators are ready. And they’re not big on paperwork. If I was Governor, we’d be bringing Alligator Alcatraz to South Carolina.”

Mace was slammed on social media as “disturbed,” “vile” and “grotesque” for celebrating the facility, which legal experts warn could unwittingly foster human rights abuses. Mace accompanied her post with a selfie showing her wearing body armor — which didn’t escape her critics.

“Your constant need to be the center of attention truly is something to witness,” wrote one user on X. “Like how can someone so vapid somehow consume so much oxygen that our trees work hard to produce? Whose vest did you even borrow for this photo op?”...................





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Nadine🇨🇦
@StillUnscripted
Imagine pitching alligators as immigration policy while your state ranks near the bottom in healthcare, education, and basic services. Girl, this ain’t leadership. What this is, is bullshit in a trucker hat.

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