South Carolina Republican Mace Warns of GOP Midterm ‘Bloodbath’

December 18, 2025, 4:52 PM UTC

Republicans must advance more of President Donald Trump’s agenda if they want to avoid a disastrous 2026 midterm election, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) told Bloomberg Government at an exclusive roundtable Thursday.

“We need to be Nancy Pelosi on steroids,” Mace said, referring to the former Democratic speaker who advanced major Biden administration initiatives with a slender House Democratic majority in the 117th Congress (2021-22).

“If we can do that in the next 90 days, we’re going to be great,” she said. “But anything short of that, we’re going to lose the House in a bloodbath.”

Mace offered up her warning ...

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