'I’m a sinner not a saint!' Nancy Mace excuses joking about premarital sexual intercourse at prayer breakfast

Asher Notheis

July 27, 04:57 PM July 27, 05:00 PM

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has defended remarks she manufactured throughout a Republican prayer breakfast on Wednesday, exactly where she joked about rejecting sexual intercourse from her fiance to be on time for the function.

Footage of Mace's speech at the party, where by she produced the joke, was shared on social media Thursday early morning. Mace stated in the course of her physical appearance at the prayer breakfast that she turned down sex with her fiance on Wednesday early morning because "I obtained to get to the prayer breakfast," introducing that she would see her fiance "later tonight."

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Immediately after the clip went viral, Mace took to X, the social media platform previously recognized as Twitter, to clarify her remark. "I go to church since I’m a sinner not a saint!" Mace wrote on Thursday afternoon. "Happy people in attendance, including Tim Scott and my pastor, took this joke in stride. Pastor Greg and I will have additional to talk about on Sunday."

Mace's clarification of her joke obtained varying ranges of reaction.

The prayer breakfast Mace attended was the 13th Yearly South Carolina Prayer Breakfast, which was hosted by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC). Other persons in attendance at the breakfast incorporated Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), together with Reps. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and William Timmons (R-SC).

“The very good news for people of us who are listed here is that on our thirteenth anniversary, we have performed in the final 13 decades what we will do this year - which is go away our political dissimilarities at the doorway,” read a assertion from Scott in a press release. “This is an prospect for us to certainly celebrate religion and celebrate South Carolina, and not rejoice pink or blue, black or white, but just a risen Savior and the pleasure of living in a state in which that’s attainable.”

The Washington Examiner contacted Scott for remark.