Barf Bag: State Governments Deserve Better Than These Two.
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This week, we’ve digested the unsettling announcement that two particularly self-righteous women in politics are pursuing statewide positions: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R) aims to be the governor of Tennessee, and Rep. Nancy Mace is running for governor of South Carolina. Mace has been hinting at her intentions since January.
Mace stated in an announcement, “God’s not finished with South Carolina and neither am I.” Meanwhile, Blackburn declared in her campaign video, “I’m ready to deliver the type of conservative governance that will position our state as the leader in conservative values for this era and beyond.”
First, let’s talk about Marsha. In 2022, she controversially referred to Griswold v. Connecticut, a pivotal Supreme Court case that secured the right for married couples to use contraceptives, as “constitutionally unsound.” Astonishingly, she later tweeted support for Iranian women, portraying herself as a feminist ally. She also launched a tirade against Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation, lamenting that “biological women” face discrimination and bizarrely claimed that it’s harder to buy a gun than to get an abortion.
Here’s a direct tweet from Blackburn:
The Constitution grants us rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness – not abortions.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) March 23, 2022
[It reads: “The Constitution grants us rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness – not abortions.”]
She also likened universal daycare to Soviet-style communism and defended the reputation of Neanderthals following former President Joe Biden’s comment in March 2021 that not wearing masks was “Neanderthal thinking.”
Turning to Nancy, where does one even begin? Initially, she appeared somewhat moderate after her 2020 election victory and even criticized President Donald Trump following the events of January 6.
The day after the Capitol riot, she told CNN, “Everything that he’s worked for … all of that, his entire legacy, was wiped out yesterday.” She later stated to The Hill: “We need to hold the president accountable for what occurred. The misleading statements leading up to this vote, the lies told to the public – this is the outcome, rhetoric has real impacts. And people died.” Despite Trump endorsing her primary opponent in 2022, by January 2024, Mace had endorsed Trump’s third presidential campaign over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
Since at least 2023, Mace’s behavior has been increasingly erratic. She opened a prayer breakfast, mentioning she could have stayed home with her fiancé, and later wore a Scarlet Letter tank top after voting against former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. By the summer of 2024, the sexual assault survivor claimed she was “rape shamed” after endorsing Trump, and that autumn, following Sarah McBride’s election as the first openly transgender Congressperson, Mace proposed a Capitol bathroom ban aimed at targeting her.
In 2025, she used her Congressional Twitter to mock a transgender teacher, insulted her own constituents as “ugly,” “nasty,” and “completely evil,” and appeared to share a nude photo of herself during a House subcommittee hearing, purportedly to advocate for survivors of nonconsensual recording. Recently, she told Fox News, “One of my favorite things to watch on YouTube these days are the court hearings where illegal immigrants are in court and ICE shows up to deport them.”
These women seem to need therapy, not the reins of state governments.
Trump-related barf:
- Health Secretary Robert. F Kennedy Jr. canceled $500 million in contracts and grants for developing mRNA vaccines for flu and covid. [New York Times]
- The National Park Service announced plans to reinstall a Washington, DC, statue of a Confederate general that was toppled by protesters in June 2020. [Mother Jones]
- Various military branches are discharging transgender servicemembers, and the Air Force announced it would deny members with 15 to 18 years of service the option for early retirement—effectively stripping them of their retirement benefits. [Associated Press]
- Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Vice President JD Vance convened on Wednesday to strategize over the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal. [CNN]
- Even Bureau of Prisons staff are baffled that Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security prison camp. [NBC News]
- Newly released video from the January 6 attacks shows Jared Wise, a senior adviser for the Department of Justice, urging rioters to attack police officers. [NPR]
- The State Department is considering a requirement for people seeking business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the U.S., a move driven by Trump’s concerns over visa overstays. [Associated Press]
- In a similar vein, the Department of Homeland Security will not issue visas to transgender women traveling to the U.S. for elite sports competitions. [NBC News]
- Trump is reportedly meddling in the New York City mayoral race to thwart Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. [New York Times]
- The National Weather Service is reinstating some of the 450 employees DOGE dismissed. How efficient! [CNN]
- Headline: “Apple crafted a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump.” [The Verge]
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has requested that Trump pardon former Congressman George Santos, who recently began serving time in federal prison. [Axios]
- Trump confidant Stephen Miller’s spouse Katie Miller is launching a podcast after leaving her role with Elon Musk. [Axios]
Non-Trump barf:
- Supreme Court Justice and Fox News regular Samuel Alito plans to release a book next year. We wish he wouldn’t. [CNN]
- Current Miss United States Lindsey Langston accused Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) of threatening to release compromising videos of her after their breakup. Mills recently resolved an eviction dispute over $85,000 in unpaid rent. [Politico]
- A Republican woman running for state senate in Arizona, Mylie Biggs, controversially stated last year that she doubts women should hold political office. “I don’t know
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