GOP Rep. Offers Unconventional Explanation for Nearly Missing Prayer Breakfast
Pro tip: Don’t Overshare at a Prayer Breakfast
Attention all speakers at prayer breakfasts: if you’re running late and need to give a reason, avoid sharing too much information. Unfortunately, Rep. Nancy Mace didn’t get the memo. The South Carolina Republican was speaking at a prayer breakfast for her colleague, GOP presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott, on Capitol Hill.
However, she almost missed the Judeo-Christian prayer breakfast. Yes, you read that right, a prayer breakfast. Let me emphasize it again: prayer breakfast. It’s a religious event. Mace had an excuse though. Her fiancé, whom she is not yet married to, wanted to have sex and she had to escape his grasp.
“When I woke up this morning at 7, I was getting picked up at 7:45, Patrick, my fiancé, tried to pull me by my waist over this morning in bed,” she told the audience.
“And I was like, ‘No, baby, we don’t got time for that this morning,’” she added. “I gotta get to the prayer breakfast, and I gotta be on time.”
“A little TMI,” she concluded, to laughs. “He can wait, I’ll see him later tonight.”
Nancy Mace at Tim Scott’s prayer breakfast:
“I woke up this morning at 7, Patrick my fiancé tried to pull me by my waist in bed and I was like ‘no baby we don’t have time for that this morning’ I gotta get to the prayer breakfast… He can wait. I’ll see him later tonight.” pic.twitter.com/LzAJ5M84P1
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 27, 2023
But let’s not forget, it was a prayer breakfast! The Bible is quite clear on the issue of sex before marriage, whether in the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 22) or the New Testament (1 Corinthians 7). All Abrahamic religions share this belief. While everyone sins, it’s important to know your audience and not proudly share your transgressions.
Public Speaking 101: know your audience.
— Cari Kelemen (@KelemenCari) July 27, 2023
Mace later tweeted, “I go to church because I’m a sinner not because I’m a saint! Glad those in attendance, including @SenatorTimScott and our pastor, took this joke in stride. Pastor Greg and I will have a little extra to talk about on Sunday now.”
I go to church because I’m a sinner not because I’m a saint!
Glad those in attendance, including @SenatorTimScott and our pastor, took this joke in stride. Pastor Greg and I will have a little extra to talk about on Sunday now https://t.co/krK2f1ALNZ
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) July 27, 2023
However, religious conservatives were not convinced. Pundit Allie Beth Stuckey tweeted, “These comments just go to show how little politicians — even Republican politicians — know or care about Christianity. They have no idea the values Christians hold. They’d be aghast to know we still think sex is reserved for marriage.”
Thinking about this again. These comments just go to show how little politicians — even Republican politicians — know or care about Christianity. They have no idea the values Christians hold. They’d be aghast to know we still think sex is reserved for marriage https://t.co/allkgBo4p3
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) July 27, 2023
Megan Basham suggested that a true shepherd would have a serious talk with Rep. Mace. She tweeted, “There would be real church discipline. Not just because she is living in unrepentant sin, but also because of her promotion of abortion. What she said is as much an indictment of her pastoral leadership as of herself.”
(Alright y’all knew I wasn’t going to make full three weeks before I posted on my feed). This episode tells us so much about the failure of church leaders. A true shepherd would have a serious talk w/ Rep. Mace. There would be real church discipline. Not just because she is… https://t.co/1i3c62P5bm
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) July 27, 2023
A priest, Fr. Patrick Behm, pointed out the issue with the “c’mon, everybody sins sometimes” mentality. He tweeted, “We’re all sinners. That’s not the issue. The issue is when we have no remorse and no intention of conversion. If you know this is something you need to talk about with your pastor on Sunday, then I recommend you stop this behavior.”
We’re all sinners. That’s not the issue. The issue is when we have no remorse and no intention of conversion. If you know this is something you need to talk about with your pastor on Sunday, then I recommend you stop this behavior. https://t.co/Ma8NwOfNzH
— Fr. Patrick Behm (@FrPBehm) July 27, 2023
The real issue here is the level of pride displayed. It’s all just a big joke! Ha ha, she was almost late because she’s living in sin. And now there’s more to talk about on Sunday! But if you feel the need to share your “TMI” sins, just don’t. Not only does nobody want to hear them, but it also shows that you’re not taking it seriously. The fact that Mace felt the need to share it as if it were no big deal is the main problem here, along with her other remarks before (yes, at a prayer breakfast).
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