Rep. Nancy Mace is sporting an inky new look as she faces the end of her time in Congress.
The South Carolina Republican, 48, revealed several previously hidden tattoos on her arms in the intro clip for her new YouTube show “Get Maced.”
Ms. Mace will soon be leaving Congress after declining to seek reelection in favor of a bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, which she lost.
In the intro video, Ms. Mace wears a tank top that shows the ink designs.
Among them are the word “JUSTICE” written vertically, a depiction of the Virgin Mary, a bird, and floral motifs.
Ms. Mace usually wears long sleeves in public.
Politico reported in February that she quickly got her first nine tattoos amid a mass exodus of staffers from her congressional office. Ms. Mace fired her chief of staff in 2024, and several staffers resigned shortly thereafter.
The lawmaker said at the time that she gets tattoos to feel “the pain that I need to feel” and to “reclaim” her body.
One of her tattoos is a line from the novel “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf: “Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself,” according to the report.
Asked recently by South Carolina’s Live 5 News about her post-congressional plans, Ms. Mace said, “I love business space. [I] will probably start some companies and just work really hard… to create jobs and get some more time with my family.”
She added, “I’ll still weigh in on politics. I’m just not going to be running” for office.
Ms. Mace has left her mark on Congress.
She entered the House after unseating Democratic Rep. Joe Cunningham in 2020. She was critical of President Trump’s response to the election results, saying he “incited” and “enabled” violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
However, she did not support his impeachment.
Then, in 2022, she defeated a Trump-backed primary challenger.
In 2023, she joined the group of House Republicans who removed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, California Republican.
Ms. Mace became increasingly vocal on transgender issues during her tenure, introducing a bill banning transgender individuals from using U.S. Capitol bathrooms that do not correspond to their biological sex.
Although the bill did not come to a vote on the House floor, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, adopted the policy for the Capitol.
Ms. Mace placed fifth in the Republican gubernatorial primary in June.
She did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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