GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina departs following a series of House votes March 5 at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. While she initially voted in support of the Trump administration’s military action in Iran, she now says she would join Democrats in denying further funding in a War Powers resolution. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
By Jack Davis March 26, 2026 at 4:22pm
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who is seeking election as her state’s governor this fall, says she will oppose more funding for the war and support a War Powers Resolution to tie President Donald Trump’s hands.
“War with Iran needs to end. President Trump has won the war, time to exit,” Mace wrote in a statement, according to Axios.
“I’m not voting to send South Carolina’s sons and daughters into battle to die for the price of oil,” she said.
Mace said she will “most likely” join House Democrats the next time a War Powers Resolution comes up for a vote.
The House defeated a similar resolution 212-219, but Axios noted that if Mace and four Democrats who voted for the resolution vote with the rest of the Democrats, the outcome could change.
The House vote, even if the resolution passes, would change nothing. Even if the resolution passes the Senate, Trump can veto it. It would take a two-thirds majority to override that veto.
South Carolina doesn’t want U.S. boots on the ground in Iran, and neither do I. pic.twitter.com/PFcGvBmDJR
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 25, 2026
Mace on Wednesday issued a number of social media posts critical of the war.
“Just walked out of a House Armed Services briefing on Iran. Let me repeat: I will not support troops on the ground in Iran, even more so after this briefing,” she posted.
“The justifications presented to the American public for the war in Iran were not the same military objectives we were briefed on today in the House Armed Services Committee. This gap is deeply troubling. The longer this war continues, the faster it will lose the support of Congress and the American people,” Mace also wrote.
Another post said: “South Carolina doesn’t want U.S. boots on the ground in Iran, and neither do I.”
Mace also attacked Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, calling him part of Washington’s “war machine,” according to The Hill.
Graham recently said President Donald Trump should land troops on Kharg Island, which is vital to Iran’s oil exports.
Mace said Graham has not “thought through or war gamed the consequences.”
Graham hits back after Nancy Mace criticizes him on Iran
“I’ll leave it up to her. I like Nancy. We don’t agree on foreign policy sometimes, but it’s President Trump’s call, not mine.”
— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) March 26, 2026
“Has he thought through what the Houthis are going to do? Has he thought through where Hezbollah is?” she said, saying Trump should not be listening to Graham.
“I want President Trump to take Lindsey Graham out of the Situation Room,” she said.
Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.
Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.
Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com.
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