Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) would possibly need to take a look at the CliffsNotes subsequent time she tries to ship a message like this.
The Republican lawmaker wore a white blouse emblazoned with a purple letter “A” on Tuesday after dealing with backlash for vote casting to oust Area Speaker Kevin McCarthy remaining week.
“I’m dressed in the ‘scarlet letter’ after the week that I simply had, remaining week, being a girl up right here and being demonized for my vote and for my voice,” she mentioned.
Initially, that’s now not why she’s confronted disapproval. And secondly, that isn’t what the “The Scarlet Letter” is set.
The nineteenth century novel tells the tale of an single girl who will get pregnant thru an affair and is pressured to put on a scarlet letter “A” as punishment for adultery.
Mace joined seven different Republicans and all Democrats to take away McCarthy from his put up, after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) filed a movement to start up the vote.
Mace was once the one girl a few of the 8 Republicans — who’ve all been criticized for throwing Congress into turmoil.
She was once also referred to as out for endorsing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as McCarthy’s successor, given her outspoken toughen for sufferers of sexual attack.
Jordan has been accused of ignoring sexual abuse court cases towards a crew physician when he was once an assistant wrestling trainer at Ohio State College within the ’80s and ’90s. He has again and again denied the allegations.
Customers of X (previously Twitter) steered Mace will have to almost definitely have learn the e book — or, you already know, Googled it or one thing — prior to attempting the stunt.