Nancy Mace Thinks Anyone With a Foreign Name Is Disloyal
About this episode
The episode discusses controversial statements by Rep. Nancy Mace regarding dual citizenship and features critiques of various opinions on crime rates and music.
VR38 - This week in Vapid Response Thomas, Lydia, and Matt review some truly awful takes from a MAGA economist on the true cause of low crime rates, Rep. Nancy Mace on her extremely real and not-at-all-racist concerns about the dangers of judges with dual citizenship, and a then-20-year-old Rolling Stone columnist in 1969 on his immediate disdain for what would become one of the greatest rock albums of all time. “ Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Really is Slashing Violent Crime ,” John R. Lott, Jr, The Federalist (July 9, 2026) FBI’s National Crime Victims Survey data “ Governing America means loyalty to America ,” Rep. Nancy Mace, Newsweek (July 4, 2026) Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s preliminary injunction order in League of Women Voters v DHS Judicial nominee Sparkle Sooknanan’s responses to Sen. Lindsay Graham’s judicial questionnaire (March 20, 2024) “ The Top 15 Bullshit Album Reviews That Rolling Stone Magazine Had the Balls to Publish ,” Reel Harmonies (July 14, 2014) Check out the OA Linktree for all the places to go and things to do!
People in this episode
Hosts: Thomas, Lydia, Matt
Topics covered
- politics
- crime rates
- immigration
- judicial concerns
- music history
Keywords
- Nancy Mace
- crime rates
- dual citizenship
- judges
- Rolling Stone
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Federalist, Newsweek
Books & works: Rolling Stone
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