A simmering feud between Reps. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has roared back up to a boil, escalating to tit-for-tat threats of expulsion as each lawmaker publicly lobs attacks on the other's character.
Mace on Monday filed a resolution to expel Mills, citing allegations of dating violence and campaign finance laws -- a move that comes amid renewed scrutiny of sexual misconduct by House members after Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) resigned last week.
"Cory, your days are numbered. Start packing," Mace said in a statement announcing the expulsion resolution.
But Mills is pointing the finger back at Mace, who has consistently been at the center of controversy and made headlines on a range of issues.
"What she's essentially saying here is that anyone who is under an allegation or accusation, even without any findings, should actually go before expulsion. If that's the case, wouldn't she then herself be setting herself up for expulsion?" Mills told The Hill, in reference to Mace being investigated by the House Ethics Committee over whether she improperly collected thousands in reimbursements for lodging expenses.
"She's under investigation with the Ethics Committee for her own fraud," Mills said.
Both Mills and Mace have denied the allegations against them.
The bad blood between the two members dates back to when Mace forced a vote on censuring Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) last year. Mills, who was facing the threat of Democrats triggering a retaliatory censure against him if the Omar measure succeeded, was one of just four Republicans to vote to scuttle the measure -- and his was the final, deciding vote.
That infuriated Mace, who then turned her sights on Mills. The South Carolina congresswoman, whose personal stories of sexual assault have fueled her political persona, went after Mills in part over allegations of dating violence.
One ex-girlfriend last fall was granted a restraining order against Mills for harassment after she said he threatened to release explicit photos of her; another woman he was dating at the same time reported a domestic assault in February 2025 before recanting.
Mace's push to censure Mills over that and other matters was also scuttled, with the House referring it to the House Ethics Committee, which opened an investigation into him.
Mills was not arrested or charged with a crime. But the allegations burst back into public debate as Swalwell and Gonzales faced calls to resign. The Washington Post over the weekend also reported on body camera footage from the February 2025 incident, in which the woman had shown a police officer bruises on her arms and marks on her face.
Unlike last year, though, Mills is aiming back at Mace -- going much further than the investigation into Mace's reimbursements.
"She had a temporary restraining order by her ex-fiance, and still a gag order in play," Mills said.
Mace, in a stunning floor speech last year, accused her ex-fiance Patrick Bryant and several other men of voyeurism and obtaining nonconsensual intimate images of women, including herself. Bryant later sought a restraining order against Mace, alleging harassment and threats against his attorneys; a judge later issued a gag order limiting Mace’s ability to talk about her lawsuits.
NOTUS reported Monday that Mills was weighing a relations censure against Mace over an incident in October 2025 at the Charleston, S.C., airport. A police incident report said Mace went on a profanity-ridden tirade against law enforcement, calling them "incompetent." Mace said on CNN that parts of the report were "falsified."
Mills did not confirm he was planning to file a resolution to expel Mace when asked about the report. But the report infuriated Mace, who later in the day filed the resolution to expel Mills.
Mace wrote on the social platform X: "Cory Mills lied about his military service, has been accused of beating women, has a restraining order against him, and has allegedly been stuffing his own pockets with federal contracts while sitting in Congress. As a survivor, I will always stand up and right the wrongs of others. He is only coming after me because he knows he's next."
Mace's resolution could gain support from a few House Republicans, but it still faces an uphill climb in the House as it needs two-thirds support to pass.
"I have to see how the resolution comes to the floor if it's even filed. But, I mean, yeah. I mean, you're beating women. I don't think that you should be a representative in Congress," Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) told reporters Tuesday when asked if she was in favor of expulsion against Mills.
When pressed about calls from some members to allow the Ethics Committee's process to play out first, Boebert said, "And that may be the case. We'll see where the vote comes, if it even gets brought up."
Mills, meanwhile, is brushing off the threat of an expulsion vote -- noting that Mace had not noticed an intention to force a vote, and projecting confidence that it would not garner the two-thirds support needed to oust him given the ongoing Ethics probe.
"Bottom line is she doesn't have the votes to expel me. I'm not concerned about political theatrics and fundraising for her failed governor's race," Mills said.