There’s raising awareness, and then there’s weaponizing tragedy for applause. Republican Rep. for South Carolina, Nancy Mace, managed to do both this week, turning a human rights crisis in Nigeria into a sermon about how Democrats supposedly hate God, Jews, and the United States.
During a Newsmax interview on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria, Mace began by citing legitimate facts. She noted that hundreds of thousands of Christians were killed over the last two decades in Nigeria, and around five million fled their homes in fear. This genocide, being carried out by jihadist groups like Boko Haram and Fulani militants, has pushed Nigeria to ninth place on Open Doors’ 2025 World Watch List for Christian persecution.
