{"id":2489575,"date":"2025-09-22T13:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-accuses-cory-mills-of-stolen-valor-following-censure-vote-spat\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:32:17","slug":"nancy-mace-accuses-cory-mills-of-stolen-valor-following-censure-vote-spat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-accuses-cory-mills-of-stolen-valor-following-censure-vote-spat\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Mace accuses Cory Mills of &#8216;stolen valor&#8217; following censure vote spat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnancy-mace-accuses-cory-mills-of-stolen-valor-following-censure-vote-spat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2489575&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a public dispute between Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Rep. cory Mills (R-FL) regarding accusations of &#8220;stolen valor.&#8221; Mace accused Mills, an Army veteran who served with the 82nd Airborne Division and Joint Special Operations command, of exaggerating or fabricating his military service record. She specifically challenged Mills&#8217;s claims about being struck twice by explosives in 2006, suggesting that he had inflated his role and stolen stories from fallen or injured soldiers. Mills responded by sharing a letter from his former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-kicked-out-of-whole-foods-because-disabled-daughter-couldnt-wear-mask\/\" title=\"Family Kicked Out Of Whole Foods Because Disabled Daughter Couldn\u2019t Wear Mask\">team leader<\/a>, 1st Sgt. Paul Sovitsky, clarifying his position as the team medic and explaining military terminology around being &#8220;blown up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Mills&#8217;s response, Mace dismissed the letter as inconclusive and continued to question the authenticity of Mills&#8217;s military awards and injuries. The conflict intensified on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, with Mace accusing Mills of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-lawyer-jenna-ellis-pleads-guilty-to-2020-election-charge\/\" title=\"Ex-Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis admits guilt in 2020 election case.\">repeatedly making false statements<\/a>. The spat follows Mills&#8217;s controversial vote against censuring Rep. Ilhan Omar, a move that placed him at odds with manny in his party. The Washington Examiner sought comments from both representatives regarding the disagreement. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Nancy Mace accuses Cory Mills of &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-abandoned-his-guard-soldiers-when-they-needed-him-most\/\" title=\"Walz Abandoned His Guard Soldiers When They Needed Him Most\">stolen valor&#038;rsquo<\/a>; following censure vote spat<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2234181\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) began a social media campaign Monday to accuse Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3473093\/cory-mills-donors-mounting-controversies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cory Mills<\/a> (R-FL) of stolen valor.<\/p>\n<p>Mills is an Army veteran who served with the 82nd Airborne Division and Joint Special Operations Command. However, Mace took issue with Mills&rsquo;s claim, as explained on <a href=\"https:\/\/mills.house.gov\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his website<\/a>, that &ldquo;he was struck twice in 2006, once with an improvised explosive device and once with an Iranian explosively formed projectile, which resulted in numerous casualties.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3817379\/jasmine-crockett-democrats-vote-charlie-kirk-resolution\/\">Crockett says it&#8217;s &#8216;unfortunate&#8217; more Democrats didn&#8217;t vote against resolution honoring Kirk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3816384\/major-house-republican-players-exit-higher-office-retirement\/\">Major House Republican players head for the exits leaving gaps in the lower chamber<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3815733\/aoc-charlie-kirk-resolution-great-pain\/\">AOC says Charlie Kirk resolution caused &#8216;great pain&#8217; in speech after voting no<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Mace said on X Monday, &ldquo;Beginning to think nothing Cory Mills says is true. This guy has been parading himself around as some sort of U.S. Army special ops covert Ranger sniper James Bond 007 elite commando for years and it&rsquo;s not even remotely close.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Mace referred to Mills as &ldquo;an ambulance driver mainly in the motor pool.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But instead he fabricated his resume, and stole stories from men who either gave their life for their country and can&rsquo;t speak now or can&rsquo;t speak for themselves due to their injuries,&rdquo; Mace said. &ldquo;&lsquo;Allegedly.&rsquo; Total Stolen Valor. And this guy sits on the House Armed Service committee? Unreal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mills responded to Mace with a letter written by Army 1st Sgt. and Mills&rsquo;s former team leader Paul Sovitsky. The letter is dated July 19 of this year and describes Mills&rsquo;s role in 2006 as the &ldquo;team&rsquo;s medic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I understand there may be a question as to what &lsquo;blown up&rsquo; means to the military contractors that served in Iraq and Afghanistan,&rdquo; Sovitsky wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sovitsky explained that &ldquo;it refers (in contractor speak) to being in a motorcade struck by improvised explosive devices. It does not necessarily mean that you are physically &lsquo;blown up&rsquo; or even seriously injured.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&rsquo;s a letter from my Team Leader on the situation and a photo from the two incidents: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EEMvyxoxLw\">https:\/\/t.co\/EEMvyxoxLw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nshg2gDRi0\">pic.twitter.com\/nshg2gDRi0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cory Mills (@CoryMillsFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoryMillsFL\/status\/1970094812746391554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>However, Mace dismissed Mills&rsquo;s response, claiming that a letter &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t say or prove anything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I swear Cory Mills gets dumber with every statement he makes. It&rsquo;s almost like his brain short-circuits when he&rsquo;s called out on his bulls***,&rdquo; Mace said on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is what he does. Blows hot air hoping no one will notice. And you&rsquo;re not allowed to question all of his many lies,&rdquo; Mace said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I swear Cory Mills gets dumber with every statement he makes. It&#8217;s almost like his brain short-circuits when he&#8217;s called out on his bullsh*t.<\/p>\n<p>This post doesn&#8217;t say or prove anything. This is what he does. Blows hot air hoping no one will notice. And you&#8217;re not allowed to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3V0BEcvdRl\">https:\/\/t.co\/3V0BEcvdRl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/1970122822602080335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Mace claimed Mills was in contact with her via text. She continued to dispute Mills&rsquo;s photos, suggesting a photo of himself with a bloody leg was soiled with the blood of one of his teammates, and demanding to verify Mills&rsquo;s Bronze Star paperwork.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3802322\/democrats-gun-control-political-violence-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>DEMOCRATS MUM ON GUN CONTROL BUT CONDEMN POLITICAL VIOLENCE AFTER CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This online spat comes after Mills voted against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3812113\/ilhan-omar-censure-resolution-house-nancy-mace-charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">censuring Rep. Ilhan Omar<\/a> (D-MN). The move to censure Omar over her criticisms of the late conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was one <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >vote short<\/a> of success, and Mills was one of four Republicans who went against their party.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to Mills and Mace for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy Mace accuses Cory Mills of stolen valor after censure vote dispute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2489576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mace-mills.jpg?1758544878&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[61780,39530,35392,36160,37357],"class_list":["post-2489575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-censure-vote","tag-cory-mills","tag-nancy-mace","tag-political-controversy","tag-stolen-valor"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mace-mills.jpg?1758544878&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489575"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489579,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489575\/revisions\/2489579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2489576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}