CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins confronted MAGA Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) during an interview on Tuesday night over her alleged comments during an October incident at the Charleston International Airport.
Mace joined Collins on CNN's "The Source" on Tuesday, where the two discussed Mace's campaign for South Carolina governor and other issues. Collins asked Mace about a new report from The Washington Post that included video footage of an incident where Mace unleashed a profanity-laden tirade at a TSA official working at the Charleston airport.
The report, which includes transcripts and interviews with local police officers who responded that day, described Mace's interaction with the employees as "berating."
Collins asked Mace about some of the comments that the report says she made that day. The report says Mace called one employee a "f------ idiot' and "f------ incompetent."
"Are you saying that you never said any of these quotes, that every single one is a lie?" Collins asked.
Mace asked her to read the quotes back to her, and then denied saying them.
"I have never called a cop an idiot. That is a remarkably false," a defiant Mace insisted.
"But you're saying these police officers are lying?" Collins shot back. "Then who spoke to them?"
"I am absolutely saying that that report was falsified. 100% fictitious," Mace continued.