Nancy Mace calls on Donald Trump to sue ABC host for 'rape-shaming' her

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) called on Donald Trump to sue ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos after a controversial interview in which she said she was "rape-shamed."

During a Tuesday appearance on Charlie Kirk's podcast, Mace recalled her interview with Stephanopoulos, who had asked on Sunday how she could support Trump after a judge found he raped writer E. Jean Carroll.

"But when I got there, the first thing he does is confront me about my own rape that happened at the age of 16, 30 years ago," Mace explained. "And we coined it rape-shaming, right? He raped-shamed me this Sunday on This Week."

Mace claimed Stephanopoulos had falsely stated Trump was found to have raped Carroll.

"Donald Trump has not been convicted of rape, not in a criminal court, not in a civil case," she said. "And so that's not what that judgment was about either."

"And I think that he opened himself and ABC News and ABC This Week up to huge liabilities," Mace added. "And if I were Donald Trump, I'd be suing him."

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Carroll had claimed she was raped by Trump, but a jury in her civil trial found him liable of sexual abuse. However, a judge in the second defamation trial brought by Carroll said, "Mr. Trump in fact did ‘rape’ Ms Carroll as that term commonly is used and understood in contexts outside of the New York penal law.”

The lawmaker reported she had received "a few death threats" following the interview.

During her Sunday appearance on This Week, Mace became angry after the host asked about her support for Trump despite her personal story.

"I'm not going to sit here on your show and be asked a question meant to shame me about another potential rape victim. I'm not going to do that," she insisted.

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