Overview

• Rep. Nancy Mace escalated an intra-GOP feud by alleging that Rep. Cory Mills fabricated aspects of his military background and appropriated others’ combat stories.
• Mace’s allegations followed a failed effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks about Charlie Kirk, a vote that fell short by one as Mills joined three Republicans in opposition.
• Mace posted on X that Mills misrepresented himself as an elite special-operations figure, accused him of sending a misleading injury photo, and said he should not serve on Armed Services or Foreign Affairs.
• Mills responded by sharing a letter from his former team leader, First Sgt. Paul Sovitsky, describing Mills as the team’s medic in 2006 and explaining that “blown up” can refer to vehicles hit by IEDs without a physical injury.
• The Washington Examiner noted Mills’s website lists service with the 82nd Airborne Division and Joint Special Operations Command and claims of two 2006 blast incidents, which Mace is publicly disputing and seeking documentation to verify.