Nancy Mace Defends Her Comment Calling Muslims as Threat to America: ‘I Was Talking About Elected Officials’

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MACE: "That‘s not what I said. And — that‘s not what I said. Number one, I think we do have a real issue with radical — "
JIMENEZ: "No, it sounds like that‘s what you‘re saying."
MACE: "No, I was talking about elected officials. When you look at what has just happened — "
JIMENEZ: "So any Muslim elected officials — sorry to cut you off, but just to be clear, any elected Muslim officials — "
MACE: "Yeah, Muslim elected officials. Mamdani campaigned with an unindicted coconspirator of the 1993 World Trade Center bombings. You have Abdul El-Sayed, who was campaigning with Hasan Piker, who said America deserved 9/11. Yes, we should be very concerned about — "
JIMENEZ: "He said he regretted those comments, but I take your point."