By The long-simmering feud inside the House Republican Conference erupted into open confrontation on Wednesday, as Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican from South Carolina, announced she will introduce a privileged resolution to censure Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican from Florida, and remove him from his seats on the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees. The measure, which triggers a mandatory floor vote by Friday, threatens to deepen a week of intraparty recriminations and tactical accusations.
Mace formally notified Speaker Mike Johnson that Mills should be stripped of both assignments, according to The Daily Caller. Her action follows a chaotic sequence of dueling censure efforts that has consumed House Republicans. On Tuesday, House Democrats briefly introduced — then withdrew — a retaliatory censure resolution aimed at Mills. That maneuver was a response to an earlier GOP attempt to censure non-voting Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat from the U.S. Virgin Islands, over her consultations with Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 congressional hearing. After Republicans failed to secure enough votes for the Plaskett resolution, Democrats abandoned their effort against Mills.
🚨We are URGING Speaker Johnson to strip Rep. Cory Mills of his committee assignments.🚨
Rep. Mills’ record is tainted by allegations of stolen valor, domestic a*use, and arms deals with the U.S. government and foreign nations while serving in Congress.
This is not a man who… pic.twitter.com/bZkbpX2yOL
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) November 19, 2025
For some Republicans, the failed vote marked yet another breakdown in conference discipline. Mace was among those who faulted her own party, suggesting leaders had worked behind the scenes to spare Mills from Democratic backlash. “Another backroom deal so Cory Mills can’t get censored for Stolen Valor,” she wrote on Twitter. “This. Is. Washington.” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican from Florida, escalated further a day earlier, stating on twitter that Mills should not run for reelection.
The Plaskett censure failed because house leadership exchanged the vote to protect a republican that’s having a lot of issues and should NOT seek re-election.
— Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) November 19, 2025
Mace’s resolution is expected to highlight allegations of domestic violence and stolen valor that have shadowed Mills for months — accusations he has vigorously denied. But the clash between the two lawmakers predates this week’s turmoil. In September, Mace — now a candidate for South Carolina governor — first threatened to pursue Mills’ censure after he joined several Republicans in voting against her effort to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee. Mills defended his vote at the time by arguing that Omar warranted investigation rather than immediate punishment.
The clash also surfaces at a moment when Mills faces a widening cloud of scrutiny, much of it reported by the New Conservative Post. The outlet obtained records showing that in 2014 Mills was married by Mohammed Al-Hanooti — described by federal investigators as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing — at the Dar Al-Hijirah Islamic Center in Virginia. The revelation, long overlooked, has placed new attention on the congressman’s past ties and associations.
Those aren’t the only strange allegations involving Mills. He’s also been accused of being involved in disputes tied to overseas weapons ventures, investor accusations, and purported blackmail efforts. None has produced criminal charges, but the breadth of unresolved claims has increased the pressure on Republican leaders now forced to confront the matter publicly.
Mace’s privileged resolution now forces a vote that GOP leaders likely don’t want to schedule at the moment.
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