EXCLUSIVE Nancy Mace and her entrepreneur fiancé Patrick Byrant split after 18 months - as staff quit her office and she's accused of discussing her sex life with aides
For Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, it seemed like a match made in heaven.
The 46-year-old mother-of-two was stunned in May 2022 when her entrepreneur boyfriend Patrick Bryant got down on one knee and asked if she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him.
But less than 18 months since that heartwarming proposal, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal that the couple have broken up and are now in the middle of a messy legal fight over multi-million-dollar homes they bought together.
According to four sources, the South Carolina lawmaker - who was one of the eight to vote former Speaker
Kevin McCarthy out in a historic vote - split with Charleston software mogul Bryant last month.
Since they parted ways, their rift has deteriorated, and now they are fighting over a $3.9 million beachfront property with six bedrooms and a pool and a $1.3 million Washington, D.C., home they both have equity in.
'I'm not
Taylor Swift. No one gives a damn about my relationship status,' Mace said in response to DailyMail.com's questions about the dispute.
It comes just days after Mace faced an exodus from her office on Capitol Hill. Six staffers resigned and claimed she runs a 'toxic' office.
One of the most colorful members of the House since her 2020 election, Mace sparred with the former president, prompting an
all-out MAGA war against her before aligning herself with Trump this cycle and reportedly
eyeing his running mate spot.
She set herself apart from her colleagues with antics like wearing a jacket that read: 'My state is Banning EXCEPTIONS Protect CONTRACEPTION' and after voting to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, donning a shirt with a scarlet 'A' on it. She's since become a fixture on cable news.
While dating Bryant, Mace often openly discussed her sex life in the office, including in front of male junior staffers, according to three sources who recalled such comments in graphic detail to DailyMail.com.
'She frequently made sexual references in the office and discussed things that were not appropriate in a work environment,' one former senior staffer said.
If one of her staff members were to officially complain about her conduct, she could be subjected to an ethics investigation.
Trouble on the home front comes as Mace lost three more staffers this week.
Days ago, the congresswoman fired her chief of staff Dan Hanlon, then her deputy chief of staff, Richard Chalkey, and legislative director, Randal Meyer, resigned, as first reported by the
Washington Examiner. Three other junior staffers have left in recent months.
Mace blamed her frisky fiancé for being late to a prayer breakfast this summer, joking about pre-marital sex in a religious faux pas.
The 45-year-old congresswoman said she had woken up at 7 a.m. and only had 45 minutes to get ready for the annual event, which brought together South Carolina lawmakers and took place on
Capitol Hill.
'Patrick, my fiancé, tried to pull me by my waist over this morning in bed,' Mace told the crowd. 'And I was like, 'No, baby we don't got time for that this morning, I've got to get to the prayer breakfast, and I've gotta be on time,'' she recalled.
Receiving some chuckles from the audience, she noted she was being a 'little TMI.'
'He can wait!' Mace said laughing. 'I'll see him later tonight.'
While moderate on social issues - she stood up for birth control access and finding a 'middle ground' on abortion - she's swung to the right on spending and Oversight Committee work and led the charge against Hunter Biden.
She's frequently threatened to break rank and vote against GOP leadership's legislation before falling in line shortly before the vote.
But the self-described 'caucus of one' has few friends on Capitol Hill, especially since voting to oust McCarthy.
Since growing to mistrust her chief of staff and ultimately firing him, the staffers she once relied upon to drive policy and get her on national television have since abandoned her.
Mace is twice-divorced and has two children with her second husband.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace and her entrepreneur fiancé have broken up and are now embroiled in a messy dispute over the multi-million-dollar homes they bought together.
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