Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a resolution on Monday to expel Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) from the House of Representatives over allegations of domestic violence, sexual misconduct, stolen valor and profiteering from federal contracts as a member of Congress.
Mills has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee since November, when an effort by Mace to censure the congressman failed, and the slew of allegations against the Florida Republican were referred to the panel.
“The swamp has protected Cory Mills for far too long and we are done letting it slide,” Mace said in a statement.
“We tried to censure him and strip him from his committee assignments. Both parties blocked it, but we are not backing down,” she continued.
While the House Ethics Committee has yet to release its findings in the Mills probe, Mace argued the evidence against the congressman is “overwhelming.”
She accused Mills of “beating women and telling them to lie about it, cyberstalking women, lying about his military service, and profiting off his seat.”
“Any Member who votes to keep him here is voting to protect a woman beater and a fraud,” the South Carolina Republican asserted. “He needs to be expelled immediately.”
Mace’s resolution comes a week after former Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) both resigned over allegations of sexual misconduct.
An expulsion resolution against Mills would need support from two-thirds of the House to pass.
It’s unclear whether enough Republicans in the narrowly divided House would back Mace’s measure.
“I personally think that you should allow due process,” Mills told reporters when asked about the expulsion push, according to The Hill.
“The precedence that she’s setting right now is that you only have to be investigated, and she’s under investigation,” he continued. “So I think that, by her own admission, she’s kind of also saying that she should be expelled as well.”
The House Ethics Committee has been investigating Mace since last year over allegations that she improperly collected reimbursements for lodging expenses.
A spokesperson for Mills did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
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