Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) shared photos of her “naked silhouette” on Capitol Hill Tuesday, alleging that they were taken without her consent by her ex-fiance.
“Freedom is not a theory. It is the right to breathe. It is the right to dress and undress, to sleep without someone’s camera filming your naked body,” the congresswoman said during a House Oversight Committee hearing. “The Founders wrote liberty in parchment, but hidden cameras erase it in pixels.”
“I speak not just as a lawmaker, but as a survivor.”
Behind Mace — as she urged lawmakers to support legislation expanding prohibitions on video voyeurism — were poster boards of black-and-white still images apparently taken from a security camera installed in the living room of a home, which showed a blurry figure.
Mace claimed she was the figure, which she had circled in yellow.
“Behind me is a screenshot from one of the videos I found of myself. The yellow circle, my naked silhouette, is my naked body,” she asserted. “I didn’t know that I had been filmed. I didn’t give my consent. I didn’t give my permission.”
Patrick Bryant, Mace’s ex-fiance, has vehemently denied the allegations.
