Nancy Mace, the firebrand South Carolina Republican who is considering a run for governor, made headlines Monday when she gave a highly unusual speech on the U.S. House floor accusing four men—including her former fiancé—of rape,

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace’s sexual abuse “victim hotline” was blasted by victim advocates for not actually functioning as a hotline should. Mace made a big to-do about the hotline Monday evening in a wild speech on the House floor in which she accused her ex-fiancé and three other men of sexual misconduct.

Deborah Freel, executive director of Tri-County S.P.E.A.K.S., a sexual assault resource center in Mace’s district, told Mother Jones point-blank that the number “isn’t a hotline" and shouldn't be called one.

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Rep. Nancy Mace accused her ex-fiancé and three other men of conspiring to drug, rape and film women without their consent, allegations he denied.

CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina on Monday used a nearly hour-long speech on the U.S. House floor to accuse her ex-fiancé of physically abusing her, recording sex acts with her and others without their consent, and conspiring with business associates in acts of rape and sexual misconduct.