The Republican later defined her emotional early exit.

Congresswoman Nancy Mace was visibly emotional after leaving a gathering with victims of Jeffrey Epstein sooner than deliberate. Mace was photographed wiping tears from her eyes as she left the Authorities Reform Committee in Washington because it met with victims of the late intercourse offender on Tuesday, and shook her head when requested a query by a reporter. The South Carolina Republican defined the early departure on her X account, stating, “As a current survivor (not 2 years in), I had a really troublesome time listening to their tales. Full blown panic assault. Sweating. Hyperventilating. Shaking. I can’t breathe.”