‘You Are a Sorry, Sick Soul’: Michael Eric Dyson Rips Into Rep. Nancy Mace’s Claims He Flirted with Her In Text, Accuses Her of Trying to ‘Exploit the Situation’

Michael Eric Dyson fiercely denounced the suggestion that he flirted with congresswoman Nancy Mace after a CNN interview last month in which she alleged that he called her racist. That interview featuring the South Carolina lawmaker and the Vanderbilt professor made headlines after Mace repeatedly mispronounced Vice President Kamala Harris’ name during the segment and refused to correct herself. Dyson never called her racist on air but explained why her behavior was problematic. “When you disrespect Kamala Harris by saying you will call her whatever you want, I know you don’t intend it to be that way, that’s the history and legacy of white disregard for the humanity of Black people,” Dyson told Mace on the interview. Michael Eric Dyson, left, and Rep. Nancy Mace, (R-South Carolina) During a congressional hearing on Thursday, Mace showed her fellow lawmakers a screenshot of a text Dyson sent her that featured a photo the pair took after the CNN interview, portraying it as flirtatious. “In this text, he says, after calling me racist on CNN, ‘Don’t tell anybody we look good together’ and sent me a kissy emoji,” the South Carolina lawmaker said in Thursday’s hearing. “Then the guy says I’m gorgeous in...