About

Nancy Mace and Beans refers to a series of online jokes and memes about U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Mace loving beans. The meme stems from a photo of Mace eating a barbecue dinner on her 47th birthday, which she posted on Twitter / X in December 2024. A user named Kyle Kulinski (@KyleKulinski) quote-tweeted her post, writing, "That’s a Lot of Beans You Nasty Ass Bitch," referring to the side of beans at the center of her tray. Heading into 2025, Kulinski's tweet became a catchphrase and memes depicting Nancy Mace with beans surfaced en masse, sometimes in the form of AI art and photoshops.

Origin

On December 9th, 2024, U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Mace of South Carolina posted a photo of herself with barbecue food on X,^[1] captioned, "Kids, and their dad, took me out for barbecue for my birthday. 47 never felt so good! 🎂." The tweet received over 57,000 likes in seven months (shown below).

Mace also posted the photo on her Instagram^[5] account, @nancyrmace, gaining over 8,400 likes over the same timeframe.

That same day, X users began commenting on the side of beans in the middle of Mace's tray, such as X^[2] user @syntax2600, who replied with a zoomed-in image of the beans, captioned, "Bathroom is alllll yours." The reply gained over 1,500 likes in seven months (shown below).

On December 10th, 2024, X^[3] user @KyleKulinski quote-tweeted Mace's tweet, writing, "That's a lot of beans you nasty ass bitch," amassing over 57,000 likes in seven months (shown below).

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The abovementioned quote-tweet received numerous reposts across social media sites, like a post shared by Redditor Evening-Grocery-9150 to the /r/seculartalk^[4] subreddit on December 11th, 2024, who wrote, "This tweet is a work of art," gaining over 400 upvotes in seven months.

Also on December 11th, X^[6] user @alisonklemp quote-tweeted Nancy Mace's tweet, writing, "This photo kinda explains why she’s so passionate about bathrooms," concerning Mace's Transgender Capitol Bathroom Bill. Over seven months, the post received roughly 101,000 likes (shown below).

On January 1st, 2025, X^[7] user @fridge_temp_IQ posted a screenshot of @KyleKulinski's post, captioning it, "This might be the funniest tweet I’ve ever seen." The post gained over 145,000 likes in six months (shown below).

On June 27th, Nancy Mace posted a new photo of herself sitting in her office on X,^[8] in which a whiteboard is behind her with the sentence, "Your mental illness is not my reality," written on it. It was captioned, "Just another day in the office!" and received over 6,700 likes in five days.

On June 29th, 2025, X^[9] user @McNasty quote-tweeted Mace's post, attaching an edited version of the photo in which Mace's smile was enlarged and a large bowl of beans was put on her desk. The whiteboard was also recaptioned to say, "I fucking love beans!" (shown below). Over three days, the post gained roughly 148,000 likes.

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