GOP Rep. Nancy Mace took a break from creepily posing outdoors public restrooms on Monday to announce that she is going to launch a bid for governor in her dwelling state of South Carolina, becoming a member of a crowded Republican major that’s shaping as much as be a race measuring who can kiss Expensive Chief’s butt the toughest.
“On Monday, August 4th, Nancy Mace will deliver a major address on the future of South Carolina,” Mace wrote in a submit on X. “President Trump wants America First governors. South Carolina wants a fighter. Be part of us for the official begin of a brand new South Carolina FIRST golden period.
Mace, who has sought to realize floor with bigoted MAGA voters by pulling anti-trans stunts in restrooms, proudly declaring herself a “transphobe,” and praising Trump’s evil immigration agenda, can be the newest Republican to enter the open-seat governor’s race.
Fellow GOP Rep. Ralph Norman already introduced his bid, as have Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and state Lawyer Basic Alan Wilson.
A ballot launched Sunday by the South Carolina Coverage Council discovered a decent race with no clear chief. Mace is in first with 16%, adopted by Wilson at 15%. Evette is in third with simply 8%, adopted by Norman with 6%.
Rep. Nancy Mace greets President Donald Trump as he arrives to handle a joint session of Congress on the Capitol on March 4.
Donald Trump’s endorsement will loom massive within the major, as whomever he chooses would mechanically catapult into front-runner standing.
It is why the GOP candidates will doubtless heap gobs of nauseating reward on their autocratic idol—and Mace’s announcement reveals she’s already making an attempt to embrace Trump.
“South Carolina deserves a bold, America First Governor who will be unafraid to stand alongside President Trump and hold the line,” Mace wrote in a submit on X on Tuesday.
In the meantime, Norman was downright giddy to be the topic of a optimistic Reality Social submit from Trump, and had beforehand posted a clumsy photograph of himself with Expensive Chief for Trump’s birthday wherein he referred to as Trump “a bold leader who puts America First and isn’t afraid to take on the swamp.”
Evette’s marketing campaign web site options Trump’s huge orange face because the splash picture, whereas Wilson declares on his marketing campaign web site that he “is fighting for the MAGA agenda in court and standing with President Trump to protect our conservative values and keep South Carolina safe!” Ew.
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Mace, for her half, would be the seventh conservative lawmaker to forgo a run for his or her Home seat so as to run for governor of a deeply Republican state in 2026. It’s an indication that Republicans worry they may lose their Home majority, as candidates who assume their get together is in for a tough election cycle usually forgo reelection to their congressional seats.
Finally, whereas the first will doubtless be a race to the underside with the contenders debasing themselves as they reward Trump and compete to show they’re essentially the most virulently anti-immigrant and anti-trans candidate, there’s one silver lining to this subject: Mace is not going to return to Congress, regardless of the result of the first. That’s as a result of the election is happening in 2026, and Mace can not run for Congress and governor on the identical time.
So, good riddance, Nancy. Don’t let the lavatory door hit ya in your approach out of Washington.
