Posted on 06/06/2024 5:18:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is facing a tough primary challenge on Tuesday, making her the first of the eight Republicans who voted to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to fight for her reelection while the former GOP leader actively works against her.
Mace will compete against Catherine Templeton for the GOP nomination for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. The race has garnered widespread attention as Mace has faced opposition from some members of her own party, including McCarthy, who has set out on a revenge tour of sorts against the hard-line conservatives responsible for his ouster.
While McCarthy has not explicitly endorsed Mace’s challenger, he has gotten involved with raising money for Templeton’s campaign to boost her candidacy. Those efforts have prompted Mace to hit out against McCarthy, accusing the former speaker of tearing apart the Republican Party by getting involved with primary races.
“Kevin McCarthy has called donors of mine and asked them directly to donate to my opponent Catherine Templeton,” Mace said during a Post and Courier event last month. “That is what he’s doing. I’m not the only person that he’s targeting. There are eight of us, and it’s sickening to see how much money he’s spending behind all these lies.”
Mace is the first of the eight Republicans who booted McCarthy to face a primary this year. Five of the others — Reps. Bob Good (R-VA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Eli Crane (R-AZ) — will face their own primaries later this year. The remaining two — Reps. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) and Ken Buck (R-CO), who are not running for reelection and have already stepped down from office.\
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She’s had a rough time trying to straddle the fence in her district which is, as she has said, has a huge liberal component. I wonder what her core beliefs are — lean left or right?
IIRC, she’s pro-abortion (or was) to appease the libs there.
When was that?
I agree, but if she flipped once, she’ll flip again.
There is a third option. You can actually vote for someone that is conservative.
If Mace or McCarthy stand-in are the only two choices, then write someone in!
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