Nancy Mace Wins South Carolina Primary in Major Blow to RINOs

In a major blow to the RINO establishment — and especially Kevin McCarthy who set his sights on defeating her — America-First candidate Nancy Mace has just won the South Carolina 1st congressional district primary.

Rep. Mace was one of a handful of Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy and was endorsed by President Trump.

Check it out:

BREAKING – YOUR REACTION: In major blow to @SpeakerMcCarthy who worked tirelessly to defeat her, Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) has just now won South Carolina 1st congressional district primary over Kevin McCarthy-backed challenger pic.twitter.com/L6cohV9p3m

— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) June 12, 2024

Following her victory, Mace posted on X:

We did it – You, Lowcountry voters did it! A thousand times over – THANK YOU!🇺🇸#LowcountryFirst pic.twitter.com/z7Cr5yKWpF

— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) June 12, 2024

Thank you 45 and 47! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/kaJmjuu0eN

— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) June 12, 2024

CNN reports:

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace will win the Republican primary for the state’s 1st Congressional District, CNN projects, staving off two challengers and a push by allies of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, whom she voted to oust.

By taking a majority of the vote Tuesday, Mace is projected to avoid a June 25 primary runoff in her quest for a third term representing the coastal Charleston-area seat.

Tuesday’s outcome comes as a much-needed win for Mace, who has become an increasingly polarizing figure within her party. She has faced waves of criticism over the past several months, including accusations that she created a toxic workplace to anger over votes by her and seven other Republicans to boot McCarthy from the speakership in October.

Days after the move, Mace wore a white T-shirt with a red “A” on the front, a reference to the novel “The Scarlet Letter” and what she described as a demonization of her vote.

McCarthy sought his revenge at the ballot box, with his allies spending millions attacking Mace during the primary. The congresswoman and groups backing her painted chief opponent Catherine Templeton – a former South Carolina Cabinet official under Republican Gov. Nikki Haley – as a McCarthy puppet.

However, Mace hasn’t always been a staunch Trump supporter, condemning him over how he handled J6…

Still, she earned President Trump’s endorsement, in the end.

Likely because Nancy Mace proved herself as willing to stand up for America when she joined 7 other Republicans to vote to oust RINO Speaker McCarthy.

The New York Times noted:

Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, on Tuesday defeated a well-funded primary challenger, putting her on track to win a third term. Her resounding victory also dealt a major blow to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s efforts to exact political retribution against those who voted to oust him.

Ms. Mace, 46, who once leaned center on social issues, won a Democratic seat in 2020 and claimed that all of former President Donald J. Trump’s accomplishments had been “wiped out” by his behavior on Jan. 6, 2021. But she has made a hard tack to the right over the past year as she has tried to game out her political future.

She was the unlikeliest of the eight rebel Republicans who voted to oust Mr. McCarthy last year, which transformed her from an ally into one of his top targets for revenge. Outside groups with ties to Mr. McCarthy, a California Republican, poured more than $4 million into backing her opponent, Catherine Templeton, and attacking Ms. Mace.

In the end, though, Ms. Mace won comfortably: With nearly all the vote in late Tuesday, she was leading by 27 percentage points. And she said Mr. McCarthy’s effort motivated her to work harder.

“I hope to embarrass him tonight,” she said earlier Tuesday over lunch at a Waffle House in Beaufort, between stops at polling locations. “I want to send him back to the rock he’s living under right now. He’s not part of America. He doesn’t know what hard-working Americans go through every single day. I hope I drive Kevin McCarthy crazy.”