On this date in 2016, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” profiled Nancy Mace, a challenger in the 2014 U.S. Senate Primary in South Carolina to Senator Lindsey Graham for his seat in Washington, D.C, choosing to be the first candidate in that race to attack Lindsay Graham for admitting climate change exists, and tried claiming that a “recent freeze” disproves the phenomenon. Factor in also, that Nancy Mace’s background in South Carolina politics comes from being the co-owner of FITSNews, a “news” outlet in South Carolina best known perhaps for, while under Mace’s Leadership, leading a smear campaign in 2010 against gubernatorial candidate (and future South Carolina Governor) Nikki Haley, insisting that she had taken part in a series of extramarital affairs. Of course, that sort of tactic wouldn’t work against a lifetime bachelor like Lindsey Graham, so we were spared a repeat of that sort of seedy attack from Mace. No, instead she was one of a pair of primary candidates who decided to gay-bait Graham. While Mace reblogged a post from a supporter that called the Senator a “nancy boy”, at least she didn’t go as far as Dave Feliciano, who said that Graham is “ambigiously gay“.
It had been awhile since we checked in on Nancy Mace, and she opted to run for an office slightly less elevated than the U.S. Senate, winning a seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2018, to represent District 99 in that body. In that year, the Blue Wave actually helped Democrat Joe Cunningham flip South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District in Congress, after he defeated Katie Arrington in the general election for the right to replace “the Love Gov” Mark Sanford. As such, SC-1 is one of the seats that Republicans are most determined to flip back red, what with its partisan lean supposedly being +10 Republican.
And, of course Nancy Mace isn’t content to simply remain a state legislator and build up her credibility… she’s running for that seat in the U.S. House instead, jumping into a GOP Primary field with 3 other Republicans for the chance at it. She’s currently leading in fundraising, and other than perhaps a primary challenger trying to score points against her because she’s not completely opposed to abortion in all cases, she’s currently the front-runner.
This would be a great time for us to share a link to a spot for folks to donate to Joe Cunningham’s campaign if they want to, because Nancy Mace’s Libertarian/Republican viewpoint is the last thing our country needs right now.
One Year Ago, December 31st, 2018: Ed Gillespie (VA)
Two Years Ago, December 31st, 2017: David Brumbaugh (OK)
Three Years Ago, December 31st, 2016: Nancy Mace (SC)… Original Profile
Four Years Ago, December 31st, 2015: Dean Young (AL)… 2015 Update
Five Years Ago, December 31st, 2014: Dean Young (AL)… Original Profile