{"id":105926,"date":"2024-06-12T03:04:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T03:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/trump-endorsed-nancy-mace-projected-to-win-south-carolina-gop-primary\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T03:04:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T03:04:07","slug":"trump-endorsed-nancy-mace-projected-to-win-south-carolina-gop-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/trump-endorsed-nancy-mace-projected-to-win-south-carolina-gop-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-endorsed Nancy Mace projected to win South Carolina GOP primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-06-11\/Getty_061124_NancyMace.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(WASHINGTON) &#8212; For the second time in as many years, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has defeated a fierce primary challenge in South Carolina\u2019s 1st congressional district.<\/p>\n<p>With 27% of the vote reporting as of 8:40 p.m ET., the Associated Press projects Mace will win South Carolina\u2019s first district with an outright majority of more than 57%.<\/p>\n<p>During a speech in the Charleston area, Mace emphatically thanked Trump for his support in this race while vaguely referring to her controversial reputation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump, South Carolina will have your back in November. Thank you all for standing by me and sticking with me, and many of you for sticking up for me,\u201d Mace said during her celebration speech.<\/p>\n<p>The result is a stunning victory for the sophomore representative, whose lead opponent, former state director of labor, licensing and regulation Catherine Templeton, outraised her in 2024 and received an endorsement and financial support from former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-C.A.). McCarthy-linked group Majority Committee PAC donated $10,000 to Templeton\u2019s run, per FEC filings.<\/p>\n<p>Mace\u2019s second campaign for reelection put on display the shifting allegiances of the fractious modern GOP. Once a vocal critic of Trump, Mace had former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley\u2019s endorsement in 2022 and received financial contributions from PACs linked to top GOP leaders as she faced a primary opponent endorsed by the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the roles have reversed: Trump enthusiastically backed Mace after she endorsed him in the state\u2019s presidential primary over Haley, and McCarthy has sought vengeance for Mace\u2019s vote to oust him from the speakership.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Mace\u2019s detente would have been nearly unthinkable two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>One day after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Mace said Trump\u2019s \u201centire legacy\u201d was \u201cwiped out\u201d by the siege. Later, during the 2022 midterms, Trump called Mace \u201cterrible\u201d and a letdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrankly, she is despised by almost everyone, and who needs that in Congress, or in the Republican Party?\u201d Trump said in a statement on his social media while endorsing Arrington.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) &#8212; For the second time in as many years, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has defeated a fierce primary challenge in South Carolina\u2019s 1st congressional district. With 27% of the vote reporting as of 8:40 p.m ET., the Associated Press projects Mace will win South Carolina\u2019s first<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/trump-endorsed-nancy-mace-projected-to-win-south-carolina-gop-primary\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}