{"id":14450,"date":"2024-01-23T01:47:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T01:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/south-carolina-republican-nancy-mace-endorses-trump-over-haley-ahead-of-new-hampshire-primary\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T01:47:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T01:47:43","slug":"south-carolina-republican-nancy-mace-endorses-trump-over-haley-ahead-of-new-hampshire-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/south-carolina-republican-nancy-mace-endorses-trump-over-haley-ahead-of-new-hampshire-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace endorses Trump over Haley ahead of New Hampshire primary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Monday joined the list of South Carolina Republicans backing former President Trump over Nikki Haley ahead of the New Hampshire primaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mace, who notably ruffled feathers in the House GOP as one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker last year, told The Associated Press that she was backing Trump over Haley, who lives in her congressional district and supported her in 2022 against a Trump-backed challenger.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t see eye to eye perfectly with any candidate. And until now I\u2019ve stayed out of it,\u2019 Mace told the AP. \u2018But the time has come to unite behind our nominee.\u2019<\/p>\n

Mace later confirmed to Fox News Digital that she endorsed Trump in the 2024 race.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Today I\u2019m endorsing Donald J. Trump for President. I don\u2019t see eye to eye perfectly with any candidate. And until now I\u2019ve stayed out of it. But the time has come to unite behind our nominee,\u2019 Mace said in an emailed statement Monday. \u2018To be honest, it\u2019s been a complete sh** show since he left the White House. Our country needs to reverse all the damage Joe Biden has done. By every barometer our lives and our nation were better under President Trump. The economy was booming, our border was locked down and our nation and her allies were safer because our adversaries feared him. Donald Trump\u2019s record in his first term should tell every American how vital it is he be returned to office.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mace had stayed out of the 2024 Republican primary as two fellow South Carolinians \u2013 Haley, the former governor, and Sen. Tim Scott \u2013 entered the race last year. Scott, who ended his own 2024 bid in November and was appointed to the Senate by Haley in 2012, endorsed Trump over Haley on Friday in a rousing call-and-response speech in New Hampshire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Trump was joined on stage at another New Hampshire rally by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, the state\u2019s lieutenant governor and other senior statewide officials, including the state\u2019s attorney general, treasurer and House speaker, as well as U.S. Reps. Joe Wilson, William Timmons and Russell Fry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Haley, appearing on Fox News Monday morning, touted that she won South Carolina twice and expected a strong showing in the upcoming primaries in the Palmetto State.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 departure from the race on Sunday leaves Haley as the main GOP candidate remaining to challenge Trump.<\/p>\n

New Hampshire votes on Tuesday, but South Carolina\u2019s primary is in a month, and the state\u2019s Republican leadership has largely already lined up behind Trump. Mace\u2019s endorsement means that Trump has secured four of the state\u2019s six Republican U.S. House members. Rep. Ralph Norman is backing Haley and Rep. Jeff Duncan is saying he\u2019s not endorsing before the primary.<\/p>\n

Just two years ago, Mace and Haley were aligned in a congressional primary that tested Trump\u2019s heft in South Carolina, where his own 2016 presidential primary win helped cement his nomination. After the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol, Mace, who had just been sworn in as a freshman lawmaker, went on TV to criticize Trump for his role in the day\u2019s events, saying the president\u2019s accomplishments in office \u2018were wiped out in just a few short hours.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump responded by calling Mace \u2018an absolutely terrible candidate\u2019 and soliciting \u2018any interest from good and SMART America First Republican Patriots\u2019 to run against a list of sitting House Republicans, including Mace, whom he endorsed for her first run in 2020 and who worked for his 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n

When Katie Arrington, who unsuccessfully sought the seat in 2018, launched her 2022 bid against Mace, she had Trump\u2019s \u2018Complete and Total Endorsement.\u2019 During a pre-primary rally in South Carolina, Trump called Mace \u2018crazy\u2019 and \u2018a terrible person.\u2019<\/p>\n

Haley, meanwhile, stumped with Mace, as she had in 2020, helping raise money and appearing in a television ad on her behalf, calling her a \u2018fighter.\u2019<\/p>\n

But the two reportedly haven\u2019t spoken since last year, when Mace\u2019s name was floated as a possible running mate for Trump, should he win the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Mace said she felt Trump was the better option this year.<\/p>\n

\u2018Donald Trump\u2019s record in his first term should tell every America how vital it is he be returned to office,\u2019 she told the AP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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