Nancy Mace Launches Campaign For South Carolina Governor

Firebrand Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace launched her bid for South Carolina governor on Monday, joining what’s quickly becoming a crowded field in the Palmetto State.
Mace joins Rep. Ralph Norman, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, and state senator Josh Kimbrell in the 2026 Republican primary. The congresswoman addressed her supporters at an early morning rally at her alma mater, The Citadel military college, where she announced her run for governor.
“I’m running for governor because South Carolina doesn’t need another empty suit. It needs a governor who will fight for you and your values,” Mace said. “South Carolina needs a governor who will drag the truth into sunlight and flip the tables if that’s what it takes.”
“I’ve walked into firestorms, and I’ve come out swinging,” she added.
Incumbent South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, who has served since 2017, will be term-limited from running again in the November 2026 election.
In a video Mace posted on X Monday morning, the Republican emphasized how she has drawn the ire of both Democrats and Republicans and showed clips of President Donald Trump praising her in the past.

https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1952331263710203935

“When she sets her sight on something, she’s tough,” Trump said of Mace.
The relationship between the 47-year-old congresswoman and Trump, however, has been rocky. In 2022, Trump endorsed Mace’s primary opponent, Katie Arrington, after Mace said that Trump’s “entire legacy was wiped out” following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Mace came out on top in the 2022 primary and secured a second term in the House. She won again in 2024 and is currently serving her third term.
Mace has focused much of her attention on fighting to keep trans-identifying men out of women’s bathrooms. She recently got in a fight over women’s bathrooms with Delaware Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride, a man who identifies as a woman. Shortly after McBride was elected, Mace introduced a resolution banning men from women’s facilities in Congress. McBride agreed not to use women’s bathrooms on Capitol Hill after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) issued a mandate, saying, “Women deserve women’s only spaces.”
Mace is well-known on Capitol Hill for her self-assertive nature and her knack for diving into the middle of controversy.

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Supreme Court Says States Can Cut Off Medicaid Funds For Planned Parenthood

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that South Carolina is allowed to ban Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood.
Justices voted 6-3 to reverse the Fourth Circuit’s ruling that an individual Medicaid user could bring a federal civil rights lawsuit over Planned Parenthood being excluded from Medicaid in South Carolina.
Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the court’s opinion, saying that Medicaid law does not clearly give patients the right to sue. He noted that states have the authority to decide which health care providers are “qualified” and can participate in Medicaid — for example, doctors who have committed felonies may be excluded. Planned Parenthood can challenge its exclusion from Medicaid through South Carolina’s administrative process, Gorsuch said.
The decision paves the way for other Republican-led states who may want to exclude Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson penned a dissent that was joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, a Republican, previously argued that “taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize abortion providers who are in direct opposition to their beliefs.”
South Carolina cited its own state law prohibiting the use of taxpayer dollars for abortion. Federal law also prohibits Medicaid funds from paying for most but not all abortions — the funds are permitted in the cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is in danger.
The court’s decision is yet another loss for the pro-abortion lobby, which saw Roe vs. Wade overturned three years ago this week, nixing the supposed constitutional right to abortion.
Prolife leaders celebrated Thursday’s ruling.
“Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer-funded gravy train is swiftly coming to an end,” SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said.
“Its days of posing as a ‘trusted health care provider’ are over as the truth is exposed — most recently, by revelations of botched procedures, open sewage and other horrifying conditions at their facilities across America and the tragic death of yet another young woman following a late-term abortion,” she said.
Dannenfelser added that Planned Parenthood is more interested in “funneling millions into political activism and litigation.”
Meanwhile, Democrats were incensed.
“Make no mistake — Senate Republicans own the consequences of this loathsome MAGA Supreme Court decision. They packed our courts with extremists and they’re the chief architects of the dismal state of women’s health care in America,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement posted to X.

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South Carolina Police And ICE - Highly Successful Raid On Unlicensed Nightclub

Two alleged cartel members and one person wanted by Interpol for murder in Honduras were among at least 80 people arrested during a weekend sting operation at an unlicensed nightclub in Charleston County.
Federal, state and local law enforcement raided the Alamo nightclub, located in an industrial area outside the town of Summerville, around 3 a.m. Sunday. The club had no license to operate or to sell alcohol.
About 200 people were there at the time of the raid. The investigation, dubbed “Operation Last Stand,” continues, Charleston County Sheriff Carl Ritchie said during a news conference Monday.
They included 10 juveniles as young as 13 — including one reported as missing — as well as potential human trafficking victims. They were turned over to social service agencies. Officers also seized guns, cocaine and cash, Ritchie said, without giving details on the amounts.
Those arrested included two people believed to be “high-level cartel members” associated with the Mexico-based Los Zetas cartel and the Venezuela-based Tren de Aragua gang, said U.S. Department of Homeland Security agent Cardell Morant.
He referred to the club scene as a “cartel afterparty.” More than 80% of those arrested are living in the United States illegally, he said.
The law enforcement agencies went in with 116 warrants for 80 people.
Five people were arrested for criminal offenses, Morant said.
Law enforcement officials did not provide names of those arrested or a list of charges.
“Some of these individuals have been charged with serious offenses,” which include the person wanted internationally for murder, Morant said. Other charges made in the raid include “assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance and a felon in possession of a firearm,” he said.
The investigation began in November with officers looking into noise complaints and reports of assaults occurring in the parking lot, Ritchie said.
“Bad guys like to celebrate too. So, this was their way to let off some steam, and they were, unfortunately, doing it right here in the community,” Morant said.
“This operation was not only about immigration enforcement. It was also about restoring order, removing threats from our streets and ensuring the safety and well-being of Charleston-area residents,” he added.
About a dozen local, state and federal agencies participated in the raid.
“We will continue to work to bring justice to those that have been victimized and also bring those to justice that have violated our laws,” said State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel.

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I had no idea that South Carolinian's were so out of touch. This has only been going on for ... several thousand years. I knew about cicadas when I was a very young kid.

 

“It Doesn’t Make Sense!” – CNN Panel Has Epic Meltdown After Trump Gets Double the Number of Votes Ever Received in South Carolina.

CNN had a meltdown after Trump crushed Nikki Haley in her home state in South Carolina’s presidential primary.
Trump scooped up the 50 delegates in South Carolina after he was the projected winner one minute after the polls closed.
It wasn’t even close. Trump won South Carolina by double digits: Trump 59% – Haley 40%
Trump has swept four states so far: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina.
Despite losing every primary so far to Trump, former UN Ambassador and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has vowed to stay in the race.
Trump brought the house down with a fiery victory speech Saturday night.
“I was just informed that we got double the number of votes that has ever been received in the great state of South Carolina,” Trump said on Saturday night in a victory speech.

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CNN wasn’t taking Trump’s historic victory very well.
The CNN panel of pseudo-intellectuals, racists, and bigots went on and on about how humiliating it was for Senator Tim Scott to be on stage next to Trump after his victory in South Carolina.
Jonah Goldberg called Tim Scott “the black guy” while David Axelrod said Senator Scott “subjugated” himself Saturday night.
“It is the greatest political comeback in history,” Trump’s former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin said.
“It doesn’t make sense!” a panelist shouted.

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