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Nancy Mace’s main character energy
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46 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2024
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Podcast episode
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has a way of being in the middle of things,
whether it’s standing up to Trump after Jan. 6 when many in her party
kept quiet, helping overthrow House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, or warning
Republicans about how they were wrong when it comes to the politics of
abortion.
But some of that drama is catching up with Mace back home in South
Carolina, which on Saturday will be the center of the political world as
voters head to the polls in the state’s presidential primary. Mace is
now back in Trump’s corner and facing a primary which features not one
but two candidates at least partly motivated by revenge: a candidate
backed by McCarthy and Mace’s own former chief of staff.
On this episode of Deep Dive, host and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza
talks to Rep. Mace about her on-again, off-again history with Trump; the
revenge plots playing out in her primary; her prediction about Trump’s
margin of victory on Saturday; and the backstory to that time she wore a
giant scarlet “A” on the House floor.
Ryan Lizza is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
Nancy Mace is the representative for South Carolina's 1st district.
Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio.
whether it’s standing up to Trump after Jan. 6 when many in her party
kept quiet, helping overthrow House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, or warning
Republicans about how they were wrong when it comes to the politics of
abortion.
But some of that drama is catching up with Mace back home in South
Carolina, which on Saturday will be the center of the political world as
voters head to the polls in the state’s presidential primary. Mace is
now back in Trump’s corner and facing a primary which features not one
but two candidates at least partly motivated by revenge: a candidate
backed by McCarthy and Mace’s own former chief of staff.
On this episode of Deep Dive, host and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza
talks to Rep. Mace about her on-again, off-again history with Trump; the
revenge plots playing out in her primary; her prediction about Trump’s
margin of victory on Saturday; and the backstory to that time she wore a
giant scarlet “A” on the House floor.
Ryan Lizza is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
Nancy Mace is the representative for South Carolina's 1st district.
Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Released:
Feb 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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