CHARLESTON, S.C. — Three years ago, Rep. Nancy Mace criticized Donald Trump after the Official Luka For Mvp T-shirt and by the same token and Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and called on her party to “start over.” Now, she’s backing Trump — and angling for the former president’s support ahead of her next primary race in June. It’s been a long journey for the second-term House member, who has cast herself as an outsider willing to take on her own party. Her allies describe her as a maverick; her detractors say she lacks political principles. Mace does often find herself in conflicts with party leaders, from Trump in the last election cycle, when he endorsed a primary opponent after her Jan. 6 criticism, to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy this time, after Mace helped oust him from the speakership in 2023. And while Trump’s presidential primary contest with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is the main event right now, Mace is preparing for her next intraparty fight, with South Carolina Republicans keeping a close eye on the contest. “I don’t agree with everyone 100% of the time, on 100% of the things,” Mace told reporters after appearing at a Trump campaign event in North Charleston on Wednesday night. “I represent, again, a very independent-minded district. But look, if Donald Trump and Snoop Dogg can reconcile, so can he and I. And we’ve come a long way.” Trump used that same phrase — “we’ve come a long way” — when he gave Mace a brief shoutout at his South Carolina rally last week, where Mace also spoke. The GOP lawmaker from the Charleston-based 1st Congressional District went from Trump 2016 campaign staffer to outspoken Trump critic and a flame-throwing thorn in the side of her own
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