Shock for Nancy Mace as campaign adviser resigns after accusing her of disloyalty to Trump

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on an officer Representative Nancy MaceThe South Carolina gubernatorial campaign announced his resignation on Monday, accusing the Republican firebrand of deciding to “turn his back on MAGA.” trump-Critical Republicans, including senators. rand paul And representative. thomas massey,

“I’m breaking his campaign 100% out of loyalty to the President,” J. Austin McCubbin, who has served in the past trump and mace campaign, wrote On X.

Paul has been a vocal critic of the administration.”extrajudicial killingsof alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean, while Massey has been a leading voice pressing Trump for the release epstein files,

McCubbin said the “straw that broke the camel’s back” was an alleged claim by Mace that she was directing a “personal friend” to fund “7-figure checks” for Defense of Freedom PAC. Paul-Aligned PAC that has supported Mace.

PAC spends $456,000 on ad buy in South Carolina to benefit Mace South Carolina-based newspapersState reports,

The May campaign drama comes at a time when issues like foreign policy and the Epstein files have driven a rift between the president and some of his previous supporters in Congress.

The May campaign drama comes at a time when issues like foreign policy and the Epstein files have driven a rift between the president and some of his previous supporters in Congress. ,getty images,

“My advice to the President, my friends in the White House, and the Trump voters of South Carolina: Remove his name from the list,” McCubbin said. He claimed that the South Carolina Republican was set up to advance the so-called Paul 2028 presidential campaign.

The Mace campaign told Politico, “Mr. McCubbin never raised a dime for the campaign, or, even better, never bothered to come forward.” “When he asked for $10,000 a month for ‘services’ and was refused, he ran straight to X.”

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Independent McCubbin has been contacted for comment.

The resignation comes as Mace is seeking Trump’s support in his gubernatorial campaign, at a time when tensions are rising between the president and some of his most loyal Republican allies in Congress, including South Carolina Rep.

Mace is certainly hoping to avoid the fate of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, another occasional Republican critic of the president, who had a public feud with the president over the Epstein files and has announced she would resign from Congress rather than face a Trump-backed challenge.

Mace is certainly hoping to avoid the fate of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, another occasional Republican critic of the president, who had a public feud with the president over the Epstein files and has announced she would resign from Congress rather than face a Trump-backed challenge. ,AFP via Getty Images,

The mace was part of a A handful of Republicans in the House Who voted to start a process that would force the administration to release the Epstein files.

reportedly the president Called Mace and persuaded him not to cooperate in this effort.But the South Carolinian stayed the course, citing her own experience as a survivor of sexual violence as the main reason for pushing for the files to be released.

“I think we ran out of patience a long time ago,” she said later. Said Of his decision.

Tension over Epstein vote was already the catalyst The President’s dramatic public spat with Representative Marjorie Taylor GreeneJoe will resign from Congress early next year, avoiding a primary where the president has vowed to support a challenger.

there are more republicans reportedly being weighed Should he resign, saying he sees neglectful behavior from the White House and congressional leadership.

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