The claws are coming out…
Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) reportedly confronted fellow South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson on the House floor Tuesday after he endorsed her primary opponent.
Fox News Digital spotted Mace and Wilson having what appeared to be a tense exchange during House votes late Tuesday afternoon, hours after Wilson released a statement backing Catherine Templeton to unseat her.
Mace told Fox News that she told Wilson she “would never do to him what he has done to me,” and “we needed to stop the infighting and unify so we can win it all in November.”
“Too much at stake,” Mace added. “And that there is a place in the party for people like me, people like him, Trump, MAGA, independents, women, everyone. Oh, and that I was working hard to crush it Tuesday.”
Wilson, who is the longest-serving South Carolina Republican, released a statement on Tuesday praising Templeton as “smart, honest, and dedicated to President Trump’s agenda to Make America Great Again.”
Mace is locked in a contentious fight facing off against two Republican primary challengers on June 11: Templeton, a former South Carolina state official, and Marine veteran Bill Young.
Mace was one of eight House Republicans who voted to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Mace secured Trump’s endorsement in March after she already endorsed his bid for president.
“Today I’m endorsing Donald J. Trump for President. I don’t see eye to eye perfectly with any candidate. And until now I’ve stayed out of it. But the time has come to unite behind our nominee,” Mace said in an emailed statement. “To be honest, it’s 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‘s record in his first term should tell every American how vital it is he be returned to office.”
Read Trump’s endorsement below:
“Nancy Mace worked hard campaigning across South Carolina in support of our Record-Breaking WIN. In Congress, she is fighting to Secure the Border, Strengthen our Military, Support our Veterans, Uphold the Rule of Law, Stop Political Weaponization, and Protect and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment,” Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social, calling Mace a “strong conservative voice.”
