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Defiant Nancy Mace Admits She Got Her '*** Kicked' In S.C. Governor's Race

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has admitted she got walloped in the Republican primary for South Carolina governor on Tuesday.

In her morning-after X post, Mace was both self-deprecating and salty about her loss, yet still managed to take a shot at Graham Platner, Maine's Democratic candidate for Senate.

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"Enjoying my first cup of coffee since getting my *** kicked last night, and reading about how Dems nominated the guy with the nazi tattoo," she wrote.

Despite a series of scandals, which included affair allegations and revelations that he had a tattoo of a skull and crossbones symbol historically associated with the SS, Platner crushed his competitor, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, 72% to 19%.

Mace was more measured in a post-concession message on Facebook, where she said that serving the Palmetto State was the "greatest honor" of her life. She also defended some of the more controversial points of her tenure in Washington, D.C., particularly her decision to break with President Donald Trump and vote to release the Epstein Files.

"Every vote I cast, every hearing I called, every fight I picked — it was always for you," she wrote. "I've seen what happens when good people stay quiet. And I've seen what happens when they don't. I would choose the latter every single time."

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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) admitted defeat with a bit of attitude after failing to move forward in the GOP primary for South Carolina's governor.

Mace admitted that she lost key support for taking a stance on the Epstein Files, but said she held to her principles by voting to support survivors of ****** abuse instead of sticking with the party line.

"As a survivor, I chose to stand on principle and stand against the Epstein cover-up," she wrote. "I chose to expose the names hidden in the ****** harassment slush fund. I chose to expose DEI judges. I chose to expose the abusers of children."

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"And apparently, I chose wrong if the goal was winning an election," Mace added.

Mace conceded after landing in fifth place, with just 12% of the vote in South Carolina's GOP primary for governor. Having opted to run for governor instead of maintaining her seat in Congress, Mace's time in the House of Representatives will end at the start of next year.