Former President Donald Trump gave his endorsement for Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina over the weekend.
“It is my great honor to endorse a strong conservative voice for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District; Nancy Mace worked hard campaigning across South Carolina in support of our record-breaking win,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“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.”
“Congresswoman Nancy Mace has my complete and total endorsement!” Trump continued.
Mace followed up endorsing the former president back, saying she wanted the “best for our country.”
“I have endorsed the man that I believe is best for our country,” Mace told ABC on Sunday morning after Trump’s endorsement. “It’s not Joe Biden. And you looked at the dueling rallies yesterday in Georgia. Laken Riley’s family was with Donald Trump. They weren’t with Joe Biden.”
Mace spoke about previously being critical of Trump, but saying she and her voters have “moved on.”
“I listened to my voters in South Carolina, and they’ve moved beyond Jan. 6,” she continued. “I said my piece on Jan. 6. I was very clear about how I felt about it. And I also, as you stated, I voted to certify the electoral college for every single state in the country.”
“But something’s happened between now and then, and that was Joe Biden. And I listen to my voters. They move on. They don’t ask me about Jan. 6. Maybe that’s what you in the media, you guys talk about in your cocktail parties, but voters are not talking about it.”
