Representative Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Friday reportedly cursed at police officers and Transportation Security Administration personnel at Charleston International Airport, calling them “f***ing incompetent” and demanding treatment she believed befitted a member of Congress, according to an incident report. The episode took place this week when officers from the Charleston County Aviation Authority Police Department arrived at the ticketing curb at 6.30 am and, finding no sign of the congresswoman, located her around 7 am at a trusted traveller checkpoint. The report says Mace began shouting at officers, insisting “this is no way to treat a US representative” as she was escorted to her gate. “The entire walk to gate B-8 she was cursing and complaining and often doing the same into her phone,” an officer wrote. “After standing in the vicinity of B-8 for several minutes with her continuing her tirade, she finally boarded the aircraft.”
Nancy Mace refutes claims, calls it ‘fake’
Mace called the reports fake news. On X, Mace shared a video of her arrival and challenged media accounts, writing “for the FAKE NEWS: This is the entrance ALL Members of Congress use at the airport. Are you going to write that Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott use the same entrance or no? Or no?” A spokesperson for Mace, Cameron Morabito, told Newsweek via email, “Apparently, simply arriving at an airport now makes headlines if you’re leading the race for Governor. We are forced to take the Congresswoman’s safety extremely seriously. After the world watched Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the threats against her have only intensified. Our security procedures are based solely on legitimate safety concerns, and any attempt to politicise this reality is both dangerous and reckless.” Mace also criticised The Post & Courier of Charleston, accusing the paper of getting the story “wrong” and asserting, “Once again, The Post and Courier gets it wrong. All federally elected officials including Senators Scott and Graham use the same Crew Member Access Point at airports. That’s the federal security protocol. Maybe check your facts next time.” She further accused her fellow gubernatorial candidate Alan Wilson of “spying on me at the airport” and wrote, “I wish Alan Wilson spent as much time prosecuting p*dophiles as he does spying on me at the airport.” The episode also comes as airport security and TSA personnel face heightened pressure amid the ongoing govt shutdown, which has strained staffing and operations. It remains unclear whether TSA or airport police will take any disciplinary action related to the confrontation. According to a Trafalgar Group poll published earlier this month, Mace trailed Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette in the South Carolina gubernatorial primary with 15.8 percent to Evette’s 19.9 percent. Attorney General Alan Wilson secured 12.4 percent, Representative Ralph Norman 9.3 percent and State Senator Josh Kimbrell 1.3 percent. More than 40 percent of voters remained undecided. TSA supervisor Johnny Lynch told Fits News he planned to file a report with his superiors about Mace’s “unacceptable behaviour.”