Mace endorses Trump over Haley: 'It's been a complete shit show since he left the White House'

On January 22, 2024, Mace endorsed Donald Trump over Nikki Haley, who lives in Mace's own congressional district and had backed her in 2022, the day before the New Hampshire primary, reversing her post-January 6 declaration that Trump had no future in the GOP.

January 22, 2024

On January 22, 2024, the day before the New Hampshire primary, Mace endorsed Trump over Nikki Haley:

"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. To be honest, it's been a complete shit show since he left the White House."

Haley lives in Mace's congressional district and had backed Mace in her 2022 primary. The endorsement was widely characterized as a reversal of Mace's January 2021 statement that Trump's "entire legacy" was "wiped out" and he had "no future" in the GOP.

Source: Politico / Associated Press via Political Wire · archived

Mace endorses Trump: 'Donald Trump is the only man who can save America'

On February 2, 2024, Mace endorsed Donald Trump over fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley ahead of the state's Republican primary.

July 21, 2026 · Dispatch

One day after quitting the race, Nancy Mace endorses Ralph Norman and snubs Trump's pick for Graham's Senate seat

One day after ruling out her own Senate bid, Rep. Nancy Mace endorsed Rep. Ralph Norman for the South Carolina special election on July 21, 2026, breaking publicly with President Trump, who had endorsed Lindsey Graham's sister Darline Graham Nordone on July 17. Norman accepted the endorsement while pledging to 'stand with President Trump,' the same president whose candidate he and Mace are now both running against. Filing opens today and closes July 28, with the primary set for August 11.

August 15, 2024 · Dispatch

Asked on CNN to call Trump's "she turned Black" attack on Kamala Harris out of bounds, Mace says: "I didn't say it, and I would not say it"

On CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip on August 15, 2024, the panel pressed Rep. Nancy Mace again and again to simply say that Donald Trump's claim that Vice President Kamala Harris "turned Black" was out of bounds. Mace would not. "I didn't hear him say it," she said, then "I am not going to weigh in on her race," then "I didn't say it, and I would not say it." Host Abby Phillip: "This doesn't take that much courage, honestly, to just say that was out of bounds." In the same appearance Mace insisted she would say Harris's name "any way that I want to." The clip, posted by Acyn, was captioned "one of the most embarrassing moments I have ever seen from Nancy Mace."

August 15, 2024 · Dispatch

'Doesn't Take That Much Courage!' CNN's Abby Phillip Stunned Mace Refuses To Denounce Trump Race Attacks on Kamala Harris

Mediaite's account of the August 15, 2024 CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip panel. Asked to say that Donald Trump's claim that Vice President Kamala Harris turned Black was out of bounds, Rep. Nancy Mace repeatedly refused, saying she had not heard the comment and would not weigh in. Host Abby Phillip told her it did not take much courage to say it was out of bounds. In the same segment Mace insisted she would say Harris's name any way that she wanted, drawing objections from Michael Eric Dyson and Keith Boykin.

July 22, 2024 · Dispatch

"You're full of sh*t today", Mace interrogates Secret Service Director Cheatle

A supercut of three verbatim moments from Rep. Nancy Mace's questioning of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the July 22, 2024 House Oversight hearing on the attempted assassination of President Trump. Cheatle resigned the following day.

June 2, 2024 · Dispatch

Mace defends flip to endorsing Trump: 'We've had three-and-a-half years of Joe Biden now, and it's pretty easy'

Appearing on NewsNation on June 2, 2024, Mace defended her decision to endorse Donald Trump after years of publicly criticizing him following January 6.