An investigative report from Charleston’s airport police department blamed Nancy Mace for a controversial confrontation late in October, saying that Mace’s “continued failure to follow established procedures at the checkpoint” escalated the situation into “a spectacle.”
The investigation found Mace told officers “I’m sick of your shit.” She also reportedly said that officers were “fucking idiots” and “fucking incompetent” – and yelled that she was a “fucking representative” in the U.S. House.
An airport employee described Mace’s tone as “very nasty, very rude” and “very unbecoming if she’s representing us” as a member of Congress. One described feeling “downtrodden.”
Mace’s office says the report was a “full exoneration” of the incident.
In an interview with Kaitlyn Collins, Mace called it a political hit job, “falsified” by police.
When asked who was behind the “hit job,” Mace said she believed it was South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, who is running for governor of South Carolina alongside Mace.