MORNING NEWSBREAK | U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-Charleston, invited to take part in a televised Republican primary debate, is being criticized for declining the event.
A Republican opponent, former gubernatorial candidate and agency head Catherine Templeton of Mount Pleasant, said Mace isn’t being held accountable for her time in Congress.
“She has not been held to account for her absurd actions time and again and she’s scared to death that people will find out about the true Nancy,” according to a Templeton campaign statement. “Nancy betrays conservatives for media attention. She flip-flops for fame and money. Nancy has flat out lied to us for years and she has done it all for one thing — herself.”
Meanwhile, Templeton’s original release reportedly named the wrong TV stations in Charleston and Savannah, updating them Monday to the correct ones.
“It’s amateur hour over at the Templeton campaign. They have no idea what they’re doing and they clearly don’t know the district,” a Mace spokeswoman said in a May 13 statement.
With just under a month left until the June 11 primaries, outside funding in the 1st Congressional District shows conservative groups have spent nearly $3 million to influence the outcome of the race, which also includes GOP candidate Bill Young.
Templeton ran into political storms last month after her son’s arrest made headlines in connection with a Jan. 12 fight during a Mount Pleasant house party.
Primary elections are set for June 11, with early voting beginning May 28.
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