A best advisor to Rep. Nancy Mace’s marketing campaign for South Carolina governor introduced his resignation Monday, pronouncing the gubernatorial hopeful has “made up our minds to show her again on MAGA.”
Austin McCubbin, an established Republican operative, bashed Mace in a put up on X and accused her of looking to “hug the political cactus that’s the Rand Paul [and] Thomas Massie wing of the Birthday celebration” and puzzled the third-term member of Congress’ ties to a the Offer protection to Freedom PAC — a Paul-aligned committee.
In his put up, McCubbin claimed Mace advised him she directed a chum to persuade a “7-figure test” to the PAC, calling her “wittingly or unwittingly a proxy for Rand Paul’s 2028 presidential marketing campaign.”
That dialog, he mentioned, used to be the catalyzing second in the back of his choice to depart the marketing campaign. POLITICO has no longer independently verified the declare.
“My title has been used publicly, whilst going again on her phrase to pay me, to industry on my Group Trump standing and to paintings on her behalf with the White Area, and I’m 100% breaking together with her marketing campaign out of loyalty to the President,” he wrote.
A spokesperson for Mace, in a remark according to McCubbin’s put up, mentioned: “Mr. McCubbin didn’t lift a dime for the marketing campaign or higher but, by no means even stricken appearing up. When he demanded $10,000 a month for ‘products and services’ and used to be advised no, he ran directly to X. Excellent success with that.”
President Donald Trump’s endorsement is all however sure to assist propel his most popular candidate into Columbia’s best put up. Mace — like the opposite applicants within the crowded box — has been angling for the president’s endorsement since her access to the race in August.
“My recommendation to the President, my buddies within the White Area, and South Carolina Trump citizens: scratch her title from the checklist,” McCubbin wrote.
Mace’s marketing campaign for governor introduced McCubbin’s rent as probably the most marketing campaign’s “lead specialists” in a press liberate previous this yr, touting his shut ties to the a success Trump marketing campaign operations within the Palmetto State all the way through the 2024 election. The 2 had additionally labored in combination prior to now: McCubbin controlled Mace’s first reelection bid in 2022.
“That is about loyalty,” McCubbin wrote, calling present Gov. Henry McMaster a “nice governor” who has been “very unswerving” to Trump. “South Carolina wishes any individual minimize from the similar fabric, the place you recognize their phrase is their bond,” he added.
