South Carolina Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace allegedly assaulted a law enforcement officer at Charleston International Airport on Thursday, WIRED reported.
The report further states that the altercation occurred early Friday morning when officers with the Charleston County Aviation Authority Police Department responded to a ticketing restriction around 6:30 a.m.
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After not finding the congresswoman there, they found her about half an hour later at a trusted travel checkpoint. Mace reportedly called TSA officers and staff “damn incompetent” and demanded preferential treatment, insisting she should be treated in a manner befitting a member of Congress.
Here is what happened
According to the report, Mace began yelling at the officers, stating, “This is no way to treat U.S. officials,” as they escorted her to her gate.
One officer noted that “on the way to the B-8 gate, she continued to swear, complain and talk angrily on the phone.” After several minutes of continued explosion near the gate, Mace finally boarded her flight, according to media reports.
What did Mace say?
Mace dismissed the allegations as “fake news”. In a post on X Mace, he wrote: “And for FAKE NEWS: This is the entrance that 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 not? Ask for a friend.”
As officers escorted her to her gate, she reportedly engaged a fellow South Carolina Senate candidate, WIRED reported.
“She also said we would never treat Tim Scott like that,” one officer tasked with escorting Mace says in the report.
“She cursed and complained all the way to the B-8 gate and often did the same on her phone,” the officer wrote in the report. In the main incident report, the officer notes that Mace was yelling into her phone while on the phone or dictating text messages. “After standing near the B-8 for several minutes and continuing her tirade, she finally boarded the plane.
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Mace also took aim at The Post & Courier of Charleston, accusing the paper of misreporting the story. She wrote: “The Post and Courier is wrong again. All federal elected officials, including Senators Scott and Graham, use the same aircrew access point at airports. That’s federal security protocol. Maybe check your facts next time.”
She went on to accuse her gubernatorial candidate, Alan Wilson, of “spying on me at the airport,” adding, “I wish Alan Wilson would spend as much time prosecuting p*dophiles as he does spying on me at the airport.”
The officer mentioned in the report that after reviewing the footage, it was confirmed that Mace arrived in a BMW that was not white, contrary to initial reports, WIRED reported.
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The report concluded by stating: “Any other person at the airport behaving and speaking in the way she did would have prompted our department to be dispatched and we would have taken steps to address this behaviour.
Key things
- Public officials are expected to uphold standards of conduct, especially in a professional setting.
- Allegations of preferential treatment can damage the credibility of elected officials.
- Transparency in reporting incidents involving public figures is essential to public trust.
