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Nancy Mace's lead campaign consultant resigns after she 'turned her back on MAGA'

Her lead campaign consultant resigned, accusing her of aligning with Rand Paul and Thomas Massie and breaking with MAGA.

Nancy Mace's lead campaign consultant resigns after she 'turned her back on MAGA'
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This article1 analysis · Oct 12, 2026
Dec 1, 2025
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Nancy Mace’s lead consultant resigned from her South Carolina gubernatorial campaign, saying she had aligned herself with Rand Paul and Thomas Massie rather than President Trump. The consultant’s accusations center on Mace’s ties to a Paul-affiliated PAC and her push to release the Epstein files.

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Nancy Mace
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Representative and candidate for governor of South Carolina

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President; the political figure whose endorsement McCubbin says is central to the campaign

Thomas Massie
R · KY-4

Representative associated with the Republican faction McCubbin says Mace embraced

Andy Barr
R · KY-6

Representative named as a past client of McCubbin

Rand Paul
R · KY · SEN

Senator associated with the PAC that McCubbin says Mace embraced

ALSO MENTIONED  Governor McMaster, Governor of South Carolina, praised by McCubbin as a model for the state; J. Austin McCubbin, Former lead consultant to Mace’s gubernatorial campaign

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Austin McCubbin Resigns From Nancy Mace’s Gubernatorial Campaign

McCubbin resigned from Mace’s South Carolina gubernatorial campaign, publicly accusing her of straying from Trump-aligned politics; her campaign disputed his account. Left-leaning outlets foreground McCubbin’s charge that Mace broke with MAGA and omit her campaign’s response. Center outlets generally pair his claims about Mace’s political alignment with her campaign’s rebuttal. Right-leaning outlets also emphasize the alleged break with Trump-aligned politics, with Blaze Media giving prominent attention to Mace’s and her campaign’s rebuttal.

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