Sarah McBride Roasts 'Bathroom Sheriff' Nancy Mace's Loss
Mace finished fifth in the Republican primary for governor, which McBride used as the subject of a joke.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYMediaite is an established digital political news outlet with identifiable authors and a recognizable editorial operation, though it is not a newspaper of record and the article offers limited original sourcing or context.
- Source type — An established national digital outlet focused on political and media coverage.
- Author attribution — The article identifies an individual author.
- Editorial standards — The piece attributes quotations and reporting to named people and outlets, but provides limited independent verification.
The story gives a clear account of the primary remarks and election result, and attributes the critical assessment of Mace to a named Washington Post reporter and her sources. It is brief, offers little independent context, and includes no response from Mace.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article reports the election result and attributes its critical characterizations, but centers a taunt and negative accounts of Mace without her perspective or broader campaign context.
- Counterarguments presented — Mace’s perspective on the result and the criticism is not included.
- Source diversity — The article quotes McBride and relays a reporter’s account of criticism from former aides and associates, but presents no countervailing views.
- Loaded language — The headline and article use ridicule-oriented framing, including “roasts” and “bathroom sheriff.”
The report is mostly factual, but its headline and selection of McBride’s mocking remarks and critical descriptions of Mace create a slight tilt against Mace.
- Language tone — The article uses and foregrounds mocking phrasing, including “roasts” and “bathroom sheriff.”
- Source selection — It features McBride’s criticism and negative assessments from former aides and associates, without Mace’s response.
- Headline — The headline frames the story around McBride’s ridicule of Mace’s loss.
Rep. Sarah McBride mocked Rep. Nancy Mace’s fifth-place finish in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial primary as votes were counted at a Washington gala. The article also revisits their 2024 dispute over Capitol bathroom access for transgender women.
At the Equality PAC’s National Pride Gala, Rep. Sarah McBride joked about Rep. Nancy Mace’s fifth-place standing in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, saying Mace was in “a respectful 5th place” and adding, “Happy Pride, Nancy.” The article reports that Mace lost her bid for governor.
The article recalls that Mace pursued a 2024 resolution to restrict transgender women’s access to women’s bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol; McBride responded at the time that the effort manufactured culture wars. It also quotes Washington Post reporter Natalie Allison describing former aides’ and associates’ criticisms of Mace.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Mace in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Mace’s record.
People in this story
SWIPE →Representative and gubernatorial candidate who lost the South Carolina Republican primary
Representative who mocked Nancy Mace’s primary loss
McBride's version of this story ↗Part of a bigger story
20 OUTLETSNancy Mace finished fifth in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial primary. Left-leaning outlets foreground Sarah McBride’s mockery of Mace and criticism of her record on transgender issues, while Daily Kos links the loss to political costs for Republicans who challenge Trump over the Epstein files. Center outlets focus mainly on the results and runoff, with several highlighting Mace’s claim that her support for releasing the files cost her support. Right-leaning outlets split: one focuses on Democrats’ mockery and Mace’s response, while another portrays her defeat as a loss for South Carolina and praises her.
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- OUTLETS
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- AVG CRED
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- Daily Mail · The spectacular implosion of mercurial firebrand Nancy Mace as she crashed and burned in her own backyard
- LGBTQ Nation · Nancy Mace & Sarah McBride show that the biggest fights are still to come
- Foreign Policy Journal · How Nancy Mace Was Defeated in South Carolina's GOP Gubernatorial Primary
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