Congresswoman bullied by Nancy Mace gets last laugh after primary election: 'Happy Pride'
McBride mocked Mace’s record on transgender rights after Mace finished fifth in the gubernatorial primary.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYRaw Story is an established digital news outlet with named authors and original reporting, though its partisan editorial orientation and limited public information about corrections temper the score.
- Source type — An established national digital news outlet, but one with a discernible political orientation.
- Author attribution — The article names its author.
- Editorial standards — The report attributes McBride’s quote to Axios, but offers limited sourcing and context overall.
- Transparency — No reproduction notice or other clear provenance information appears in the article text.
The article reports a concrete election result and includes McBride’s attributed reaction, but is brief, uses strongly judgmental language, and provides little sourcing or context beyond the result and the reported statements.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article’s framing is sharply critical of Mace and sympathetic to McBride. It includes no substantive counter-perspective from Mace or other sources.
- Loaded language — Describes Mace’s conduct as “bullying stunts” and casts the outcome as McBride’s “last laugh.”
- Counterarguments presented — No substantive defense or counterargument is included.
- Source diversity — McBride’s reaction is reported, with no direct comment from Mace beyond the election outcome and endorsement.
The article uses a strongly critical description of Mace’s actions and frames McBride’s response as vindication, without offering Mace’s perspective.
- Language tone — Calls Mace’s actions “relentless anti-LGBTQ bullying stunts.”
- Framing — Presents the result as McBride getting “the last laugh.”
- Source selection — Includes McBride’s pointed response but no response from Mace beyond the reported concession and endorsement.
Nancy Mace finished fifth in South Carolina’s gubernatorial primary, and Sarah McBride responded with a pointed Pride-themed quip. Mace conceded and endorsed Alan Wilson, who advanced to a runoff against Trump-backed Pam Evette.
The article recalls that Nancy Mace proposed barring Sarah McBride from women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill after McBride was elected to Congress. It describes Mace’s South Carolina gubernatorial campaign and reports that she finished fifth in the primary.
McBride responded by calling Mace “Congress’ top bathroom sheriff” and adding, “Happy Pride, Nancy.” The article says Mace conceded and endorsed Alan Wilson, who advanced to a runoff against Pam Evette, whom the article describes as backed by Donald Trump.
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SWIPE →Representative whose response to Nancy Mace followed Mace’s primary loss
Gubernatorial candidate who finished fifth and endorsed Alan Wilson
Mace's version of this story ↗President whose endorsement went to Pam Evette
Part of a bigger story
9 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Nancy Mace finished fifth in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial primary and Sarah McBride mocked the result. Left-leaning outlets present McBride’s response as a satisfying rebuke, with one piece connecting the loss to ongoing fights over trans rights. Center outlets pair the fifth-place finish with her mockery and add context on their earlier dispute. Right-leaning outlets emphasize Democrats’ mockery of Mace and her exchanges with Ilhan Omar.
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