Caitlin Byrd
Senior Politics Reporter at Post and Courier
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd
DANIEL ISLAND — A woman has filed a civil lawsuit that closely mirrors the explosive abuse allegations U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace made in a House floor speech earlier this year. The plaintiff, described as Jane Doe in the suit, accuses some of the same men Mace named in her Feb. 10 speech of recorded voyeurism and sexual assault, further escalating claims that have drawn national attention and prompted a series of lawsuits.
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd
Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician who lost a closely watched U.S. House race to U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in 2022 and has since built a sizable social media following, jumped into South Carolina's U.S. Senate race with a blistering opening salvo against Republican incumbent Lindsey Graham.
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2 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd
A political strategist for U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace testified in a deposition that the congresswoman once asked him to pressure her former fiancé into giving her full ownership of their two jointly held homes and threatened to use images she'd found on her ex's cellphone as leverage if he refused. The request, which strategist Wesley Donehue said he interpreted as a blackmail threat, was made sometime after a lunch he had with Mace in late November 2023.
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2 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace identified herself as a victim of voyeurism as she urged lawmakers to advance a pair of privacy-related bills, saying the federal legislation is vital to safeguard Americans from exploitation as hidden cameras and digital surveillance become more pervasive, including in rental properties. "Freedom is not a theory," Mace said May 20 as she opened a congressional subcommittee hearing on the two bills she is sponsoring. "It is the right to breathe," she continued.
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3 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd
A third Democrat has entered the 2026 race to challenge U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, this time a newcomer and engineer-turned-investor from the Upstate. Lee Johnson, 52, officially jumped into the Senate race on May 14, adding his name to a small-but-growing Democratic field trying to beat the odds in ruby-red South Carolina — where no Democrat has won a statewide office since 2006.
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