Nancy Mace speaks out after Trump publicly rejects her run for governor

After President Donald Trump endorsed South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pam Evette in the crowded gubernatorial primary on Friday, all eyes turned to Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who has been running a very intense campaign for the same office and casting herself as a MAGA warrior.

Mace, writing on X, blamed the snub on her support for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case files — and insisted she didn't want the endorsement if that's what robbed her of it.

"I know I put the likelihood of an endorsement on the line when I demanded transparency on the Epstein files," wrote Mace. "I demanded it because you deserved the truth — ALL OF IT — and as a survivor of a corrupt and broken court system, I will always pursue justice for those who deserve it."

"If sacrificing my values is the price of an endorsement, I will never pay it," she concluded.

Also snubbed out of an endorsement was Rep. Ralph Norman, a fellow South Carolina lawmaker who was enthusiastically cheerleading Trump's push to redraw congressional districts and delete majority-Black seats to give more to Republicans. That push in South Carolina died earlier this week, at least for now, as Republicans conceded they didn't have time this session.