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On 05 Mar 2022, Lefty Lundquist <lefty_lundquist@ggmail.com> posted some news:svvtra$oob$6@dont-email.me:

Nancy Mace is an attention whore and it's going to cost her. She'll
be turning tricks on OnlyFans for rent money.

Nancy Mace has a new GOP primary challenger: her recently departed chief
of staff.

Dan Hanlon, who had worked for Mace since she got to Congress, filed
paperwork to run against her.

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly encouraged him to do it.

Dan Hanlon, the former chief of staff for Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, has
taken the most official step yet in his bid to run his former boss out of Congress.

On Friday, Hanlon filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run in the GOP primary in South Carolina's 1st congressional district, which covers Charleston and surrounding areas.

A person familiar with Hanlon's emerging campaign confirmed the veracity
of the filing. POLITICO first reported that Hanlon was considering the
move.

Hanlon had worked for Mace since she arrived in Congress in January 2021, before being reportedly fired in December 2023.

Hanlon was previously a senior official in the Office of Management and
Budget during the Trump administration, and worked for former South
Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney before that.

It's extremely rare for a lawmaker's former chief of staff to launch a
campaign against their one-time boss. Before his departure, Hanlon could
often be seen by Mace's side at the Capitol.

According to the Washington Post, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy —
who Mace voted to oust in October — privately encouraged Hanlon to run.

McCarthy notably called Hanlon out during a press conference following his ouster, saying that he had assured the former speaker that he'd "kept your
word 100%." Ahead of her vote to oust McCarthy, Mace had publicly claimed
that he had broken promises he'd made to her.

It's the latest bad news for Mace, a controversial character whose record
of public flip-flopping and perceived camera-hungriness have turned off
fellow GOP colleagues.

Despite once being a critic of former President Donald Trump, Mace
endorsed him over Nikki Haley — who backed her against a Trump-backed
primary challenger in 2022 — earlier this week.

She also faces a Democratic challenger, Michael B. Moore, who has sought
to capitalize on her growing cloud of controversy, arguing that Mace is "probably more motivated to get on national TV and create headlines for
herself than to actually work for the people."

https://www.businessinsider.com/nancy-mace-dan-hanlon-primary-challenger- recently-departed-chief-staff-2024-1&post-bottom-piano-recommendations

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