Overview

• Former staffers told WIRED they were ordered to set up multiple burner accounts on platforms including Reddit to promote Mace and counter criticism.
• Communications director Sydney Long denied the directive, calling the allegation a misuse of taxpayer funds.
• Mace has highlighted her self-taught coding skills as chair of a House cybersecurity subcommittee, but former aides and a consultant say they never saw her write code.
• The burner account claims add to earlier reports of high turnover and accusations of a toxic work environment in her office.
• Mace publicly dismissed the allegations by saying she is married to her job and in love with South Carolina.