Overview
- At a Monday press conference and on Fox Business, Rep. Nancy Mace confirmed she cursed at Charleston airport police and TSA, refusing to apologize and saying her safety was put at risk.
- Airport surveillance video shows Mace arrived at 6:51 a.m. without an escort and boarded around 7:10 a.m., while the incident report describes her as “very irate” and using profanities.
- Mace posted text-message screenshots asserting her team provided exact arrival details and that officers never showed, and she threatened to release audio of staff communications.
- Charleston International Airport CEO Elliott Summey publicly praised his officers’ professionalism, and a TSA supervisor described Mace’s behavior as unacceptable in accounts cited in reports.
- The confrontation has drawn criticism from GOP rivals Alan Wilson and Pamela Evette for berating unpaid airport workers during the shutdown, as Mace presses claims of repeated CHS security lapses and demands protocol changes.