Overview

• Only eight people arrived for a Moms for Liberty–hosted parental-rights event in Myrtle Beach that had been billed for more than 100 attendees.
• With rows of empty chairs, the campaign canceled the speech, took questions from reporters, and met individually with the few attendees.
• Mace told local media that Horry County "makes presidents" and claimed her campaign is winning by double digits with Trump supporters.
• Her team recently circulated internal polling that she leads the GOP gubernatorial field, figures President Trump later shared on Truth Social without an endorsement.
• Earlier independent polling before her announcement showed 16% support for Mace and 15% for Attorney General Alan Wilson, with most respondents undecided.