Nancy Mace canceled a speech after almost no one showed up

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Sunday 24 August 2025 22:35 BST


South Carolina Republican. Rep. Nancy Mace cancelled a speech in her home state after only a small crowd decided to show up, according to a report.

Event organizers had urged people to RSVP in advance to hear Mace discuss “protecting parental rights” at an event hosted by far-right group Moms for Liberty in Horry County on Thursday, warning that “seating is limited.”

That didn’t appear to be a problem. When the event kicked off, just eight people were in the room, My Horry News reported.

The gubernatorial candidate didn’t take the stage to deliver remarks, but a member of Mace’s team emerged, chatted with the event organizer, and told reporters that Mace would take their questions and then meet with the attendees individually, the outlet reported.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/nancy-mace-canceled-speech-south-carolina-b2813390.html

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[Buddyzbuddy]

1. Lie next time, have your staff tell them it's your funeral.

[republianmushroom]

18. That would draw a standing room only crowd.

[Prairie Gates]

2. Imagine showing up to a speech to hear this cuckoo bird rail about trans kids

Oooof.

By the way, what's up with the writing at The Independent? The article never says when this happened. Isn't "When" one of the Ws of basic journalism?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. They linked to a local Myrtle Beach news site (which is what several other sources used for their reports)

It apparently happened this past Thursday - https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/rep-nancy-mace-cancels-myrtle-beach-speech-amid-low-turnout/article_85ecc1a9-3050-4499-96bd-3766bb2f7107.html

I had seen a Huff Post article sometime Saturday but didn't see it prominently linked until after their version was past LBN's 12-hr publication date/time to get chance to use that - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-mace-cancels-speech-south-carolina-governor-race_n_68a91c8be4b0768c801ee98f

[Prairie Gates]

5. Oh, they linked it?

Is that how it works now?

How hard would it have been to write "cancelled a speech in her home state last Thursday after only a small crowd..."

[BumRushDaShow]

8. It's the state of "journalism" today

although NONE of the "big 3" American broadcast networks even bothered reporting it, obviously because it was a negative against a Republican loon.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Also

"Event organizers had encouraged people to RSVP in advance..."

As opposed to afterward?

[ninjanurse]

4. Should have showed up

HIding out is worse. I went to an event in Providence, RI that was not well attended, but one of our US Senators was in the audience and he stayed for the whole thing. Sen. Gabe Amo. I was happy he was there.

[mdbl]

6. So the Assholes with Casseroles are still around.

how comforting.

[irisblue]

7. Mace wants to run for SC Governor? Wow is that fool reaching past her ability

[LymphocyteLover]

9. Any chance of flipping her Congressional seat?

[SCantiGOP]

17. No

It was the states only competitive district, and a Democrat won it in 2018, resulting in several thousand minority voters being moved to the adjacent district of Jim Clyburn, which was already solid Democrat. Mace’s district is now about 55-45 R, so it is pretty safe.
Mace is not popular in SC, and has several high-profile opponents in the primary. She is banking on Trump’s endorsement as her only chance of breaking out of the pack.
At least the open SC Governor’s race will get her and Freedom Caucus lackey Ralph Norman out of Congress.

[LymphocyteLover]

19. OK, thanks. I suppose it is too much to expect a D +10 wave in 2026... assuming we have a functional country then

[Klondike Kat]

10. I don't think eight people qualifies as a "small crowd".

It hardly registers as a "gathering". I've been to cribbage tournaments in a small town that had better attendance.

[Prairie Gates]

11. I call it a soccer forfeit

[ms liberty]

12. Horry County is Myrtle Beach, aka Party Central for a large swath of the Eastern Seaboard

Lol. The idea of a Moms for Liberty chapter there is pretty funny. The hypocrisy is probably just as stunning as that Florida chapter that was in the news, when was that, last year?

[Hugin]

14. Someone explain to me again how these sorts get elected to national office?

Is it all the magic “R” or something else.

[murielm99]

15. Imagine the good publicity she could have gotten if she had

sat down and had coffee with those eight people.

[Wonder Why]

16. even her family stayed home out of embarrassment!