A spokesperson for Republican Nancy
Mace, who is already being billed as a Tea Party favorite, confirmed to
TheBlaze on Thursday that she plans to challenge Graham for his Senate
seat in the 2014 Republican primary. She plans to make a “special
announcement” about her run at the Berkeley County GOP Breakfast on
Saturday.
The spokesperson said the campaign will
be releasing more information and Mace will be doing interviews
following the formal announcement.
Mace is the first woman to graduate
from The Citadel, a military college in the Palmetto State. She is also a
wife, mother and small business owner from Goose Creek, S.C. According
to her campaign website, she is the proud daughter of retired Army Brigadier Gen. Emory Mace.
“I believe we need a credible candidate
who can challenge Graham. Someone who can bring together the liberty
movement, the tea party, those who covet our Second Amendment rights and
the right to life, those who want to see greater economic freedom and
prosperity brought to our nation through individual liberty and the free
market,” Mace previously told TheLibertyPaper.org.
“We need someone who believes in
constitutional principles. We need someone who will not believe
increasing taxes are suitable while ignoring out of control spending,”
she added. “What we are doing in Washington today is clearly not
working. I am flattered by all of the attention. This is David vs.
Goliath and it will take conservatives from across the movement to be
successful.”
Tea Party and libertarian-leaning
conservatives have not been shy about voicing their discontent with
Graham and his voting record. He has been roundly criticized for
supporting the “Gang of Eight” amnesty bill, NSA spying and drone
strikes, among other positions.
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