US Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina allegedly berated police officers at Charleston International Airport Thursday morning, allegedly “loudly cursing” at officers and saying they had been “f**king incompetent,” in accordance to an incident report from police.
Mace, who closely aligns herself with President Donald Trump and is currently running for South Carolina governor, has repeatedly shared considerations about her security up to now. Last December, she reported being “physically accosted” on Capitol grounds.
One officer stated of their report: “Any other person in the airport acting and talking the way she did, our department would have been dispatch (sic) and we would have addressed the behavior.”
NCS has reached out to Mace’s workplace for remark. Mace’s Director of Operations Cameron Morabito told The New York Times, “Apparently, simply arriving at an airport now makes headlines if you’re leading the race for governor.”
“We are forced to take the congresswoman’s safety extremely seriously,” Morabito advised the Times. “After the world watched Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the threats against her have only intensified. Our security procedures are based solely on legitimate safety concerns, and any attempt to politicize this reality is both dangerous and reckless.”
Mace additionally briefly spoke with the Times, saying she did complain to the airport as a result of she is worried about her security given current loss of life threats in opposition to her. “We all get frustrated when it’s not taken seriously,” she advised the outlet.
Two Charleston County Aviation Authority police officers had been knowledgeable at 6 a.m. they would wish to escort Mace from the curb to her flight, in accordance to an incident report filed by the officers. They had been advised she would arrive at 6:30 a.m. in a white BMW, the report says.
At 6:20 a.m., three officers went to the ticketing curb space and waited for her automotive, the report stated. They had been knowledgeable at round 6:35 a.m. she was working quarter-hour late and stored ready for the automotive, they stated, not seeing a white BMW.
Security video offered to NCS by the airport reveals Mace arriving at a sidewalk entrance space at 6:50 a.m. in a darkish grey sedan. No different folks had been seen within the video. Airport officers stated they’d no additional remark.
Somewhat earlier than 7 a.m., officers had been advised Mace was ready on the Transportation Security Administration identified crewmember entrance, and the officers made their approach over “in less than a minute,” the report stated.
When officers met Mace to escort her, they stated she was “very irate” and “began loudly cursing and making derogatory comments to us and about the department.”
“She repeatedly stated we were ‘f**king incompetent,’ and ‘this is no way to treat a f**king US Representative’,” one officer stated in his report. “She also said we would never treat (US Sen.) Tim Scott like this.”
A unique safety video offered to NCS by the airport reveals the TSA safety checkpoint with Mace talking with two airport officers on the identified crewmember entrance. It seems an airport worker made a name to an unknown individual, and roughly three minutes later the 2 officers arrived to escort Mace. It took about seven minutes from the time Mace seems on the identified crewmember entrance and begins interacting with airport workers to when the escorting officers arrive, in accordance to the video.
Mace allegedly continued cursing on the officers and into her cellphone whereas they walked along with her to the gate, in accordance to the account of 1 officer. After she boarded her flight, an airline worker and several other different TSA brokers stated they had been shocked and upset by her habits, the officer stated.