Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) presents documents related to Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) as she participates in a House Armed Services Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC., April 29. gettyimagesbank-TNS
For those of us struggling to understand today’s Republican Party, this past week’s primary elections in South Carolina offered a useful case study.
The key developments were these: Rep. Nancy Mace — a former conservative rising star who seems tailor-made for the Trump-era attention economy — finished fifth in her state’s Republican primary for governor.
Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham — who seems like a relic from an earlier time in the Republican Party — easily dispatched a wealthy “America First” primary challenger.
At first glance, none of this makes sense.
