It turns out you actually have to do things for your constituents to win elections. Who knew?

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, lost her bid to be the state’s governor in a closely watched primary election on June 9, coming in fifth with just over 12% of the vote. Fifth. Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, the candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump, and state Attorney General Alan Wilson will now head to a runoff. 

The U.S. representative is blaming her loss on her participation in calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Mace was one of four Republicans who forced the Justice Department to release the files, something she claimed killed her chances of becoming South Carolina’s next governor.

“I voted to release the Epstein files and lost some support for that,” Mace said in her concession speech. “As a survivor, I chose to stand on principle and stand against the Epstein cover-up. I chose to stand against child rapists.”

While I appreciate Mace’s stance on behalf of victims of sexual abuse – something that hits close to home for her, as a survivor herself – to say that Trump’s endorsement of Evette was the sole........

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