“A pedophile paradise”, Mace attacks AG Alan Wilson
On January 15, 2026, after a man Mace’s office described as a child sex offender was arrested and released the same day, Mace attacked her governor’s-race rival, AG Alan Wilson. Wilson’s office said she had ‘drastically mischaracterized’ the data she cited.
On January 15, 2026, after Travis Reed Gaye, whom Mace’s office described as a child sex offender, was arrested and released the same day in South Carolina, Mace attacked AG Alan Wilson, her chief rival in the governor’s race. Wilson’s office responded that Mace had “drastically mischaracterized” data she obtained via FOIA, saying the overwhelming majority of the pleas she cited were straight guilty pleas with no negotiation.
Source: mace.house.gov · Full dispatch