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Online reaction to Mace's primary loss

Them rounds up the social-media reaction to Nancy Mace's last-place finish in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, cataloging the jokes, memes and commentary that followed. The LGBTQ+ outlet ties the online response to Mace's high-profile anti-transgender legislative push during her time in Congress.

Online reaction to Mace's primary loss, Them
Online reaction to Mace's primary loss, Them

Them, an LGBTQ+ culture publication owned by Condé Nast, surveyed the online reaction to Nancy Mace's fifth-place finish in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary. The piece, by Ariel Messman-Rucker, characterizes the result as a "humiliating loss" and collects the memes, jokes and commentary that circulated on social media afterward, connecting the reaction to Mace's prior anti-transgender legislation in the House. The framing and characterizations are the outlet's own.

"The MAGA politician managed to get last place in the gubernatorial primary, an embarrassing loss the internet won't let her forget."

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Them headlined the piece "The Internet Has Turned Rep. Nancy Mace's Humiliating Election Loss Into Comedy Gold", that wording is the outlet's.

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