Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) continued guilty legislation enforcement after a Thursday airport meltdown the place she referred to as them “fucking incompetent.”
In an ongoing tirade towards airport legislation enforcement officers, she posted repeatedly on social media ― a day earlier than the election by which she is working for South Carolina governor. She additionally held a press convention and made a media look talking concerning the airport incident, claiming in every that airport safety has failed her greater than two dozen occasions previously 12 months.
According to a police report obtained by Wired, Mace repeatedly cursed at and insulted Charleston County Aviation Authority Police Division officers who have been supposed to satisfy her exterior of the Charleston Worldwide Airport and escort her by way of the premises. The report says Mace was working late and that officers by no means noticed her automobile arrive. They ultimately met up together with her.
“The whole stroll to gate B-8 she was cursing and complaining and sometimes doing the identical into her cellphone,” one officer wrote within the report, in accordance with Wired. “After standing within the neighborhood of B-8 for a number of minutes together with her persevering with her tirade, she lastly boarded the plane.”
Her conduct was not unique to the cops. A Transportation Safety Administration supervisor stated within the report that Mace “talked to a number of TSA brokers the identical manner.”
An American Airways gate agent stated “he was in disbelief relating to her conduct. He implied {that a} US Consultant shouldn’t be performing the way in which she was,” the report additionally stated, in accordance with Wired.
Mace has posted at size concerning the scenario on X, together with releasing textual content messages between her staff and CHS Airport Security, and between her and Charleston County Aviation Authority Police Sergeant Maury Sullivan.
Her escalation of the scenario comes as the federal government shutdown continues, that means federal staff, including airport workers like air visitors controllers and Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) staff, are being compelled to work with out pay.
On Fox Business on Monday, Mace claimed she has “completely” been focused at CHS.
“Within the political setting now we have in the present day, there’s no room for error in the case of safety,” Mace stated. “Now we have had over two dozen safety breaches at this explicit airport simply 11 months into this 12 months to this point. I’ve been in 4 airports within the final 5 days with out incident. So sure, I did confront those that didn’t present as much as do the job. My security was put in danger.”
“I’ve greater than 1,300 demise threats a 12 months, and so I take my safety very, very severely. I don’t need to be the subsequent individual that will get shot and killed,” she added.
Mace refused to apologize for her conduct at her Monday press convention.
“Did I drop an f-bomb? I hope I did. Did I name them incompetent? If I didn’t, they completely earned it,” Mace said Monday to reporters.
She additionally declared, “After I’m governor, I’ll fireplace folks for being incompetent. I’ll fireplace folks for being lazy. I’ll fireplace folks for being corrupt. I’ll fireplace folks for not doing their job.”
On the finish of the press convention, Mace stated immediately she’s going to fireplace Charleston Worldwide Airport CEO Elliott Summey.
Summey used a noticeably totally different tone than Mace in a press release offered to JS.
“At Charleston Worldwide Airport, the protection and safety of our greater than 6 million passengers, elected officers, and friends who journey by way of our terminal is our highest precedence,” Summey stated.
“I take this accountability with the utmost seriousness. The women and men of our police division display professionalism, vigilance, and dedication day-after-day as they perform their mission to serve and shield,” Summey added. “Their dedication to sustaining the best requirements of security permits us to proceed offering a world-class journey expertise to our neighborhood and guests from world wide.”
TSA and American Airways didn’t instantly reply to JS’s request for remark.
