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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Sommerlad

Everything we know about Nancy Mace being tipped as Donald Trump’s new running mate

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South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace, who once said that Donald Trump’s “entire legacy was wiped out” by the Capitol riot (prompting him to back her primary opponent Katie Arrington last year out of spite) improbably finds herself being touted as the former president’s next running mate after reinventing herself as his arch-defender.

The representative, 45, has made frequent television appearances going to bat for the Republican 2024 frontrunner since his federal indictment earlier this month on 37 criminal counts relating to the alleged illegal retention of classified documents following the conclusion of his one-term presidency.

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