CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Trump-backed South Carolina GOP congressional candidate lashed out at the former president's acting White House chief of staff in a series of text messages this week after he told a national news outlet she was "not the best candidate by any stretch of the imagination."
Screenshots of the antagonistic text messages exchanged between Republican candidate Katie Arrington and former Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., were obtained and reviewed by The State newspaper Wednesday afternoon.
In statements provided to the newspaper, neither Arrington's campaign nor Mulvaney denied the authenticity of the screenshots or the content of the messages.
