Police and TSA accuse Nancy Mace of 'loudly cursing' at them in airport meltdown

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) was recently accused of "unacceptable behavior" by Transportation Security Agency (TSA) and law enforcement agents at the Charleston International Airport, after she reportedly berated police and TSA staff escorting the congresswoman to her flight.

WIRED reported Friday that it obtained a full incident report of Mace's eruption via a South Carolina Freedom of Information Act request. The Republican lawmaker had told the Charleston County Aviation Authority Police Department she would be arriving at approximately 6:30 AM to the ticketing area in a white BMW, so officers could escort her to her gate. At roughly 6:35 AM, Mace's handlers told officers she was running behind schedule, but by 7:00 AM, the car in question never showed.

Police then received a call from Mace's team saying the congresswoman was at the Known Crewmember (KCM) entrance, which has a shorter checkpoint and is typically exclusively used by the flight crew. When Mace's escort arrived, she reportedly called officers "f—— incompetent" and said "this is no way to treat a f—— U.S. Representative."

Even as officers were escorting Mace to her gate, she continued to shout and use profanity, though agents appeared unsure whether her tirade was at them, if she was talking on the phone or if she was dictating text messages, according to the report. One officer "stated he was in disbelief regarding her behavior," adding that 'a U.S. Representative should not be acting the way she was."

When officers met with a TSA supervisor, he told officers that "he was very upset with how [Mace] acted at the checkpoint," and that the congresswoman "talked to several TSA agents the same way." He added that he would be "submitting a report to his superiors about her unacceptable behavior."

"Any other person in the airport acting and talking the way she did, our department would have been dispatch (sic) and we would have addressed the behavior," the police report read.

Mace fired back on her personal X account, telling "the FAKE NEWS" that the KCM "is the entrance ALL Members of Congress use at the airport," and said Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) use the same entrance when they arrive for flights.

Click here to read WIRED's full report.