Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is rapidly becoming a pariah among her Republican colleagues, according to a new CNN report.
In a Wednesday segment, CNN host Jake Tapper detailed how House Republicans, staffers and consultants are all becoming more vocal in their belief that Mace is in the midst of a mental health crisis. He began the segment by noting that two of her Palmetto State colleagues — Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) — have publicly distanced themselves from her following Mace's profane outburst at police officers and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents who were escorting her to a flight.
"It is never acceptable to berate police officers, airport staff, and TSA agents who are simply doing their jobs, nor is it becoming of a Member of Congress to use such vulgar language when dealing with constituents," Scott wrote in a Tuesday post to his Facebook page.
Tapper then observed that Mace "has sinceposted dozens and dozens anddozens of times about theincident," including a recent press conference in which she doubled down on berating airport police and TSA personnel over a miscommunication about where to meet her upon her arrival at the airport (they located her within minutes of the mix-up). According to the incident report, Mace called officers "f—— incompetent" and said "this is no way to treat a f—— U.S. representative."
"Did I drop an f-bomb?I hope so.Did I call them incompetent? I hope I did. Because they earned it," Mace said. "So I am not going toapologize for holding people accountable."
Tapper reported that Mace's "outlandish" and "erratic" behavior has also alarmed many of her GOP colleagues in the House of Representatives. Wesley Donehue, who is Mace's former political consultant, tweeted this week that it was "time for Nancy Mace to resign and get the help she needs."
According to Tapper, multiple "House Republican sources" say they "havewatched her behavior getincreasingly odd" before the dust-up at the Charleston International Airport. He also quoted an unnamed "former seniorstaffer" for Mace who said that her behavior "went fromkind of funny to devastatinglysad in terms of her not gettinghelp and displaying thisbehavior on a national stage."
"One House Republican tells methat Mace's colleagues are 'totally befuddled with her' andthat her actions have become 'a big question' within theconference," Tapper said, adding that the source communicated that "the general feelingis there is something unwellabout her. She's really goingthrough a crisis. It's sad."
"In a statement toCNN, Donehue — her formerconsultant — tells me: 'Over the past two to three years, Nancy Mace has been having asharp mental decline. I'm nodoctor, but that's what Ibelieve,'" Tapper reported.
"'Shewent from being very reasonableperson to being someone whocannot control her emotions,'" Donehue continued, per Tapper. "The House Republicantold me that there isn't anyreal infrastructure for the House Republican leadership todeal with this type ofsituation."
Watch the segment below: