Nancy Mace concedes South Carolina primary — then sides against Trump's pick

South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) conceded in the state's primary election on Tuesday after failing to qualify for a primary runoff to a Trump-backed opponent, whom she then sided against.

Mace ran in a crowded five-person Republican primary for governor, and came in fifth place with just over 37,000 votes when the race was decided.

"Serving South Carolina has been the greatest honor of my life," Mace wrote in a post conceding the race. "Every vote I cast, every hearing I called, every fight I picked — it was always for you."

Trump publicly endorsed South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pam Evette in a crowded gubernatorial primary race. Mace blamed the snub on her support for the release of the Epstein Files.

"I voted to release the Epstein files and lost some support for that," she wrote in her concession post. "As a survivor, I chose to stand on principle and stand against the Epstein cover-up."

Mace also endorsed candidate Alan Wilson for South Carolina governor, instead of Evette, according to a post by political reporter David Weigel.