South Carolina’s The State reports:
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, where she twice called Mick Mulvaney a “piece of s—” 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 South Carolina congressman Mulvaney 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.
Read the full article. Multiple screenshots of the wild exchange are at the link. Arrington lost her 2018 House bid despite having Trump’s endorsement. She re-earned his backing this time after incumbent Rep. Nancy Mace earned Trump’s wrath by criticizing his role in the Capitol riot.
NEW >>> Trump-backed #SC01 Republican congressional candidate Katie Arrington texts ex-Trump chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, “You really are a true piece of shit” after he told a national news outlet she was “not the best candidate” https://t.co/V5dBYJwEVY #scpol #chsnews #scnews
— Caitlin Byrd (@MaryCaitlinByrd) March 23, 2022
Arrington: Who is excited to see Donald J. Trump? I’ve been waiting a couple of weeks to see big daddy come home pic.twitter.com/pIBxWnPYjx
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 12, 2022