Nancy Mace, a Republican congresswoman from South Carolina, presents herself as a tech-savvy leader, claiming to be a self-taught coder. However, former staffers provide insights that challenge her self-image, indicating she employed her skills in controversial ways. They claim she initiated burner accounts on social media to monitor her public perception and encouraged her staff to create similar accounts to defend her online. This practice led to frustration among staffers, who felt diverted from meaningful constituent work. Despite her self-presentation and tech claims, Mace's approaches raised ethical questions about her use of resources and priorities.
According to several former staffers, Mace set up burner accounts on social media to monitor public opinion about her and enhance her image, asking staff to do the same.
A former staffer highlighted the frustration of being asked to defend Mace online instead of focusing on meaningful work for constituents, stating it felt like misuse of their roles.
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