Government by Cosplay

Government by Cosplay

Nancy Mace

Wired reports that former employees and contractors claim Nancy Mace had them spend time praising her and lying on her behalf on social media, as well as ordering them to create fake accounts. Reportedly, Mace's expertise with technology is matched with a hobby of creating self-promotional bots to misinform her constituents.

• Nancy Mace: Master of Sock Puppets @ Boing Boing (28 May 2025)

• Nancy Mace’s Former Staff Claim She Had Them Create Burner Accounts to Promote Her @ Wired (28 May 2025) - According to former staffers and a deposition, Nancy Mace has allegedly used her tech background to deploy bots across social media—and asked staffers to surreptitiously post on her behalf.