The newly minted candidate for governor appeared rattled by the blowback over her attempt to get in on the Sweeney uproar.

Rep. Nancy Mace used her first town hall since announcing her candidacy for South Carolina governor to complain about the backlash over her toe-curling Sydney Sweeney meme. The Republican congresswoman’s Wednesday event in Myrtle Beach was the kickoff to her “The Mother of All Town Halls” tour. After thanking the audience for listening to her pitch, she said she would detail some of her plans “because I don’t want you to believe what the fake news is going to tell you, that Nancy Mace only does memes.” Just a day earlier, Mace tried to capitalize on the furor over new MAGA favorite Sydney Sweeney’s “genes” ad for American Eagle with a meme of her own.