President Donald Trump has given his endorsement to Katie Arrington over incumbent Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) in South Carolina’s first congressional district, encompassing Charleston and surrounding areas. In a statement, Trump said that Arrington, a former Republican nominee in the district, should be chosen to replace one-term congresswoman Mace. “Katie Arrington is running against an absolutely terrible candidate, Congresswoman Nancy Mace, whose remarks and attitude have been devastating for her community, and not at all representative of the Republican Party to which she has been very disloyal,” Trump wrote. “Katie Arrington, on the other hand, is liked and respected and a true Republican.” In 2018, Arrington defeated incumbent congressman and former Governor Mark Sanford for the GOP nomination. During that campaign, Arrington was badly injured in a serious car accident, which Trump says was in part responsible for her narrow defeat by Democrat Joe Cunningham. “[Arrington’s] automobile accident a number of years ago was devastating, and …