Tag Archives: South Carolina

TIME recaps the result: Donald J. Trump, the brash billionaire who has proved the laws of politics do not apply in this tumultuous presidential campaign, won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday, jettisoning decades of Evangelical control over the state. Trump in recent days found himself in a closer-than-expected race against Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Ted Cruz. …

The polls have closed in South Carolina and the first results are starting to trickle in. Embedded below is a bootleg live-stream of CNN’s coverage. Watch along with us and weigh in.

Talking Points Memo reports: Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) latest move in South Carolina is a mailer that merges President Barack Obama’s face with that of Cruz’s rival Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). South Carolina state Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) told The Wall Street Journal that she thought the mailer “moved beyond the dog whistle.” South Carolina presidential politics are notoriously dirty. …

When one of the goons got Trump’s microphone, he crowed: “Do not let them intimidate you! They will say anything, they will do anything to keep in power. We don’t need who is in there now. We need to get some fresh bunch up there, some fresh blood.” Watch below. Think Progress reports: It’s become a familiar pattern at Donald …

There goes second place for Ted Cruz. Probably. From the Charleston Post & Courier: Gov. Nikki Haley today is endorsing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for president, ending months of speculation and giving Rubio a much needed bounce heading into Saturday’s South Carolina Republican primary. Haley is scheduled to appear with Rubio tonight at 6 p.m. in Chapin for a previously …

Trump supporters don’t just hate Muslims. But you knew that. From Public Policy Polling: By an 80/9 spread, Trump voters support his proposed ban on Muslims entering the United States. In fact 31% would support a ban on homosexuals entering the United States as well, something no more than 17% of anyone else’s voters think is a good idea. There’s …

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton has a double-digit edge over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in South Carolina before the state’s Democratic presidential primary later this month, according to a new poll. Clinton holds a 21-point advantage heading toward the contest on Feb. 27 in a Public Policy Polling survey released late Monday to The State newspaper. The former first lady …

Tonight’s GOP debate, which will feature a winnowed field of six candidates, begins at 9PM Eastern from South Carolina. Moderators are Face the Nation anchor John Dickerson, CBS News reporter Major Garrett, and Kimberley Strassel of the Wall Street Journal. CBS is live-streaming the debate here and a bootleg feed is posted below. Watch along with us and weigh in. …

Outrageously unconstitutional on its face, but when has that stopped a teabagger? Via the Associated Press: South Carolina journalists would be required to register with the government before reporting the state’s news under a bill introduced Tuesday by a Republican state lawmaker. The proposal would establish a “responsible journalism registry” with requirements that journalists must meet before working for a …

South Carolina GOP state Rep. Bill Chumley has pre-filed a 2016 bill that aims to “nullify” the US Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage. From the right-wing New American site: In an effort to protect the traditional definition of marriage within South Carolina, the bill states that “It is the policy of the State of South Carolina to defend natural …

The poll was taken among South Carolina GOP primary voters. At this point, nothing should surprise us.

A South Carolina sheriff’s deputy was terminated today after his body-slamming arrest of a high school student went viral due to videos taken by other students. NBC News reports: Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said an internal investigation over the Monday incident at Spring Valley High School in Columbia focused on whether Senior Deputy Ben Fields had violated the department’s …

Jeb Bush apparently learned nothing from Mitt Romney’s 2012 debacle. Via the Washington Post: Jeb Bush said here Thursday night that Republicans can win more African American voters by emphasizing a positive message that does not involve promising “free stuff,” a remark that bore echoes of comments by Mitt Romney that drew criticism in 2012. “Look around this room,” a …

In the birthplace of the Southern Baptist Convention, no less. Christian Today reports: While most Christian churches across the United States are strongly opposed to homosexuality and same-sex marriage, the First Baptist Church of Greenville in South Carolina has taken a totally different route: It has decided to allow not just gay unions, but also the ordination of gay and …

BOOM! The Associated Press reports: A federal judge ordered South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson on Monday to pay more than $135,000 in legal fees for a couple who challenged the state ban on same-sex marriage. Wilson must reimburse seven attorneys a total of $130,600 for 390 hours of work, or nearly 90 percent of what they requested. Judge Richard …

Via the Associated Press: South Carolina’s chief prosecutor says the state shouldn’t have to pay legal fees for a couple who challenged the state’s gay marriage ban. Attorney General Alan Wilson says in papers filed Wednesday he was merely defending the law of the land as it stood before the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling on gay marriage in …

At the KKK rally in South Carolina on Saturday, one counter-protester thoughtfully provided musical accompaniment. The clip below has since racked up nearly 800K views. (Tipped by JMG reader Daddy Ray)

The above tweet went wildly viral over the weekend. Yahoo News reports: White-supremacist groups and African-American demonstrators clashed in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday, resulting in at least five arrests and seven people taken to hospitals as tensions — and temperatures — flared following the recent decision to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds. But it was the powerful …

There was a huge roar from the crowd when a squad of South Carolina state troopers marched out. Chants of “USA! USA!” followed when one of the troopers began turning the crank to lower the flag. UPDATE: Breitbart columnist reacts.

The flag comes down tomorrow morning.