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INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA FOR 30+ YRS

First Published & Printed in 1994

INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA FOR OVER 30 YEARS!

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Details: By National Federation of Republican Women; Published: 28 January 2019

January 20 marked two years since Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as America's 45th President and began advancing his agenda to Make America Great Again. Republican women can point proudly to the monumental accomplishments of the past 24 months (for details, click here):

Details: By Christian Newswire; Published: 28 January 2019

WASHINGTON -- In an open letter to the president, national leaders, joined by other leaders in the prolife movement, urge the commander in chief to declare that abortion of human babies is a national crisis. They are urging the people of America to join in advancing this message.

Details: By Erick Erickson - The Resurgent; Published: 25 January 2019

With Nancy Pelosi telling the President he is not welcome on the House floor to give the State of the Union while the government is partially closed, President Trump originally suggested he would go elsewhere.

But now President Trump is announcing he will postpone the State of the Union address until the government reopens.

Details: By SCGOP; Published: 25 January 2019

Columbia, S.C. - Drew McKissick, Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, issued the following statement on Governor Henry McMaster's State of the State Address:

"Under unified Republican leadership, South Carolina continues to make great progress and advances in economic development, education, infrastructure and our overall standard of living."

Details: By Republican National Committee; Published: 25 January 2019

The Republican National Committee gave the following statement in regards to potential presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's SC Visit:

"Whether it's obstructing important progress in the Senate, advocating for higher taxes and government-run healthcare, or siding with the far-left fringes of her party, it's clear Elizabeth Warren is focused more on her own political ambitions than helping hard-working families across South Carolina. The Palmetto State has benefited from President Trump's America First agenda and know that Warren is a nothing but a phony who has repeatedly fumbled delivery on the national stage."

- RNC Spokesperson Mandi Merritt

Details: By SC Governor's Office; Published: 25 January 2019

State of the State Address
As Prepared for Delivery
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
The State House, Columbia

Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you all for being here tonight, those in this magnificent building as well as those watching from afar.

I am proud of our state and I am also proud of my family. For those who have not met them, please let me introduce my wife, Peggy and my son Henry and his wife Virginia. We all live in Columbia. My daughter, Mary Rogers, is watching from New York with her fiancé, Samuel Martin Herskovitz. The big date: March 16. Will you please stand be recognized? Thank you.

Details: By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve; Published: 25 January 2019

After nearly a year and a half of delays, state lawmakers are poised to fill a $107,822 Public Service Commission seat with either an incumbent who voted for electric rate hikes for the failed V.C. Summer nuclear project, or a former longtime commission staffer.

Meanwhile, two rejected candidates for the congressional District 2 seat, which covers all of Lexington, Aiken and Barnwell counties, and parts of Richland and Orangeburg counties, are questioning why a legislatively controlled committee, called the State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee (PURC), voted to find them “not qualified.”