All posts tagged "Pamela Evette"

South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) conceded in the state's primary election on Tuesday after failing to qualify for a primary runoff to a Trump-backed opponent, whom she then sided against.

Mace ran in a crowded five-person Republican primary for governor, and came in fifth place with just over 37,000 votes when the race was decided.

"Serving South Carolina has been the greatest honor of my life," Mace wrote in a post conceding the race. "Every vote I cast, every hearing I called, every fight I picked — it was always for you."...

The move to pull funding from a South Carolina historically Black university outraged online commentators, as they're shocked by the retaliatory move.

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette supported calls by GOP state reps to stop funding South Carolina State University because it rescinded an invitation for her to speak at commencement. In a public statement, she said that it was an example of "silenced freedom of speech," but onlookers weren't buying it. Congressional candidate Randi White called Evette a "racist turd" in a post on X.

"You losing a commencement slot isn’t discrimination against conservative views," Matthew Boedy wrote. "No one is silencing your speech, especially not a government institution."
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