In the state legislature, a few RINO Republican incumbents recently lost their primaries to conservatives who have pledged to join the South Carolina Freedom Caucus. Not surprisingly, that has caused some sour grapes. From a local newspaper:
“It seems to me that the Freedom Caucus launched, and their sole mission was to actually take out incumbents and work against incumbents,” said Rep. Westley Cox, a Piedmont Republican who lost his primary to a more conservative challenger. (Cox got an anemic 55% on the SC Club for Growth’s 2021 scorecard)
South Carolina Freedom Caucus Vice-Chairman RJ May, who helped some of these conservatives win their races, made no apologies. From the same newspaper:
“For the past 25 years, establishment Republican leadership has been an abject failure,” May said. “They’ve failed to deliver a conservative government. And there are a number of liberty- minded legislators who are sick and tired of politics as usual and the way things have been run.”
Needless to say, the South Carolina Freedom Caucus is firing on all cylinders right now. They recently voted as a bloc to reject several earmarks in the state budget. These earmarks would spend tax dollars on various wasteful projects like a horse race, a wine and food festival, and a liberal committee to investigate environmental justice.
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