As South Carolinians, we understand the loss and destruction that can come with the winds of natural disasters. When storms have ravished our state, people across the country have shown kindness and compassion. Today, our hearts are heavy with sadness for the loss of life and property experienced by our fellow Americans in Oklahoma. Yet…

WHY IS VINCE SHEHEEN AFRAID OF ETHICS REFORM? Is It Because His Annual Income Has Quadrupled to Almost $400k Since He Entered the General Assembly? Today, as members of the Republican Senate join with Governor Nikki Haley and Attorney General Alan Wilson to push for the completion of the most sweeping ethics reform legislation in…

“‘WE NEED TO STOP THE REVOLVING DOOR OF ELECTED OFFICIALS …”- Vince Sheheen With Three Weeks Left In Session, Sheheen Has His Chance This weekend, Senator Vince Sheheen appropriately made the statement that it was time to stop the practice of legislators quickly becoming lobbyists, a necessary change that is included in the ethics reform…

Dear Fellow Republican, Barack Obama has a plan for our children. He wants every child across the nation enrolled in a government early education program. Left wing academics and labor organizers hatched the plan. Sadly, their goals are social, not educational. They understand that government pre-Kindergarten isn’t academically effective. Obama’s own Department of Health and…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE South Carolina Republican Party IRS harassed South Carolina group, SCGOP Chair calls for independent counsel Columbia, S.C.- In the past 24 hours, a South Carolina Tea Party group has come forward after being targeted by the IRS for nearly three years. In September 2012, the IRS sent Laurens County Tea Party founder…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE South Carolina Republican Party Columbia, S.C. – At today’s S.C. Republican Party State Convention, delegates overwhelmingly re-elected current State Chairman Chad Connelly, giving him almost 75% of the vote. Connelly immediately begins his second term as SCGOP Chairman. He was first elected in 2011 from Newberry County. Delegates gave of votes 15%…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly today issued a statement on the Ethics Reform proposal passed this week by the S.C. House of Representatives and sent to the S.C. Senate: “Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed the most sweeping changes to South Carolina’s ethics laws in…