Cogswell
The worm. She is turning.
Red wave forming? Dare I suggest.
Argentina,Italy , Spain, South Carolina… conservative tidal wave.
Dan Bongino rule:
It is bad enough yet? It is in Charleston, SC
That simple question will continue to be asked and answered in coming blue state elections…
The last Republican mayor of Charleston, George I. Cunningham, served two terms as mayor (1873 - 1877). This was right in the middle of the very turbulent Reconstruction Era when Southern Democrats were abusing the new rights of freed black men. From Wiki...
After the defeat of the Confederacy, federal forces remained in Charleston during Reconstruction. The war had shattered the city's prosperity, but the African-American population surged (from 17,000 in 1860 to over 27,000 in 1880) as freedmen moved from the countryside to the major city. Blacks quickly left the Southern Baptist Church and resumed open meetings of the African Methodist Episcopal and AME Zion churches. They purchased dogs, guns, liquor, and better clothes—all previously banned—and ceased yielding the sidewalks to whites. Despite the efforts of the state legislature to halt manumissions, Charleston had already had a large class of free people of color as well. At the onset of the war, the city had 3,785 free people of color, many of mixed race, making up about 18% of the city's black population and 8% of its total population. Many were educated and practiced skilled crafts; they quickly became leaders of South Carolina's Republican Party and its legislators. Men who had been free people of color before the war comprised 26% of those elected to state and federal office in South Carolina from 1868 to 1876.People forget (or never knew or learned) how violent Democrats were to keep black citizens out of government.By the late 1870s [NB: right in the middle of Cunningham's terms], industry was bringing the city and its inhabitants back to a renewed vitality; new jobs attracted new residents. As the city's commerce improved, residents worked to restore or create community institutions.
In 1875, blacks made up 57% of the city's and 73% of the county's population. With leadership by members of the antebellum free black community, historian Melinda Meeks Hennessy described the community as "unique" in being able to defend themselves without provoking "massive white retaliation", as occurred in numerous other areas during Reconstruction. In the 1876 election cycle, two major riots between black Republicans and white Democrats occurred in the city, in September and the day after the election in November, as well as a violent incident in Cainhoy at an October joint discussion meeting.
Violent incidents occurred throughout the Piedmont of the state as white insurgents struggled to maintain white supremacy in the face of social changes after the war and granting of citizenship to freedmen by federal constitutional amendments.
After former Confederates were allowed to vote again, election campaigns from 1872 on were marked by violent intimidation of blacks and Republicans by conservative Democratic paramilitary groups, known as the Red Shirts. Violent incidents took place in Charleston on King Street on September 6 and in nearby Cainhoy on October 15, both in association with political meetings before the 1876 election. The Cainhoy incident was the only one statewide in which more whites were killed than blacks.
The Red Shirts were instrumental in suppressing the black Republican vote in some areas in 1876 and narrowly electing Wade Hampton as governor, and taking back control of the state legislature. Another riot occurred in Charleston the day after the election, when a prominent Republican leader was mistakenly reported killed.
The first African Americans to serve in the Congress were Republicans elected during the Reconstruction Era. After the 13th and 14th Amendments granted freedom and citizenship to enslaved people, freedmen gained political representation in the Southern United States for the first time. In response to the growing numbers of black statesmen and politicians, white Democrats turned to violence and intimidation to regain their political power.This was REAL disenfranchisement, not the fake claims made by Democrats today. And the post Civil War disenfranchisement was done entirely by Democrats. The blacks elected to Congress right after the war ended were defeated by Southern Democrats.By the presidential election of 1876, only three state legislatures were not controlled by whites. The Compromise of 1877 completed the period of Redemption by white Southerners, with the withdrawal of federal troops from the South. State legislatures began to pass Jim Crow laws to establish racial segregation and restrict labor rights, movement, and organizing by black people. They passed some laws to restrict voter registration, aimed at suppressing the black vote.
From 1890 to 1908, state legislatures in the South essentially disfranchised most black people and many poor white people from voting by passing new constitutions or amendments or other laws related to more restrictive electoral and voter registration and electoral rules.
I am always shocked that Southern blacks forgot how badly they were treated by Southern Democrats and voted for them instead of Republicans. Of course, it took until the 1960s to end the Jim Crow laws and it took another 60 years to elect a Republican mayor.
Were machines used? Paper ballots?
Historic win indeed.
1st GOP Mayor elected in Charleston (SC) in 150 years. The Mayor of Columbia is a Republican, too (as is the Mayor of North Charleston, which also has over 100k people).
Tecklenburg turned downtown Charleston into Portland as quick as he could during Covid. I listened to every liberal business owner preach their woke liberal BS before they voted for him, and then got to listen to them complain about that he did to their businesses shortly thereafter. Not sure if they learned, or if the runoff was no match for getting out of town early for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Republican won the runoff election by 569 votes out of more than 27,000 total votes cast . Expect the Democrats to begin throwing out votes any day now.
-PJ
I am shocked. Especially since Charleston is such an International city now. Very telling.
“Unofficial results”
IOW, the cheat isn’t finished yet.
bump
Great news...however, did they find any ballots in car trunks at 4 am?
If you’re in Charleston looking for a place to eat, I highly recommend Fleet Landing. Food’s great and you can see Fort Sumpter from the deck.
His opponent, the former mayor: Tecklenburg, who was seeking his third term in office, conceded the race late Tuesday.
The worm, yes she does turn!
Charleston's history is the bedrock of the city's economy. It is the very DNA of what makes the Holy City so unique. Over the past eight years, Mayor John Tecklenburg has continually attacked this treasured history, aided by extremist activists from off. First, he advocated for the erection of editorial plaques, masquerading as history, at many of the city's monuments. Second, he became an extension of the violent mob that sacked King Street when he led the charge to rip down and jackhammer the grand monument of U.S. Vice-President John C. Calhoun. Third, he took unilateral action (no vote by city council) to remove the Robert E. Lee memorial from Upper King Street which Attorney General Alan Wilson stated was a violation of state law. Charleston is America's grandest outdoor museum, the centerpiece of which is our treasured monuments. In Charleston, we remember our forefathers, we remember our veterans, we remember our dead. But today, today remember what Mayor Tecklenburg has done.
Fleet Landing is decent family fare with a nice view of the Harbor and Ft Sumter. From where I live I see the sun rise over the Fort every morning.