Posted on 10/08/2013 10:43:42 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
Momentum appears to be building in South Carolina against Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who faces three challengers in next year’s June primary.
On Monday evening, the Greenville County, SC GOP executive committee, an official arm of the state's Republican Party, passed a 29-point censure of Graham’s activities in Washington. “Initially a voice vote was taken and newly elected County Chair Chad Groover ruled that the nays won, at which point there were several calls for ‘division,’” The South Carolina Conservative’s Javan Browder wrote on Tuesday morning. “Groover recognized the call for division and a standing vote was taken, and the measure then passed by a convincing 53-26 margin.”
Greenville County’s GOP executive committee is now the third official Republican Party outfit in South Carolina to pass such a resolution. It joins Chesterfield County and Fairfield County, who passed similar resolutions in September.
Polling data from Clemson University released in late September shows South Carolina GOP voters increasingly disapprove of Graham. (snip)
All this news comes as various local Tea Party activists are getting more involved in the Graham race. Kershaw County Patriots, a Tea Party group, endorsed Graham challenger Lee Bright on Monday. In a video they published announcing their endorsement of Bright, Kershaw County Patriots founders Jeff Mattox and Larry Risvold noted that they were “really instrumental in the groundwork of getting Mick Mulvaney elected and John Spratt out of office.”
“We had a lot of success with that,” Risvold says in the video. “We were in every county in the fifth district and actually developed a great relationship with all the other Tea Parties and conservative groups throughout the state.”
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The first of many more to come I'm sure.
Joe Carr to oust Lamar Alexander
Lee Bright to oust Lindsey Graham
PLEASE, Louie Gohmert, let me add your name as opposing Cornyn
Kick her butt out!!!
Be scared Graham...be very scared.
Comeon somebody in SC. Run this scum bucket off.
Pluck that Pansey!!! Gegt rid of Linda Graham!!!!
We need to get behind 1 challenger so that Linsthy cannot divide and conquer.
No, we don't. From the article ......
South Carolina is technically a runoff state, so if the challengers work together to keep Graham under 50 percent, they can get to a runoff election with the candidate who comes in second challenging Graham. Conservatives point to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his election in Texas as an example of the model they plan to use to win. Cruz technically lost the primary to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, the establishment's pick for U.S. Senate, but he won in the ensuing runoff.
Good. He needs to go.
Trey Gowdy?
Gohmert could kick Cornyn’s ass just like Cruz did David Dewdrop. Dewdrop was shocked that his pretty boy image and money were of no use to him in the debate against Cruz. Cruz politely mopped up the floor with Dewdrop, thanked him and left.
Louie could hand Cornyn’s head to him on a stick.
He is terrified. They have been running campaign-style ads here in the upstate S.C. imploring how really, really conservative he is.
NOT in South Carolina! (IMHO) Maybe some S.C. FReepers can weigh in on this too. Go Gamecocks!
That isn’t going to be a problem in SC. The media doesn’t determine who wins, if it did we’d still have John Spratt in office. Several other counties in the state have similar censure resolutions in the works for Lindsey. We hope to send him into early retirement.
yes
Thank you
Now that is stupid. Two of the challengers need to get out.
Linda: “Oh John, I’ve lost the election. It seems you’re the only friend I have left.”
McCain: “I’ll be there for you. Crazy busy now but have your people call my people and we’ll get together real soon.”
Linda: “...But I don’t have any people.”
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