SC Democrats call on their party’s US Senate nominee to quit

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Democrat vying to oust Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is facing calls from within her own party to fold her campaign, following the publication of additional leaked audio in which she appears to make disparaging remarks about her constituents.

The calls for state Rep. Krystle Matthews to withdraw just two months ahead of the general election came Thursday in reaction to leaked audio published by conservative activist group Project Veritas of Matthews speaking to one of its members, without her knowledge.

Sitting in a restaurant, Matthews, who is Black, is heard saying that she represents a “mostly white” district, adding, of white voters: “I keep them right here — like under my thumbs. ... Otherwise, they get out of control — like kids.”

“You ought to know who you’re dealing with,” Matthews goes on to say. “You’ve got to treat them like s—-. That’s the only way they’ll respect you.”

In a statement, Matthews acknowledged her voice on the recording, calling Project Veritas a “satirical MAGA Powered news outlet.”

The compilation also features more of Matthews’ conversation, parts of which were previously published by Project Veritas, in which she spoke to an inmate about funding her campaign with “dope boy money” and having Democrats run as Republicans, saying “secret sleepers” represent “the only way you’re gonna change the dynamics in South Carolina.”

Do you remember that one a little while ago where O'Keefe somehow got access to a conference line number at CNN and dialed in and lurked in their high-level conference calls for two months and they didn't know he was there, and then one day...he just announced himself:

O'KEEFE: Hey, Jeff Zucker, are you there? Hey, uh, this is James O'Keefe, uh, we've been listening to your CNN calls for ah, basically two months recording everything, and I just want to ask you a few questions if you have a minute. Do you still feel you're "The Most Trusted Name in News" because I have to say, from what I've been hearing on these phone calls, I don't know about that, I mean, we've got a lot of recordings that indicate you're not really that independent of a journalist.

ZUCKER: Okay, um, thank you for, ah, thank you ah, for ah your comments. Um, so, everybody, in light of that, I think what we'll do is, we'll...we'll set up uh, uh, a new system and we'll uh, we'll be back with you...we'll do the rest of the calls, uh, a little bit later...

At this point, O'Keefe looks right at the camera and makes this hilarious face:

O'KEEFE: We're going to release those recordings today at seven o'clock so stay tuned, it is going to be fun.

ZUCKER: Thanks everybody, have a good day...

O'KEEFE: Yeah, you too. So, um, you heard me just talk to the president of CNN, Jeff Zucker, and inform him that we are going to release a number of recordings today, I uh, unmuted myself into the conference line and they're still on there, they're listening to me right now. Uh, this is being live streamed for those of you still on the call and we recorded for a while and we have clips of various producers talking, the president talking, describing uh, their motives, describing uh, their political philosophy, describing how they don't cover certain things and certain political parties tell them to cover things a certain way, lots of little clips that takes us into the minds and hearts of our people and powers that be that inform us because government is downstream from media. So, we're going to releasing these tape thanks to one of our sources, one of our brave insiders who has given us this information. And um, as you can see, they're still milling about on the call, they're listening to me right now...

SYSTEM SOUNDS OF PARTICIPANTS IMMEDIATELY LEAVING THE CALL: Beep Beep...Beep Beep...Beep Beep...Beep Beep...Beep Beep

Brilliant! Just Brilliant!

When I watched that video, I logged right into his website and made a donation!

That.

Guy.

Is.

A.

Hero.

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