SC politics has certainly changed since the arrival of Boeing and its political “contributions”. What entity could be more “Deep State” than a huge defense contractor?
I’ve been working in SC politics for three decades. Boeing was not the introduction of this brand of Republicanism. Boeing is the brass ring.
The state GOP in multiple states are infested with Globalist want-to-be and they will morph their values with the US Chamber for a 30 pieces of silver faster than a chameleon changes its colors in the wild.