Removed by a turncoat Republican governor as I recall. He said he supported the flag when he was running for office but then revealed his politically correct stripes once he was safely in office.
I’m afraid you’re right. A deeply red state like South Carolina has its share of `outreach Republicans’.
But the gun makers are abandoning blue states where they’re no longer welcome & re-establishing here.
Wife & I just qualified for our CWP. I called the elderly grandmother whose farm we practice at & she said “Oops! Got to get mine renewed!”
There’s hope.