Staff reports | Former President Donald Trump admired, but didn’t buy, a Glock handgun Monday at a Summerville store during a campaign swing through the Lowcountry.
He also met supporters at a campaign office and toured a boat manufacturing facility, where he spoke. Among other things, he urged Congress to shut down the federal government and claimed he could design a better fighter jet than the military, according to the Associated Press.
New polling suggests the 2024 contest will be a rematch between Trump and current Democratic President Joe Biden, according to The New York Times.
Also this week on Wednesday, former S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, both GOP candidates for president, shook off past political comity to attack each other during a rollicking presidential debate marked by a lot of shouting of candidates trying to be relevant.
Neither took aim at former President Donald Trump’s absence from the debate. Haley and Scott instead attacked each other directly and repeatedly during the last 20 minutes of the two-hour debate.
The bickering began when Haley dismissed Scott’s promise to limit spending in Washington by pointing out the increase in the national debt during his time in the Senate. From there, the two argued about everything from Scott’s effectiveness in office to an old story about $52,000 of home curtains reportedly installed during Haley’s tenure as U.N. ambassador.
Overall, pundits found Haley’s performance pretty good and observed Scott reasserted himself.
In other South Carolina News:
Graham talks shutdown, Ukraine during stop in Beaufort. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., discussed the war in Ukraine and efforts to avoid a government shutdown while he was in Beaufort on Tuesday.
Moore, Pendarvis upset with school district. Democratic S.C. Reps. J.A. Moore and Marvin Pendarvis, both of the Charleston area, say they are disappointed and angry after the Charleston County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees on Monday voted to place new Superintendent Eric Gallien on administrative leave. The 5-4 decision was met with immediate backlash across the community, including some board members on the losing side of the vote. On Friday, 16 high school principals said they were disappointed in the school board’s actions and behavior.
Thornley to retire from Trident Tech after 50 years. Trident Technical College President Mary Thornley, the college’s fifth and longest-serving president, has announced she would retire June 1.
Biden blocks GOP move to strip S.C.-native bat from endangered list. President Joe Biden used his veto power to block a move by Republicans that would have stripped federal protections from the northern long-eared bat, which is found in South Carolina.
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