We’re back at the South Carolina State House with Day 2 of the marathon budget debate. If you thought Day 1 was crazy, the wheels absolutely came off during Day 2! You’ll want to hear every minute of this compelling show.

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Opening (0:00:00)The Chaplain gets sprayed (00:00:39)Rep Jordan Pace wants to defund the Sea Grant Consortium (00:03:09)

• South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium (scseagrant.org)

Rep Kathy Landing and Rep Leon Stravrinakis defend the Sea Grant Consortium (00:05:55)

Rep April Cromer doesn’t want Democrats involved at all (00:07:53)

Rep April Cromer: Predophile protector? (00:11:43)

• “Pedophile protector” (Twitter)
• SC Freedom Caucus leader could soon face federal charges, court filing confirms (South Carolina Daily Gazette)

Rep April Cromer: Three Dems is three Dems too many (00:14:50)

Rep David Hiott: “It’s not crap to me!” (00:17:21)

• Tired of this crap’: GOP leader calls Freedom Caucus efforts to slash SC budget disingenuous (South Carolina Daily Gazette)

Rep Justin Bamberg: Dems have earned the right to be here (00:22:39)

Rep Jay Kilmartin’s 10 cent amendment (00:27:37)

Rep Justin Bamberg give his 2 cents about the 10 cents (00:31:05)

Rep Micah Caskey is embarrassed for Rep Josiah Magnuson (00:32:49)

Rep Heather Bauer wants to drop the State Treasurer’s salary to $1 (00:35:19)

Rep Thomas Beach and the 10 Commandments (00:39:18)

Rep Thomas Beach and Rep Gil Gatch discuss explicit material (00:42:24)

Rep April Cromer against Immunizations (00:44:58)

Rep Gil Gatch’s Revenge (00:46:45)

• South Carolina House Republicans fight with each other over the budget (AP News)

Rep April Cromer pulls the “Female Card” on  Rep Micah Caskey (00:50:21)

Rep April Cromer’s mental disorders (00:52:16)

Rep Rosalyn Henderson-Myers shares about death threats she received as a judge (00:56:12)

Rep Gilda Cobb Hunter talks about DEI (01:00:21)

Rep Joe White sings an Ipana toothpaste jingle (01:03:44)

Ipana toothpaste commercial with Bucky Beaver (01:05:31)

• Original commercial (TVTime YouTube channel)

Rep Annie McDaniel’s anti-white supremacy amendment (01:07:11)

Rep Jermaine Johnson is disappointed in the body (01:13:04)

• Anti-DEI proposal was killed on the House floor. How did SC’s Democrats defeat it for now? (The State)

Closing (01:21:06)

• The Strom Thurmond filibuster of 1957 (senate.gov)

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