We welcome Sevi Alvarez, newly announced candidate for the SC Senate in District 11!

Opening Banter (00:00)Introduction (00:27)

• Sen. Tim Scott Claims Democrats Want to Legalize ‘Abortion’ of 3-Month-Old Infants (Jezebel)
• Simeon Spearman artwork sample (freelanced.com)
• If Jesus ran against a Republican today (@incrediberry on TikTok)

On the Campaign Trail (07:17)

• Bourbon in the Back Room (Apple podcasts)
• President Biden Campaigns in Columbia, South Carolina (speeches of Biden, Clyburn and others) (C-SPAN)
• US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation (AP)

Gov Henry McMaster on the Lack of Hate Crimes Law (19:04)

• Gov. McMaster responds to lack of hate crime laws in S.C. (ABC 25 Columbia)
• Charleston church shooting (Wikipedia)
• South Carolina Man Found Guilty of Hate Crime for Killing a Transgender Woman Because of Her Gender Identity (Justice Dept)
• H. 3014 CLEMENTA C. PINCKNEY HATE CRIMES ACT
• Bill's TikTok about expanded penalties in South Carolina

The South Carolina Justice Act (32:24)

• Coalition advocates for passage of the South Carolina Justice Act (Soda City Biz Wire)
• S. 533  SC Justice Act
• VICTIMS OF ALCOHOL-RELATED CRIMES BEWARE: S.C. BILL 533 TARGETS INNOCENT VICTIMS OF DRUNK DRIVING (Yarborough Applegate)
• Victims Beware: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE “SC JUSTICE ACT”  (South Carolina Association for Justice)

Pastor Condones Rape (42:04)

• Pastor under fire for defending rapists who assault women in shorts: ‘A man’s a man’ (NY Post)
• Video from @carolinaforward on TikTok

Closing (44:29)

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