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Let’s get to know Rustin Terry

Rustin is running for the South Carolina House from District 48, the Lake Wylie area of York County. Rustin has no Primary competition, so he and incumbent Republican Brandon Guffey head straight to the General Election in November.

Rustin joins YCDP TV host Gary Pearce for this in-depth conversation. He has a web page in the works, but meanwhile reach him at this Facebook page.

Andrew Clough is running for Congress in the South Carolina 5th District in the 2026 Democratic Primary. His Primary opponent is Mallory Dittmer. The winner of that Primary will face Republican Wes Climer and Worker Party candidate Andy Kaplan in the November 3 General Election to take the seat being vacated by Ralph Norman, who is running for Governor.

YCDP TV is inviting Democratic Candidates from across the election to come chat with host Gary Pearce, and this is our leadoff interview. All the interviews will be collected in this YouTube Playlist.

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The third nationwide NO KINGS protest brought out York County progressives for two events on March 28.

In the morning it was between Fort Mill and Tega Cay at Hwy 160 and 460. In the afternoon the familiar spot along Dave Lyle Blvd in Rock Hill.

Here's a quick review, and a message from two candidates: Mallory Dittmer (running for US House from SC 5) and Pete Martinez (running for SC House District 47).

The 2026 York County Democratic Party Convention is history, and it was awesome. And YCDP Chair Nikita Jackson was keeping a secret 🤫. Before the convention, we had just a handful of Democratic candidates for the various offices affecting York County. After… every State House office has a Democratic Candidate.

The Convention featured speakers for most Statewide races and almost all local races. It’s a long list, so check the YouTube videos DESCRIPTION area for a time-code index to each element of the event.

Our Keynote Speaker was JA Moore, Representative from SC House District 15, and he brought the house down.

We’re working on excerpting video from each candidate’s speech, and they’ll be in a YouTube Playlist once they’re all done.

This episode contains some explicit language 💣

In a week when Trump invaded Venezuela and ICE killed an activist, York County turned out on Dave Lyle blvd in Rock Hill to join the nation for another protest.

Meet some of your neighbors, and Congressional Candidate Mallory Dittmer, running for the seat vacated by Ralph Norman.

York County turned out in force for the second nationwide No Kings protest, sponsored by YCDP, York County Rising, Indivisible, 50501 and many others across the country (and around the world). We got this video after producer Gary Pearce rushed from his flight from London down to Rock Hill on Saturday, October 18. Earlier, another York County protest happened betweet Fort Mill and Tega Cay.

You’ve proably heard Republican leadership call this the “Hate America” rally. Just shows how out of touch they are. Actually, they probably don’t believe it… they just feel they have to trash anything we do, especially when it’s wonderful.

The YCDP TV Media Empire was actually on a mini-vacation up in the North Carolina mountains as we edited Part One of this story, so kind of a rush job and we left a few things out. So here in Part Two, we stuff them back in. That includes a little more history, a little more analysis, and some media stories from WRHI Radio, WSOC TV9, and the Rock Hill Herald newspaper.

LListening to their lawyer, the York County Library Board wasn’t ready to institute a new policy of moving books written for children about LGBTQ+ issues, or just including LGBTQ+ characters, from the Children’s section to the Adult section at it’s August meeting. Instead, they will have “continuing discssions” about the matter until… who knows?

The meeting was held at noon on August 14 at the main branch of the Library in Rock Hill. Attendance was limited to 60, with public comments from six speakers, limited to two minutes each. At its July meeting, the Board dropped the requirements that public comments must address agenda items, with three ‘for’ and three' ‘against’. Instead, the public may comment on any issue. The YCL web page has yet to reflect that change.

Members of Support YCL arrived early, some before 10 AM, to make sure they would get in and secure speaking slots. It turned out that they dominated the audience, with only a few supporters of the Board’s expected new policy in the room, and only one speaking.

After public comments, Treasurer Dennis Getter reported that the Policy Committee had turned the draft of their LGBTQ+ policy over to the County attorney, and expected to review “partial comments” in the Executive Session. He said they “have been forwarned about lawsuits and we’re proceeding very cautiously with the correct policy.”

Then Chair Tim Steele adjourned the meeting to begin their Executive Session, which means the public was not permitted to hear the County attorney’s report or the Board’s discussion, and the audience filed out.

Support YCL took the opportunity to take a group photo with the paper Links of Love chain, with each loop representing someone who signed a petition to oppose the draft policy.

When the Executive session was over and the audience was seated again, Chairman Steele reported that the Board took no action. Support YCL members discussed that with some Board members, and learned that the board would “continue discussions” about the policy in committee meetings. No date was set for future action.

Meet some more of the activists who occupy a block of Dave Lyle Blvd in Rock Hill ever other Saturday! 2-4 PM. And/or drop by the Indivisible folks at 10 AM Mondays as they protest and drop some mail on Ralph Norman's doorstep. 516 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, SC.

Also, the YCDP Executive Committee has it's quarterly meeting on Saturday, August 16 at 10 AM, either on Zoom or — for the first time in a few years — in person. Same place we had the YCDP Convention earlier this year. Check your email, the Facebook Group, or the Newsletter for details. All YCDP Democrats are welcome.

The YCDP TV Media Empire crew was handling family stuff on Saturday while the nationwide Rage Against the Regime coincided with York County Rising's bi-weekly Dave Lyle protest. Fortunately, reporters and crews from WCNC and WBTV both covered the event. And we stole their reports.

If you can't make it every time, come when you can. And at the end of this video is a short PSA on something else you can do: send postcards.