<![CDATA[When I ran for Congress in 2022 and recently for chair of the South Carolina GOP, I experienced firsthand the sickening level of corruption within the SCGOP. To be clear, I have been a Republican since I was 15 years old, when I overheard two women talking. One said, “I am a Democrat,” and the other, “I am a Republican because Democrats have Communist tendencies.” Right then and there, in my heart of hearts, I became a Republican. For me, the Republican Party was a symbol of freedom because my family and I suffered greatly under the control of Castro’s regime. But the reality in South Carolina is that the SCGOP leadership runs the Party like organized crime.]]>