McKissick whips Wooden in South Carolina GOP race

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McKissick whips Wooden in South Carolina GOP race

“Drew is a cheater,” Wooden, with out proof, mentioned to his large following on Telegram earlier than the vote. “If he ‘wins’ right this moment,



“Drew is a cheater,” Wooden, with out proof, mentioned to his large following on Telegram earlier than the vote. “If he ‘wins’ right this moment, he will probably be a Faux Chairman identical to Biden is a Faux President!”

After the vote, Wooden swiped at McKissick for telling the reality at a current discussion board the place he admitted Joe Biden was legitimately elected president: “Congratulations to Drew ‘Biden Gained’ McKissick. Drew received the delegates in an institution created election. I received We The Individuals. Drew will study in time that ALL the ability belongs to We The Individuals.”

In an announcement launched by the state occasion, McKissick mentioned: “Due to the grassroots activists throughout the state, the SCGOP is stronger than it is ever been. … Now we are able to roll up our sleeves to proceed what we do finest–win elections.”

Wooden’s fixed assaults on McKissick, whom he trashed with a bunch of darkish however obscure innuendos, involved some old-time Republicans as a result of Wooden attracted crowds of a whole bunch of conservatives who, although not delegates, may very well be led astray by Wooden undermining the occasion management and spreading conspiracy theories at his occasions, which additionally featured Nationwide Safety Adviser Mike Flynn and My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, who’re related to the Q-Anon motion.

Wooden, a high-profile defamation lawyer, had sought to painting McKissick as not doing sufficient to assist Trump after the November elections. McKissick, although, was twice endorsed by Trump after Wooden entered the race — the ultimate time on Friday — as Wooden tried to solid doubt on the reality of the endorsements.

McKissick canceled the state occasion major in 2020, permitting Trump to take the state’s delegates unopposed. South Carolina holds outsized significance on the first calendar, because it’s historically the primary such contest held within the South.

The official delegate totals within the GOP chair race: McKissick 582 votes (68%); Wooden 239 votes (28%); Michael LaPierre 27 votes (3%); Mark Powell 10 votes (1%).

LaPierre, a former senate candidate, ditched his clean-cut look from 2020 and took to carrying a coonskin cap throughout this race, incomes him the nickname “Davy Crockett” from Wooden.

Contemplating Wooden’s charisma and McKissick’s stature within the occasion, LaPierre’s cap was comprehensible in South Carolina’s “circus” of a GOP chairman’s race, in line with veteran Republican strategist Luke Byers.

“In the event you’re that man, what are you going to do for consideration?” Byers mentioned. “You might need to put on a coonskin cap.”



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