NO … we are not promoting “Divide & Conquer” … it is old school politics and it is one of those political tactics, or short-cuts, that will ultimately fail and ultimately only hurts “We The People”.
But we do find it critically important that you know it exist … and that you understand that people YOU KNOW use it against you (some knowingly, some unknowingly) … and against “We The People”. And we are not talking in far away Washington, DC, we are talking right here locally in your County GOP.
All of our County GOPs, and even the SCGOP, have “division”. It exist and it must be EXPOSED and at least UNDERSTOOD if it is ever to get better.
Do you know how many times I’ve ever been asked in “politics” to meet and see if we can resolve matters? NEVER as far as I can recall. How many times have we asked others to come to the table to resolve matters … hundreds, probably thousands of times.
So why is that? Is it because I am personally so horrible of a person? Because I will badger you because I have to “get my why or nothing”? Or because if you meet with me you will be SUED? Yes, we have heard that too!!!
NO, it is none of the above … it is because there are some people out there that practice and promote “Divide & Conquer” … and if we all come together, as Americans or South Carolinians and just “talk”, that is too risky and dangerous for their personal agenda.
2,400 Years!
The concept of “Divide & Conquer” is attributed to Philip II of Macedon (HERE) who ruled Macedonia from 359–336 BC and was the father of Alexander The Great (HERE). It is not new, so it should not be confusing. [Read the Wikipedia article about it, also called “Divide and Rule”, HERE.]
[CORRECTION – 10/12/2023: One reader reminded us that “Divide & Conquer” goes back much further … to Adam & Eve .. and Satan. Yes, how true, seeHERE.]
“Divide & Conquer” is not a concept for good … but it works on the INNOCENT & UNINFORMED … it works on HONEST BROKERS … so it is incumbent upon you to learn about it and make sure it is not tolerated in our politics and everyday lives. We all have a responsibility to #LEARN & #THINK for ourselves.
Don’t be these guys … #THINK!!!
The Stats
These are from 2018 … but reportedly 86% of Americans say they feel exhausted by division and are looking for something better. 85% of Republicans and Democrats view cross-party relations, such as having members of the other party as friends, building consensus, and supporting bipartisan cooperation, as valuable.
These are stats that you probably don’t hear that often. That’s because they’re competing with information that is far more emotionally evoking than the idea that most Americans want constructive politics. In the midst of political division in the country, stats like this are useful to paint a hopeful picture of our political future and plant seeds of curiosity within the American people.
Yes, it is work, but WE can do better … and it starts locally.
Saturday’s TOWN HALL
Can WE just Talk?
No, we did not have that many people at our little Town Hall this past Saturday … but at the urging of some (who are still hopeful for unity … and we always have hope too), we just scheduled an Open Forum Town Hall to discuss the other side (for lack of a better term) problems and concerns with the Greenville County Republican Party (GCRP). They have a lot to say on social media … and at Business Meetings (which is not the appropriate forum to resolve issues) … so why not come together and discuss it in person? Sounds reasonable.
To their credit …two that have expressed concerns did show up. Another 25 or so who were curious showed up as well, all hoping to understand the issues these folks have and help fix them. One of the two theatrically got up to leave after 10 minutes … but at the urging of others agreed to say. But both left 30 minutes early as it was clear their arguments were not holding water with the assembled individuals.
What did not make any sense? Well, I was personally accused of “attacking Matt” because I published the fact that their friend promoting the “divide” has 10 current charges of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a MINOR (HERE). Really? That is my fault? Maybe people need to know one option as to why Matt might be acting like he is. But this same person has no problems whatsoever with his Precinct EC and 1st Vice President supporting false claims the GCRP leadership are NAZIs … or false statements that I am a Communist … or lies that I am funded by George Soros and I am not a Christian … and no problem with his associates supporting the false claim that we are involved in child sex trafficking because my wife posted a picture of herself on social media eating a slice of pizza (like that is somehow connected to Pizzagate – HERE).
One other claim that did not float was feigned concern over some 2022 minutes (of no known relevance to anything) … but zero concern whatsoever about March / April 2021 minutes from the “old guard” approving a $9,800 party, a $5,400 payment to a friend for accounting services (worth about $500) … or a doubling of the rent / new lease with a $2,000 back rent payment to the family of the former GCRP Chairman’s employer … all apparent efforts to DRAIN OUR BANK ACCOUNTS with the GCRP. All that was “in the past” and we need to move forward. LOL … no, no one seems to agree with that claim!!!
I concluded the meeting before the two left with what appears to be our 3 options:
Work cooperatively in UNITY to further the Republican Platform (my personal choice),
Work separately … y’all do your thing, we will do ours, and we will just stay out of each others way, or
All Out WAR … something none of us should want as it only benefits the leftist.
Their selection … they could not pick. They would not even rule out #3.
What do you do??? Obviously someone else is pulling the strings (or actively working for the leftist) if you are not personally empowered to immediately say #3 is bad and unacceptable. And given it has been four days and the one person that folks had “hope” was amenable to working together has now refused all attempts to connect … something else is obviously going on.
Even if you hated us, wouldn’t you think #2 is an acceptable option? Worth trying for the future of our State & Country?
Keep Trying!!!
As others commented after the meeting, the matter is now clear. We do not need to defend ourselves … and these folks have clearly exposed themselves as uninterested in unity in any form or fashion.
But … keep trying is always my advice. It will be a WIN / WIN no matter what happens, just don’t get too distracted off MISSION or waste too much time.
If they come to the table to resolve issues, the conservative cause wins … The People win … if they refuse, they further expose themselves and we win by waking more people up to what appears to be the ulterior motive to “Divide & Conquer”.
And if I can ever help … just call me. I will meet anytime, anywhere, any conditions, publicly or privately, on or off the record … and I’ll sign any legal release requested if they think I will sue them. 😉 Right will win, eventually.
Jeff Davis is co-founder of mySCGOP.com . Jeff is a ’89 graduate of The Citadel and in 1993 received his Law/MBA from USC. A tax attorney / CPA licensed in Georgia, Jeff is an uncompromised school choice advocate for K-12 children with special needs. Originally from Charleston, and having practiced in Atlanta, Jeff and his wife Olga now live in Greenville. Jeff completed his two year term as Greenville County Republican Party Chairman and is currently serving as GCRP State Executive Committeeman.
Yesterday we shared with you the CALL TO CONVENTION for the 7 SCGOP Congressional District Conventions coming up in April (HERE). All America FIRST SCGOP State Delegates should REGISTER … and attend!!! Consider it mandatory to #SaveSouthCarolina!!! 😉
Well, guess what … there are 3 1/2 pages of “Rules” about these 7 SCGOP Congressional District Organizations … including details on the conventions.
We won’t repeat the entire Rule 6 here … it is 3 1/2 pages … but click below … read Rule 6 … and let us know if you have any questions or see anything interesting. It is critical to know the RULES!!!
READ RULE 6: “Congressional District Organization” – HERE
$55 MILLION for “real” School Choice READY TODAY!!!
S285 has already PASSED the SC Senate (28 to 9 vote)!!!
S285 is just sitting in the SC House waiting to be passed.
Could be passed, AS-IS, No Changes and be law within a week.
$11,000 scholarships for special needs … not $6,000 like ESA.
$11,000 scholarships for low income … not $6,000 like ESA.
100% Constitutional … not like the ESA.
No Gov’t Strings Attached … not like the ESA.
Approved by Homeschoolers / HSLDA … not like the ESA.
All sides say they support it … not like the ESA.
Nearly UNIVERSAL School Choice!!!
All families up to 400% of poverty are eligible ($124,800 for a family of 4).
ESA Supreme Court Oral Arguments: This past Wednesday March 6th, the SC Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the lawsuit claiming (as we believe) that the ESA / Education Scholarship Trust Fund (ESTF) program is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
You all recall that a substantially similar ESA program was twice ruled UNCONSTITUTIONAL back in 2020 … both decisions were unanimous 5 to 0 opinions … and that point was made very clear by Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty (HERE) as the hearing began. The Chief Justice was unrelenting in his disdain for the ESA program … probably more that a judge should be in open court … but the other Justices were not very easy on the matter either.
Acting Justice, Chief Judge James E. Lockemy (HERE) of the SC Court of Appeals made a huge issue of whether the Superintendent of Education could even administer the program … based on the fact that her Constitutional Duty was to represent Public Schools. That was a new twist, and not a good sign for the ESA pushers.
Watch the 1 hour & 7 minute video of the hearing yourself: HERE
You never know what may happen … and we are sure the “politicians” electing these SC Supreme Court Justices have been working them hard to rule their “monied special interest” ESA bill is legal … but it could very well be that the SC Supreme Court rules this program unconstitutional for a third time.
The 2020 ESA decision was originally heard on September 18th, 2020, with the decision filed on October 7, 2020 … just 3 weeks later. Legislators (and families / schools) need to know before the 2024 legislative session ends in early May, so the clock is ticking.
Surprisingly, very few mainstream media outlets are reporting on this … but you can see what Alexander Thompson of The Post & Courier (HERE) and Seanna Adcox of the SC Daily Gazette (HERE) and Jeffrey Collins of the Associated Press (HERE) had to say about the oral arguments.
PASS S285 – “real” School Choice: S285 has already passed the SC Senate and is objectively “better” than the 100% Government Run / government strings attached ESA program … so why are legislators delaying??? What do we say … #FollowTheMONEY!!!
The 2020 ESA Program using the same ClassWallet (HERE) online portal was ruled UNCONSTITUTIONAL as a prohibited “direct” benefit to private schools.
Election Day Countdown (as of 03/11/2024):
Saturday, March 16th @ Noon – 5 days (SC Filing Opens)
Monday, April 1st @ Noon – 21 days (SC Filing Closes)
Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 – 92 days (SC Primaries)
Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 2024 – 239 (ELECTION DAY)
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We have seen A LOT of “Call To Action” alerts going out on social media and via email about defeating H5164 as it includes homeschoolers in the 100% Government Run ESA Program (aka ESTF Program).
Well … that is nice … but realize if we simply get the home school provision removed … THAT IS NOT A VICTORY!!!
If H5164 … the 100% government run school choice program is bad for homeschoolers … it is equally as bad for ALL K-12 education … that includes Private & Christian Schools as well. Right?
It may feel like an “easy” win to remove homeschoolers from H5164 … heck the uniparty may have included homeschoolers just as a “red herring” to give grassroots a perceived (yet fake) win if legislators do ultimately remove homeschoolers.
Stand up for ALL kids … oppose H5164 for the right reasons … for ALL the reasons. Don’t miss the big picture in order to “feel good” about a fake win.
We don’t want 100% government control of our education system … PERIOD!!! 100% government control is the problem … not just the fact homeschoolers are included in this v02 of SC Superintendent Ellen Weaver & her monied special interest (i.e., ClassWallet) ESA / ESTF Program.
#LearnTheirTRICKS!
#FollowTheMONEY!
– PASS S285 –
PASS S285: Whether some folks like it or not … the “only” solution to fighting back against 100% government run school choice is for the SC House of Representatives to pass S285 (HERE). The SC Senate has already passed it … we are just waiting for the SC House to DO SOMETHING … to pass S285 as-is, with not changes … and send it straight to the Governor for signing!!!
The (P)ACE Tax Credit Scholarship Bill is the grandaddy of school choice in our nation … and it is the “only” school program designed to FIGHT BACK against government overreach into our private schools & homeschoolers. Wouldn’t that be a good thing for SC Patriots to have on their side fighting government overreach everywhere?
Why else do you think SC House Legislators on both sides are trying to defeat it? 😉
DEFINITION: red herring (noun), something intended to distract attention from the real problem.
Saturday, March 16th @ Noon – 8 days (SC Filing Opens)
Monday, April 1st @ Noon – 24 days (SC Filing Closes)
Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 – 95 days (SC Primaries)
Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 2024 – 242 (ELECTION DAY)
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As expected, President DONALD TRUMP had a swath or crushing victories in yesterday’s SUPER TUESDAY primaries.
Haley did however win one state … VERMONT … home of Socialist US Senator Bernie Sanders. Like her victory over the weekend in Washington, DC … it’s nothing to be super proud of (HERE).
Nikki Haley’s Campaign went “dark” for hours last night … and this morning they announced she will be suspending her campaign today at 10AM.
Saturday, March 16th @ Noon – 10 days (SC Filing Opens)
Monday, April 1st @ Noon – 26 days (SC Filing Closes)
Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 – 97 days (SC Primaries)
Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 2024 – 244 (ELECTION DAY)
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TRICK #1 – “Red Meat” for the Republican Base: We have seen this “show” numerous times. The SC House establishment will put up a “red meat” bill (i.e., appeals to the Republican base) which likely has ZERO chance of going anywhere in the Senate … but establishment SC House members / leadership can CAMPAIGN on passing some real conservative legislation and point the finger at the SC Senate. It has been done over and over and over through the years … and they did it again last Wednesday with a faux “Universal School Choice” bill, H5164.
Don’t buy it … if they really cared about “school choice”, they would have passed the $55 MILLION (P)ACE Scholarship Bill … S285 … the “real” school choice bill which has been sitting in the SC House Ways & Means Committee since March 28th, 2023 after the SC Senate set it for SPECIAL ORDER and passed it 28 to 9. (HERE)
TRICK #2 – Not all “school choice” is the same: There is 100% government run school choice like the ESA / H5164 … which is bad … and there is free market school choice which is run by independent conservative non-profits with NO GOVERNMENT STRINGS ATTACHED.
When anyone tells you about a “school choice” bill you FIRST question needs to be “who” administers the program? If it is the GOVERNMENT who administers the program … be it the SC State Department of Education … or worse, the SC Department of Revenue … the bill is BAD!!!
Don’t be lazy and say “I just want school choice, I don’t really care what it is.” There is a massive difference short-term and long-term between 100% government run / strings attached ESAs like H5164 … and “real” free-market school choice Tax Credit Scholarships like S285.
TRICK #3 – Fast-tracked Committee Hearings: Well, H5164 was filed out of the blue on Wednesday, February 28th … and it already has a scheduled House Sub-Committee Hearing scheduled for Tuesday, March 5th (TODAY!!!) … and a Full Committee Hearing scheduled for Wednesday, March 6th.
Seem a little “pre-planned“??? 😉
TRICK #4 – Everybody supports the bill!!!: Yes, this is when you know there is a real problem and the fix is in. Remember SC First STEPS … another 100% supported, 100% government run leftist program passed in the dark of the night with lightening speed (HERE).
Well guess what … “everybody” supports this 100% Government Run “universal school choice” bill … and when we say everybody, that means SC HOUSE LEADERSHIP and the SC FREEDOM CAUCUS.
Ask yourself … why is the SC House Freedom Caucus supporting a 100% government run anything???
Rep. Adam Morgan & Speaker Smith support H5164? Hmmm …
Why SCFC Supports 100% Gov’t Run Private School Choice?
Folks tell us all the time that it makes no sense that the SC Freedom Caucus would support 100% Government Run ESAs … it is the complete OPPOSITE of what they preach. Well, that is true … “freedom” is not 100% government run.
But the SCFC does support 100% government run school choice … so what gives?
It is real simple … MONEY!!!
SCFC Chairman & 4th Congressional District Candidate Rep. Adam Morgan’s (HERE) family owns an EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING FIRM called Palmetto Fortis (HERE) … and SCFC members Rep. Alan Morgan (HERE & HERE) and Rep. Josiah Magnuson (HERE& HERE) both work there.
As we have shown you before, this ESA program means HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS to monied special interests (HERE) … it hasn’t even started and $4.2 million has already been awarded to just one vendor, ClassWallet (HERE).
Connect the dots friends …
MAJOR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST???: Well, these are the questions we have been asking the Morgans and the SC Freedom Caucus up here in Greenville for well over two years with NO ANSWERS. And it is the reason the SC Freedom Caucus has been working with Drew McKissick supporting these “splinter groups” in places like LEXINGTON & Greenville … they don’t want us asking these questions or telling you the backstory.
Think about it … if there was nothing “wrong” going on, wouldn’t the Morgans and the SC Freedom Caucus be willing to discuss the matter???
Lawyer Legislators may be making MILLIONS off of their “special gigs” … but they are not the only ones at the SC State House shaking down taxpayers for their own personal financial benefit.
Saturday, March 16th @ Noon – 11 days (SC Filing Opens)
Monday, April 1st @ Noon – 27 days (SC Filing Closes)
Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 – 98 days (SC Primaries)
Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 2024 – 245 (ELECTION DAY)
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No … wining Washington, DC is nothing to be proud of … whatsoever!!!
But that is what Nikki Haley did over the weekend … winning Washington, DC by 1,274 votes to TRUMP’s 676. TRUMP however cleaned up in Missouri, Idaho and the Michigan Caucuses over the weekend … places where you want to win (as opposed to the SWAMP … Washington, DC).
What we found most interesting however were two quotes …
The first quote came out of the mouth of the Washington DC Republican Party (www.dcgop.com) Chairman Patrick Mara (HERE & HERE) who told Politico “This universe is a little more sophisticated than just about any universe in any other state”. SAY WHAT!?!?!? Chairman Mara continued on stating “I listen to the political podcasts in the morning. I read the newsletters throughout the day. That’s probably, like, half the people showing up at this.” (Politico – HERE).
Does this guy have any self awareness???
The second quote which gets into the political / mental / media manipulation … the Yahoo!News Chief National Correspondent Jon Ward called Washington, DC a state (HERE) … specifically stating Nikki Haley “won her first state in the nominating cycle with a victory in Sunday’s Washington, D.C., primaries.“
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 – TOMORROW (Super Tuesday)
Saturday, March 16th @ Noon – 12 days (SC Filing Opens)
Monday, April 1st @ Noon – 28 days (SC Filing Closes)
Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 – 99 days (SC Primaries)
Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 2024 – 246 (ELECTION DAY)
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