The Greenville County Republican Party will hold their precinct reorg meetings tonight. This is done every other year and is part of the organizing of the precincts. Each precinct will elect an Executive Committeeman, a President, a Treasurer and perhaps a Secretary. The EC represents the precinct at the monthly Greenville County Republican meetings and votes on behalf of the precinct. There is information on the Greenville County GOP site found here.
While South Carolina has a reputation for being conservative, the fact of the matter is that most of the elected representatives at the state and federal level are pretty watered down when it comes to voting for conservative principles. There has been a movement afoot to try to turn the tide but it has been slower than most expected. In South Carolina, the Republicans hold a super majority in the house and senate but often times will have difficulty getting conservative bills through to the Governor’s desk. We are generally way behind states like Florida and Texas when it comes to enacting conservative legislation.
There’s a good opinion piece in FitsNews about the Republican Reorg meetings tonight. It’s written by Olga Lisinska, wife of Jeff Davis the current Greenville County Republican Party Chairman.
And so…we carry on and must go to our precinct reorg meetings tonight. One of South Carolina’s two official mottos is, “While I breathe, I hope.” There are many who want to make sure we continue to defend the southern conservatism found here in the beautiful state of South Carolina…but that doesn’t happen on its own accord. We must participate, engage and let our voices be heard.
For the third Sunday in-a-row there has been a medical freedom rally in downtown Greenville. Three weeks ago about 150 people gathered in Falls Park to express their concerns and raise questions about the vaccine mandates and possible Covid passports. The group grew to about 300-400 people the following Sunday as an event was sponsored by the Greenville County GOP. That same group gather yesterday albeit was a smaller crowd of maybe 200 people or so. These rally’s will continue for the next two Sundays. I’d encourage all to show up. We need more people!
My wife and I have attended these with our two teenage sons. It’s been great to meet new people who are willing to express and demonstrate their concern about some of the increasingly tyrranical moves made by government. So far in South Carolina we have not had to deal with the heavy hand of the Governor or the legislature in demanding vaccine mandates or Covid passports. I have not heard much yet as far as businesses requiring the vaccine for their employees. We have seen that both Prisma and Bon Secours will be requiring their employees to get vaxxed after President Biden announced his mandates last week.
As I have talked with others who work at big companies, the consensus right now seems to be that the employers are highly encouraging their employees to get vaxxed but they are not yet requiring it. Many seem to be waiting until they see the regulation come down from OSHA which it has not yet. It would be nice to see if at least one of these big companies would take on these mandates but pushing back against the Biden Administration and OSHA and sue to get these mandates withdrawn. I have not seen anything yet that would confirm any big company has done this. Now that said, floating around the internet the other day was information that perhaps General Dynamics may have withdrawn their vaccine requirement for their employees. Whether that is a permanent or temporary withdrawal, I do not know but will watch for more information. If this is true, this is in directly conflict with the orders from President Biden especially as they are a defense contractor with more than 100,000 employees. This would be a BIG DEAL.
Join us for our next Medical Freedom Rallies on Sunday, September 26th and October 3rd from 3-5pm at the Peace Center in downtown Greenville, SC.