South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Christale Spain: WCPT 820 Interview

Yep.

That's so ...

And, and, and serve in areas that the state has been struggling on for such a long-

Exactly

... time, and it's been in the hands of Republicans on a federal level and on a state level.

And the folks there are still struggling in these basic areas that should be taken care of.

Healthcare, education, senior care.

That's just a short list that I have because I've, I paid-

Yeah.

[laughs]

[laughs] That's a short list.

Let alone the envi-

It's a, it's a very long list, okay? [laughs]

...

the environment that, I mean, talk, talk to us about that part of why Republicans just have not gotten it done federally and state for South Carolina.

Yeah.

Like you've said, they've had a, we, I've been saying a trifecta.

I don't even say the federal level, right? But they've got the, the, the Congress, the congressional delegation is, uh, majority Republican, minus Congressman Clyburn.

Um, the governor's mansion, the constitutional offices, the state, the House chamber, and the Senate chamber.

So they've had all power, um, for a very long time to get anything done, and they refuse to do anything because they do not know how to govern.

South Carolina still ranks at the very lowest level, um, in education, um, affordability, you know, all those things that- That are breaking people's banks.

And I, and I talk about gas right now, like that came up, uh, a few months ago during the special session, I believe, of South Carolina legislature, that they could suspend the gas tax, the South Carolina gas tax, and save South Carolinians almost 30 cent per gallon.

And they said no.

Yeah.

But they, they didn't need one Democratic vote to do that.

Yep.

That's so ...

And, and, and serve in areas that the state has been struggling on for such a long-

Exactly

... time, and it's been in the hands of Republicans on a federal level and on a state level.

And the folks there are still struggling in these basic areas that should be taken care of.

Healthcare, education, senior care.

That's just a short list that I have because I've, I paid-

Yeah.

[laughs]

[laughs] That's a short list.

Let alone the envi-

It's a, it's a very long list, okay? [laughs]

...

the environment that, I mean, talk, talk to us about that part of why Republicans just have not gotten it done federally and state for South Carolina.

Yeah.

Like you've said, they've had a, we, I've been saying a trifecta.

I don't even say the federal level, right? But they've got the, the, the Congress, the congressional delegation is, uh, majority Republican, minus Congressman Clyburn.

Um, the governor's mansion, the constitutional offices, the state, the House chamber, and the Senate chamber.

So they've had all power, um, for a very long time to get anything done, and they refuse to do anything because they do not know how to govern.

South Carolina still ranks at the very lowest level, um, in education, um, affordability, you know, all those things that- That are breaking people's banks.

And I, and I talk about gas right now, like that came up, uh, a few months ago during the special session, I believe, of South Carolina legislature, that they could suspend the gas tax, the South Carolina gas tax, and save South Carolinians almost 30 cent per gallon.

And they said no.

Yeah.

But they, they didn't need one Democratic vote to do that.