For the past decade, I have done everything in my power to prosecute and expose corruption at the highest levels of South Carolina government. That work has made me one of the most attacked public officials in this state. I have been lied about, maligned, and targeted with dark money campaigns designed to intimidate me into backing off. None of it worked, and it never will, because I am doing this for the Patriots who believe government should serve the public, not insiders.

Those Patriots showed up again last week when the Good Ole Boys made their latest attempt to keep me off the Republican primary ballot.

The obvious question is why. What are they afraid of? Is it my platform to end the culture of corruption in South Carolina? Is it my promise to prosecute or sue government entities that violate FOIA so citizens can finally see how their government really operates? Or is it what I have already done as a Solicitor and what they know I will do as Attorney General?

In 2014, I took down the most powerful politician in South Carolina. With evidence gathered by SLED, the Speaker of the House was convicted and removed from office within two months of my appointment. That was not supposed to happen. It did because the law still mattered and someone was willing to enforce it.

In 2016, I initiated a State Grand Jury investigation into what everyone around the State House already knew existed but few were willing to confront. The Quinndom. A network of money, influence, and access that operated quietly for years, protected by silence and fear. I was attacked publicly, slandered in the press, and subjected to intense political pressure. Some politicians tried to remove me from the case. I had to take that fight all the way to the South Carolina Supreme Court simply to keep doing my job.

Almost no one in Columbia stood with me. The people of this state did.

The results are now part of South Carolina history. Legislators resigned and pled guilty. Power brokers were exposed. A system that had operated unchecked for years was dragged into the open.

That fight didn’t end there. In 2023, I publicly confronted an unlawful secret order that released Jeroid Price from prison early. I called it out in the State House lobby. Price was locked back up. That decision angered powerful Democrats and Republicans alike, because it challenged the same insider culture that believes rules don’t apply to them.

The Republicans and Democrats I have exposed over the years represent the very top of the Good Ole Boys system. Because of that, they have called me every name imaginable. DINO. RINO. MAGA extremist. Wolf in sheep’s clothing. They have spent thousands spreading lies. None of it stuck.

I have always been clear about who I am. I am a wolf in wolf’s clothing. The people of South Carolina want someone who will actually fight corruption, not manage it.

The Good Ole Boys understand they cannot stop me at the ballot box. So they tried to stop me before voters ever had a chance to decide.

That is where H.3643 comes in. Yes, versions of this bill existed before I entered this race. But it went nowhere. It had no urgency, no public campaign, no pressure. It only became a priority when my candidacy gained momentum and grassroots Republicans rallied around our message.

That timing is not a coincidence.

Here is what actually happened. On December 15, 2025, I received a phone call from a Beaufort County Patriot named Mike. He told me Beaufort GOP leadership was preparing to pass a resolution aimed directly at keeping me off the ballot. The resolution was based on false claims and was never intended to be debated honestly. The next day, I asked the Beaufort County Chairman if I could address the Executive Committee to respond. He told me no. He said it did not matter what the truth was.

It was all coming from SCGOP Chairman Drew McKissick. The plan was to start in Beaufort and then push similar resolutions through twenty more counties, manufacturing momentum and shutting voters out of the process.

What they did not count on was one person refusing to stay quiet.

Mike alerted Patriots across Beaufort County and across the state. Nearly a thousand people received his message. Phones rang. Emails poured in. Executive Committee members started asking questions they were never meant to ask.

Because of that outpouring of grassroots support, Beaufort County changed its resolution. One call created a ripple. That ripple became a wave. And that wave stopped this effort cold.

If Mike had not made that call, Beaufort would have passed a resolution aimed at keeping me off the ballot. Instead, Beaufort Republicans stood up. More importantly, Republican voters across South Carolina stood up.

That is how Patriots make a difference.

The Good Ole Boys lost because they always make the same mistake. They underestimate the people. Power does not belong to party chairs or executive committees. It belongs to voters.

As long as Patriots are willing to speak up, tell the truth, and refuse to be bullied, no one is going to rig a Republican primary in South Carolina.