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Vice President Kamala Harris visited Greenville Monday to encourage South Carolina residents to get themselves and their families vaccinated. Vaccination gives protection, she said. This act, in a way, is a projection of love thy neighbor, she said to a crowd of over 150 volunteers and local Democratic officials at Greenville s Phillis Whitley Community Center.
The volunteers, many of whom where associated with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, had been canvassing and mobilizing communities to get their shots.
Harris stop in the state is part of a national effort by the Biden administration to vaccinate 70% of American adults by July 4.
‘There’s a lot of crazy going on’: Pro-Trump lawyer blows up key GOP race
Lin Wood’s smash-mouth bid to become South Carolina party chair is rattling one of the Republican Party’s most important states.
Attorney Lin Wood speaks during a rally. | Ben Margot/AP Photo
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Lin Wood played a starring role in Georgia’s GOP civil war after the 2020 elections. Now the pro-Trump lawyer is taking his roadshow to South Carolina, where he’s campaigning as a “chaos” candidate to lead the state Republican Party.
Wood, who transformed from a top Atlanta trial lawyer to a leading election conspiracy theorist in November, moved to South Carolina in February. Then the firebrand lawyer shocked the political establishment in one of the GOP’s most important state parties by mounting an unexpectedly strong challenge to the incumbent chairman, Drew McKissick.
The Greenville County Republican Party is embroiled in a power struggle that will likely be decided during a virtual convention Tuesday night when delegates choose from a slate of candidates vowing to provide fresh leadership and a rival group that has sought to align itself with former President Donald Trump.
The week leading up the convention was marked by allegations of cheating and a shouting match between two women that led to a call to the Greenville County Sheriff s Office. There also was picketing outside the county party headquarters and the current chairman s place of employment.
Friday s announcement that the convention would be held virtually has sparked complaints from both sets of candidates vying to lead South Carolina s largest GOP county party.
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