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Fear of Confrontation
Be persistent, but always be PROFESSIONAL
Yesterday we discussed Decorum (HERE), the need to maintain order in Business Meetings, and the Robert’s Rules of Order “Committee on Discipline” when certain members & other parties refuse to maintain decorum.
[NOTE: What excites us the most about a Committee on Discipline is the ability to calmly and rationally … over time … allow folks to have an opportunity to investigate actions and expose purposeful LIES & manipulation … and stop it! It will be work, but it is necessary if we want to change things for the better!]
But maintaining decorum does not mean we blindly avoid confrontation and just give the other side everything they want just so they will shut-up. That is not the answer because like spoiling children, it will only get worse and worse over time.
And consider this … is avoiding controversy and giving in to self-interested bullies what has really gotten our Country in the mess it is in today? Think about it, and we think you will agree.
Common Myth:
Confrontation = Bad
For most of us, confrontation is not something we seek. We are not used to it, and we are not comfortable engaging in confrontation … or even watching confrontation, especially confrontation on the local level.
It is easier to watch folks “far away” in Washington DC engaging in confrontation … and sometimes we actually like it … but when it is at a local Party meeting, among people you personally know and run into at the grocery store … that confrontation is hard to stomach and many people JUST WANT IT TO STOP … no matter what the cost!!!
See how we got in this mess … by avoiding confrontation when self-interested “bullies” are insisting on their way?
Think about the politician who won’t stop arguing his point because he is getting “paid” somehow on the backend. We end up just giving him what he wants to get him to shut-up … but in the long run … after 250 years of doing so … look where we are today.
Confrontation = Seeking TRUTH
Confrontation is not bad … especially if we maintain decorum. In fact, like it or not, confrontation is a necessity if we want to maintain our Republic for future generations.
Instead of looking at confrontation as “arguing” … consider it as SEEKING TRUTH. Maybe the other party has a legitimate difference of opinion. Maybe they do not have the experience or knowledge about a matter … so they voice an opinion that to some of us makes no sense whatsoever. Or maybe they have an ulterior motive. Or maybe you are wrong and can learn something yourself.
Whatever the case … SEEK TRUTH!!! Don’t be rushed to judgement … and just give them what they want (HERE) … calmly and rationally discuss the issue and SEEK TRUTH!!!
As we teach … don’t get mad, keep calm and JUST SMILE!!! If the other party is nefarious and has an ulterior motive they won’t like you smiling and calmly discussing the matter … so let them EXPOSE themselves.
Remember, other folks are quietly watching and listening … making up their own minds on who to believe. So when truth is on your side, be persistent, but always be PROFESSIONAL.
UNDERSTANDING THE “GAMES” PEOPLE PLAY: In a group of 124 SC House Members … 46 State Senators … or 151 Precinct ECs (like we have here in Greenville) … not everybody needs to come up to the microphone and speak their mind … there isn’t enough time in the 2 or 4 year term to do that … but as leaders YOU DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY to learn and understand what is going on.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: There are lots of educational tools out there to understand how to deal with “confrontation” … whether you are personally at the microphone participating … of if it is just learning to cope with your friends engage in confrontation at a local meeting.
Google “confrontation” and read some of the self-help materials. We can all learn something.
Know too that leaders have a responsibility to understand these things whether you are a SC House Rep or State Senator … or a Precinct EC or President. If you want to be a leader … then be a leader and LEARN!!!
Talk with all sides … trust no one … and “watch what they DO, not what they SAY.”
#Learn&GROW!!!
First of all … let me assure you, I want to be proven wrong. Know that our door is WIDE OPEN to the SC Freedom Caucus (and the RINOs for that matter) for them to come EXPLAIN to us why we are wrong about them.
Please, SC Freedom Caucus … come explain why your BIG GOV’T solutions are really about “freedom”.
Please, SC RINO “Leadership” … come explain to us why your ESA is better “policy” for K-12 children than Senator Tom Davis’ Tax Credit Scholarship bill (i.e. PACE / ACE).
Citizens should know that NEITHER side wants to come to the table and discuss these things with people that know (like us) because THEY CAN’T. Both sides of the COIN know they are lying to The People … and they can’t sit with elected “equals” (like us) and have the intellectual conversation. All they can do is spread their lies, rumors and hate … the standard political “tactics” … and hope WE QUIT before YOU ALL figure out we are right.
We, The Citizens of SC, need to stop falling for the same ole tricks.
Know that the current Republican Leadership in the SC House & SC Senate were, in fact, the “Freedom Caucus” of their day – 20 years ago.
It becomes clear when the newly “branded” SC Freedom Caucus leads the charge for BIG GOV’T programs like First Steps & ESAs & Refundable Tax Credits … when they flip flop from anti-Convention of States to now supporting it (thanks to Jim DeMints MONEY!!!) … when two years ago they were pushing a CLOSED Convention process as opposed to our wide open Primaries, but today they have flip flopped and now oppose it (because Drew McKissick wants them to oppose it – #FollowTheMONEY!!!) … not to mention their endorsement of RINOs in GOP ReOrg elections, calling MAGA America First a “cancer”, and the lies … the absolutely never ending lies.
Why do we keep falling for these tricks … because they “call” themselves “Freedom Caucus”??? Is that all it takes for PATRIOTS to support future RINOs struggling for control in Columbia (and losing badly) … for them to “say” a few things we like to hear and promise to be our saviors??? Come on friends, we are better than that!!!
Do we stop calling out Republicans pushing BIG GOV’T solutions simply because they put “Freedom Caucus” next to their name, or because we feel sorry for them because they constantly cry victim of the RINOs in power??? Is it because we “think” these people are working for us, when the reality is the Freedom Caucus & the “establishment” leadership are just two side of the same coin???
Know this … and yes I hope I am wrong … but I have been consistently proven right … BOTH sides, RINO Leadership & the SC Freedom Caucus, are ONLY about the COIN and “who” gets to control it.
We don’t like RINOs, but we should dislike liars and “future” RINOs wearing a conservative mask even more.
Remember … just 11 days ago, on March 3rd, 2025, it was the SC Freedom Caucus that called MAGA America First “a cancer”. What’s unclear with that message???
Since I am recovering from cancer … and the article was about me & our Greenville County Republican Party … I actually took offence and find that a little more than just politics.
Again … please … prove me wrong.
As always … we will meet anytime, with anyone. On the record, off the record … publicly or privately … and we will sign any legal release for anything said in the meeting. What more can we offer?
Watch … the SC Freedom Caucus won’t take us up on the offer … because we are a CANCER to them. Heck, they said it!!!
[NOTE: My wife’s response to them calling us a “cancer” is YES … we are a RINO Cancer … and they are the future RINOs.]
Post & Courier (3/3/2025): HERE
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
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.
Jeff is also “barred” from attending the SCGOP State Executive Committee Meetings (HERE). Why? Because he dared to run against Drew McKissick for SCGOP Chairman – coming in 2nd with Drew only being reelected by 1.8% (HERE & HERE) – and in September 2021 he told the State Executive Committee that Chad Connelly had been under SLED investigation for a year and a half … and it was true (HERE & HERE).
Send us your opinion on this great debate … and how you would like to see it solved … by emailing us at team@mySCGOP.com.
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We always TEACH … where there is a will, there is a way … and that is being proven out right now in the SC Senate.
First … remember when leadership at the SC Statehouse REFUSED to call the legislature back into session following HURRICAINE HELENE? Literally one of the most devastating hurricanes in history to roll through South Carolina … and “they” are too busy to come back into session and help the citizens of our state.
Step one in all of this is to realize our elected officials don’t care about the citizens … but they do care about BIG MONEY … and they will move heaven & earth to take care of their BIG MONEY donors … and do nothing for YOU!!!
We learned that first hand about Senator Shane Massey in our “real” school choice fight … he picked $$$ over K-12 kids with special needs … and we have no reason to think he has had a change of heart … quite the opposite … and his actions over the past two days seems to have proven just that.
Massey Pulling Out All the Stops for BIG MONEY!!!
We knew following S244 would be a perfect learning example / case study (HERE) … and that has proven out.
Last Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R – Edgefield) lost his vote 25 to 19 … and said “We are DONE. It’s OVER.“ (HERE) On Tuesday, Massey “carried over” his S244 – which he had pulled out all his tricks to get the bill on SPECIAL ORDER. You don’t do that “if” you have the votes.
By all accounts S244 was DEAD!!! (HERE)
But the statewide robo TEXT MESSAGES kept coming. Why??? These are not cheap … and who is paying for them??? The SC Senate Republican Caucus??? The guys that refused to go back into session after Hurricane Helene??? How about the SC Chamber of Commerce??? Aren’t those guys 1,000% in the bag for BIG BUSINESS … and affectionately known as the “Chamber of Compromise” … and not in a good way???
Who has the $$$ to resurrect S244 from the DEAD???
Today’s Main Event: S244 vs H3497
So what do The People want from the SC Senate??? A massive Tort Reform Bill like S244 that has far reaching implications no one understands and the BIG MONEY special interest are trying to push through as fast as possible???
Or do The People want a “targeted” bill like H3497 that fixes the liquor liability issue … the one issue that is impacting our small businesses … who can’t afford a massive advertising and robo Text Campaign like we are seeing from some group named the “SC Coalition for Lawsuit Reform 2025″???
[NOTE: And what is up with the “2025” at the end of their name??? Those guys, whomever they are, obviously plan on being back year after year and need to keep up with what was done in what DARK MONEY entity. #FollowTheMONEY!!!]
Let Your SENATOR Know!!!
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/legislatorssearch.php
It is not a hard choice. Do The People want S244, a massive omnibus tort reform bill using the “cover” of fixing liquor liability … which Senator Massey is trying to push through FAST … or do The People want a “targeted” H3497 that fixes just the liquor liability issue???
Practice calling your SC Senator … NOW!!!
Find Your SC State Senator: HERE
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
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.
Jeff is also “barred” from attending the SCGOP State Executive Committee Meetings (HERE). Why? Because he dared to run against Drew McKissick for SCGOP Chairman – coming in 2nd with Drew only being reelected by 1.8% (HERE & HERE) – and in September 2021 he told the State Executive Committee that Chad Connelly had been under SLED investigation for a year and a half … and it was true (HERE & HERE).
Send us your opinion on this great debate … and how you would like to see it solved … by emailing us at team@mySCGOP.com.
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We were right again … the battle over (faux) Tort Reform has come to a head and SC Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R – Edgefield) has come up short … again.
We asked some pretty tough questions two weeks ago (HERE) about S 244 as it appeared to us to be another “in the bag” monied special interest bill being pushed by Senator Massey. We saw Massey do this in favor of the BIG GOV’T (fake) school choice legislation for years … and it appeared to us that the Senator was back at the feeding trough to fund his 2026 “Governor” ambitions using BIG MONEY Insurance Companies … and sacrificing The People of South Carolina … once again (HERE).
As the old saying goes … Pigs get FAT, hoggs get SLAUGHTERED!!!
And getting slaughtered with a ONE / TWO PUNCH is exactly what happened to Senator Shane Massey last week … and he “cried” about it right there on the floor of the SC Senate (see video below).
Punch #1 – H3497
First of all … kudos to the SC House of Representatives. We all know the Senate is supposed to be the more “deliberative” (i.e., sensible) body … but it took the SC House to come up with a bill (H3497 – HERE) that fixes … wait for it … THE LIQUOR LIABILITY PROBLEM!!!
Everyone has been watching the fiasco going on with Senator Shane Massey in the SC Senate over S244. It had not gone unnoticed by leadership in the SC House … and it was a stroke of brilliance … and it did not even take a rocket scientist … the House simply said “hold my beer … we have a bill to fix that!!!”
Introducing H3497 … the LIQUOR LIABILITY BILL!!!
The bill had been prefilled back on December 5th, 2024 by Judiciary Chairman Weston Newton (R – Beaufort) … appears to have had 3 sub-committee hearings in February … and was REPORTED OUT favorably to the SC House floor on Wednesday the 5th of March … and immediately PASSED by a 109 – 0 margin on Thursday the 6th … with the last step of sending it over to the SC Senate on Friday.
It truly was a stroke of genius … and appears to have put Senator Massey in a real predicament with his monied special interest BIG INSURANCE backers.
Punch #2 – Goldfinch Amendment
And then came the 2nd KNOCKOUT PUNCH!!!
SC State Senator Stephen Goldfinch (R – Georgetown) … Citadel 2004 by the way … put up an amendment on Thursday afternoon that would essentially gut S244 … and do what everyone wants … fix the liquor liability problem for our small businesses.
Goldfinch spoke first on the Amendment … Massey spoke against it … and then, Massey went out on a limb and made a procedural motion to “TABLE” (aka kill) the Amendment.
Well, guess what … MASSEY LOST by a vote 25 to 19!!! It was brutal … and Massey completely flipped out … went up to the microphone in the well of the Senate … showed himself out … and MOVED TO ADJOURN THE SENATE COMPLETELY.
It was EPIC … one for the ages … and has likely ended Massey’s future hopes for “Governor” as it looked desperate and like someone who had made promises to powerful monied people, and was not able to deliver.
So now Massey has FAILED at (fake) school choice … and FAILED at (fake) tort reform … after reportedly spending $250,000 of the Senate Republican Caucus’ MONEY.
The real question now, how long will Massey be the Senate Majority Leader???
Stay tuned …
#LearnTheirTRICKS!!!
#FollowTheMONEY!!!
“We’re Done. It’s Over.”
March 6th, 2025 – Massey “We’re Done. It’s Over.“ Video: HERE
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
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.
Jeff is also “barred” from attending the SCGOP State Executive Committee Meetings (HERE). Why? Because he dared to run against Drew McKissick for SCGOP Chairman – coming in 2nd with Drew only being reelected by 1.8% (HERE & HERE) – and in September 2021 he told the State Executive Committee that Chad Connelly had been under SLED investigation for a year and a half … and it was true (HERE & HERE).
Send us your opinion on this great debate … and how you would like to see it solved … by emailing us at team@mySCGOP.com.
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Last Tuesday we shared with you our initial thoughts on S244 … the “supposed” Tort (over) Reform bill being pushed by SC Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey … yes, the Senator from Edgefield who endorsed Nikki Haley against President TRUMP in the 2024 primaries.
See mySCGOP.news, 2/25/2025: HERE
Well … a lot has happened in a short time since then … and it get’s more interesting … and more educational!!! Heck, we made a simple “tweet” on X.com sharing the article (HERE) and mentioning Senator Massey endorsing Nikki Haley … and we got a rather quick 36,000 views!!! That is a fair amount …
Massey “Loses It” at State House!
The day after our article and “tweet” … on February 26th … Senator Shane Massey, who is known to have rather thin skin, had a bit of an emotional TIRADE … literally showing up on the SC House Floor … and getting in the face of SC House Rep. Gil Gatch (R – Dorchester) … a fellow lawyer legislator.
Why? Because Rep. Gatch made the following post accusing Senator Massey of being in the “pocket” of big insurance companies. See exactly below … and note the reported EXPLETIVES by Massey.
And when the Post & Courier catches you cursing … it’s not good!!!
Nick Reynolds tweet – The Post & Courier: HERE
The POLL …
Next, on the 27th, a poll was published showing that GOP Voters … who understand the impacts of S 244 on average citizens … overwhelmingly OPPOSE S244 … by 73% to 19% margin.
It wasn’t a good week … for someone making BIG PROMISES to BIG MONEY DONORS / INSURANCE COMPANIES … and potentially looking to fill his coffers so as to test running for Governor … AGAIN?!?!?!
Massey’s Previous
Failed Governor Consideration
You all may remember when Senator Massey was considering challenging Governor Henry McMaster in 2022 for governor … before he had a run in with famed defamation lawyer Lin Wood … and Senator Massey said he would not ask for a forensic audit of the 2020 election … and that he believed BIDEN WON in 2020? It was an uncomfortable interaction … for MASSEY!
Watch June 24th, 2021 video HERE.
Yes … Senator Massey dropped out of the race for governor shortly thereafter as he had lost ALL “potential” support of anyone in the MAGA America FIRST movement … and certainly was not going to get TRUMP’s endorsement then (but maybe Nikki’s). And no, WE have not forgotten.
NOT A GOOD THING: As we were told recently about another “ladder climber” … when ambition is > talent (or common sense – have we mentioned Massey endorsed Nikki Haley against President TRUMP???) … it’s not a good thing.
But it does not appear Senator Massey is ready to call it quits on his ambition for “Governor” … and it appears his eyes are set on 2026 (per rumors we have heard) … but that takes MONEY … and lots of it … and who better than BIG INSURANCE to fill his coffers?!?!?
Massey Dials It Up!!!
We know Senator Massey very well from our fight for “real” School Choice … and we know he sold out the K-12 kids for the monied special interest and companies like CLASS WALLET (see video HERE) … who received a $4.2 MILLION contract (more than the kids) with Massey’s now failed / unconstitutional ESA legislation (HERE, HERE & HERE).
So we know firsthand that Shane Massey does not do anything for our SC Citizens … and especially the kids. And after all the failures last week … even after MASSEY pulled $250,000 from the SC Senate Republican Caucus to fund an ad campaign for S 244 … something we hear that fellow Senate Republicans are not happy about … Senator MASSEY and the INSURANCE COMPANIES appear to have dialed it up even more … with $$$$ & favors.
(#1) First of all SCGOP Chairman Drew McKissick sent out a desperate MASS email from the SCGOP supporting S244. I am personally on the SCGOP State Executive Committee … for nearly 4 years now … and I don’t recall us voting on anything related to “Tort Reform”. Who authorized (or paid) DREW MCKISSICK to do that???
(#2) Next, Senate Majority Leader Massey got S244 set for SPECIAL ORDER this week … so S244 skips to the front of the line … in front of all the other bills being debated. The Senator appears to want to get this over the finish line in the SC Senate before people catch on. A typical special interest trick!!!
(#3) And finally … apparently Massey has pulled the GOVERNOR “favor”. Maybe since Massey did not run against Governor McMaster in 2022, a favor is owed … but it appears McMaster is going to step in an see if he can save S244 on Wednesday at 11AM. We can’t wait to see this!!!
TRUST NOTHING!!! Seriously … do we trust anything Massey … Drew McKissick … Governor McMaster … or the SC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE … does??? And “where” is all this MONEY coming from to push this so called massive omnibus “Tort Reform” bill???
Massey dupes the SC Venue Crisis Folks???
SC Venue Crisis – DUPED, Again???: HERE
Seriously … the really sad part is we ALL want to help the small business venues … and like in 2024 when they were led astray (I received tons of calls wanting us to help them … and YES, the SC Venue Crisis folks were being duped by all the wrong people back then) … it seems like they are being DUPED … and USED … again.
S 244 as we have already discussed is a massive and overly expansive piece of legislation. It uses an untested nuclear bomb to kill a fly. Ask yourself “why”, if legislators actually cared about our small venues, would you not just use a targeted bill to fix that one issue??? Why does it appear that the lawyer legislators … and insurance brokers … want such an expansive bill … and not just fix the one problem???
Hey, it will be interesting … and with the Governor weighting in … it is even more questionable than ever.
Join Us!!!
WHEN: Wednesday, March 5th – 11:30am
WHERE: SC Statehouse, 1100 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC
WHAT: Watch the Governor and Senator Massey … along with the SC Chamber of Commerce and other “grifters” … live and in person try to “sell” the Citizens of South Carolina on “Tort Reform”.
Are we buying it???
We will be chatting with our small venue friends … and we will ask them how those “promises” work out last time? Fool me once, …
Maybe find a targeted bill … not a massive bill where you are the target. Learn from the School Choice experience. 10 years worth of lies from these same guys … and all they do is keep lying!!!
#FollowTheMONEY!!!
#FollowTheAmbition!!!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
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.
Jeff is also “barred” from attending the SCGOP State Executive Committee Meetings (HERE). Why? Because he dared to run against Drew McKissick for SCGOP Chairman – coming in 2nd with Drew only being reelected by 1.8% (HERE & HERE) – and in September 2021 he told the State Executive Committee that Chad Connelly had been under SLED investigation for a year and a half … and it was true (HERE & HERE).
Send us your opinion on this great debate … and how you would like to see it solved … by emailing us at team@mySCGOP.com.
SUSTAINING & INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS:
Make a Charitable Donation TODAY: HERE
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