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$120 MILLION Raised for School Choice … in Georgia

Yet SC keep insisting it is an IRS tax law issue. The lies are exhausting …

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The opposition of school choice (teachers unions, etc.) … as well as monied special interest purporting to be “supporters” of school choice (just with an ulterior motive to line their pockets) … all make the concept of school choice complicated.

Why? Because they want to control the BILLIONS of dollars that go into K-12 education so they can get a piece of the pie. Grifters all pretending they are “there for the children”.

Well, if they were “there for the children”, wouldn’t they be interested in proven solutions? Sadly in our 10 years of involvement here in South Carolina, we have not seen it yet.

A SUPER MAJORITY “RED” STATE?: The real issue here in South Carolina is we have a “super majority” Republican legislature and we have little to no private school choice … and what we have is rated the worst in the nation.

Haven’t our legislators heard of the SC Republican Platform?


So what does the SC Republican Platform (HERE) say about School Choice? Well, it is actually spelled out very clearly … and we don’t have any of it here in South Carolina:

  • “limited government”
  • “keep government from encroaching on family and religion”
  • “Constitutional”
  • “appropriate resolutions of specific issues”
  • “We, the SCGOP, dedicate this platform to the children of SC”
  • “ethics in government”
  • “sound fiscal management”
  • “free markets”

And the clearest one yet …

“We believe in school choice for all students in this state.” -SC Republican Platform

Sounds great, but we don’t have it!!!

Nowhere in the SC Republican Platform does it promote the GOVERNMENT administering private school choice … or placing strings on K-12 private & religious schools. In fact it says the opposite!!!

But in South Carolina, that is exactly what we have … 100% government run private school choice … and because of that, South Carolina’s only operational school choice program is rated the worst in the nation. Yes, the nation’s absolutely worst private school choice program.

Not really surprising anymore is it?


The “excuse” the 100% government-run school choice (i.e., ESAs) advocates use is because of some TRUMP tax law changes from back in 2018. Well, we have always said this is not the case … and our friends in Georgia as well as all the 30+/- other states with similar programs have proven that year after year. But still, the ESA & 100% government-run private school choice advocates here in South Carolina keep insisting it is an IRS tax law issue. The lies are exhausting …

Note too, as recently as 2 weeks ago … the failed 100% government-run program’s former Executive Director (the former SCGOP Chairman Connelly Connelly no less) testified under oath that the reason for failed fundraising was the IRS tax law changes. Again, the lies are exhausting …

But ask yourself, how can Georgia independent non-profits raise $120 MILLION in educational tax credits in ONE DAY … but the SC 100% government-run non-profit can’t?

Although South Carolina only has $12 MILLION in annual “use it or lose it” educational tax credits … as of December 14, 2023, they had only raised $2.1 million in 348 days in 2023 … while in Georgia it only took them two or three days to raise the full $120 million in January 2023.

Don’t Georgia and all the other 30+/- states with similar programs work under the same IRS tax laws? Yes they do … and in fact an expert from Arizona testified in front of the SC Senate a couple years ago and plainly stated that the IRS tax law changes HELPED their fundraising.


Simple … pass S285, the PACE / ACE Scholarship Bill … as-is, with NO CHANGES.

The SC Senate already has … and the legislation is sitting in the SC House Ways & Means Committee ready for passage.

Pass S285 and SC will have literally the nation’s best rated school choice program … we will go from LAST to FIRST … and on January 1st, 2025, the image above will say “South Carolina Non-Profits raise $55 MILLION in One Day”!

Will the SC House do it? Stay tuned …

Article:  HERE


Have an opinion? Different or in agreement? About the above or something else? If so, speak up as we want to hear from you! Send your letters to team@mySCGOP.com and we will be happy to share it with our readers. #SaveSouthCarolina!


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Coffee & Politics – Greenville Edition – June 27th, 2025

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Coffee & Politics – Greenville Edition – June 20th, 2025

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Pickens – Setting the Record Straight – A VIDEO RESPONSE

Bob Fetterly – PCRP Chair 2023-2025

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We all know about the Drew McKissick shenanigans at the SCGOP State Convention back on May 3rd, 2025 with the “sneak attack” on the Pickens County Republican Party (PCRP) and the ultimate failure to seat the 24 (anti-DREW) PCRP State Delegates on fabricated charges. (mySCGOP.news, May 8th, 2025 – The Latest SCGOP FabricationHERE)

It really is dumbfounding … but in reality just another example in a long line of examples since the MAGA America First insurgency began in ReOrg 2021 with the outright fraud in Greenville (HERE & HERE).

Well, it is ongoing with the SCGOP … as they say, the gift that keeps giving insofar as exposing the hypocrisy and outright corruption withing the SCGOP State Leadership & State Executive Committee itself.

Specifically – the SCGOP State Executive Committee voted ( 32 to 18 ) at its quarterly meeting on June 7th, 2025, that the Pickens County Republican Party would be “suspended” until the next quarterly meeting in September. The PCRP elected leadership can no longer use the PCRP name, website, email system, bank account … even with important elections coming up in November … and the PCRP can’t meet … but somehow (even though they can’t meet?) they are supposed to come up with a “plan” to present to the SCGOP State Executive Committee in September on how to fix the fabricated problem.

Basically Pickens was “unorganized” on June 7th (without notice) – even though the SCGOP State Executive Committee did not have the 75% of the votes needed to unorganize PCRP under the “new” Rule 16(b) which was ramrodded through in a special called SCGOP convention in July 30th, 2022. 

The good news is the former PCRP Chair, Bob Fetterly (who did not run, nor had he planned to run, for re-election in 2025) has published a video response to the SCGOP charges that he arbitrarily capped the number of county delegates to 400 – a bizarre charge by the SCGOP. Bob did a great job laying out the details … and it now appears that “if” there were any “Rules Violations” … it was really the SCGOP itself that violated it’s own Rules. 

Take a look … we think you will enjoy the video response and details:


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This is obviously going to be an ongoing story … so stay tuned!!!


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2026 Primary: June 9th, 2026 – 365 Days!

Time is your enemy! #Focus!

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What is the #1 enemy of a political campaign?  TIME!!!

The clock is ticking friends.  Exactly 365 days from today will be the 2026 Republican & Democrat Primaries here in South Carolina.  That is not a lot of time.

It is even less time with EARLY VOTING beginning on Tuesday MAY 25th, 2026 – FRIDAY June 5th, 2026.

ARE YOU READY???

Are you doing what YOU need to do to (1) run for office … or (2) help a CANDIDATE run for office???

The clock is ticking … #FOCUS!!!


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Coffee & Politics – Greenville Edition – June 6th, 2025

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