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S244 – Faux Tort Reform?
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We are all about education … we think #ReOrg2025 is going to be an eye-opening event for many new (over the past 4 years) MAGA America First conservatives … and we are seeing (similar to our fight over “real” school choice) a NEW legislative battle brewing over what is being called by some as TORT REFORM.
Conservative typically fall for the “dog whistle” red meat issues of school choice, pro-life, judicial reform … and things like TORT REFORM. But, The People are waking up … and folks are saying “not so fast on S244”. (See Bill HERE.)
Remember … as we teach … all of this is not a battle between R vs D … this is a battle between the “establishment elite” in both those parties vs. THE PEOPLE … and it seems like THE PEOPLE get the shaft every time (at least before President TRUMP entered the equation).
Donald Trump, Jr.
Our initial interest was peaked when DONALD TRUMP, JR. made a “tweet” about this new SC legislation saying …
“This bill seems like a complete disaster. Hopefully the legislature gets smart and strikes this down!“
– Donald Trump, Jr., 2/11/2025
And our radar really went off yesterday when it was revealed in the Post & Courier that SC Senate “Republicans” were launching a SIX FIGURE ad campaign in support of S 244. Hmmmmm … now we are really interested!
And “who” is leading this effort for TORT REFOM? None other than the Nikki Haley endorsing lawyer legislator (do we like them?) SC Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R – Edgefield).
And “what” is Senator Massey’s top client? Reportedly, the insurance carrier Allstate.
And “where” is the SIX FIGURE … reportedly $250,000 … ad campaign money from the SC Senate Republican Caucus coming from? We have seen the actions of the SC Senate “Republicans” … the other “policy” they have pushed (like 100% gov’t run Christian school choice) … and has it ever been good for the citizens of South Carolina???
We suspect there will be big money on both sides of this issue … we even got a mailer opposing S244 in the mail today (see below) … so what better example to follow over the coming months. #LearnTheirTRICKS!!!
As I told a friend yesterday … you can almost tell what legislation is going to be “BAD” just based on who is sponsoring / pushing it … and watching the money behind it. It is an art & a science … and this alleged TORT REFORM will be interesting to follow.
Fixing Liquor Liability?: The other concern coming out is that yes, we all want to fix the liquor liability issue that has sent insurance premiums through the roof causing the closing of mom & pop establishments all over South Carolina. We all want to fix that … so why don’t “they” just fix that one issue??? Why create some massive “dog whistle” TORT REFORM package, when the real problem is very narrowly defined???
It appears to many that the mom & pop liquor liability issue is only the “Public Relations” piece of the pie … when the reality is the real goal of certain lawyer legislators is to protect their clients – the massive insurance companies who are reportedly already making over $700 MILLION off South Carolinians today.
Remember, we want you all to LEARN how all this works … so stay tuned.
More to come on this one …
BONUS CONTENT:
We attended a presentation by 1st Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe (HERE & HERE) last Thursday (video coming) updating us at the Pickens County Republican Party on one of our top topics … JUDICIAL REFORM. There has been some legislation passed … but as Pascoe put it, there is a lot more we need to do.
Solicitor Pascoe make one other interesting comment as to the judicial reform we have passed so far that was very revealing … “they had to change things so that things stayed the same.” Do you get it???
Basically our legislators switched up a few things in the law … CLAIMED VICTORY … but in reality VERY LITTLE has changed. Lawyer legislators still control the JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMITTEE (JMSC). That was the problem in the first place … that is easy to fix (like the liquor liability issue) … and that still remains the case today … our lawyer legislators still pick our judges.
This sort of “smoke & mirrors” may be exactly what is going on with this alleged TORT REFORM. Our establishment “Republicans” put on a good show … but at the end of the day our mom & pop establishments will keep closing … and their BIG MONEY insurance companies get richer at the expense of South Carolinians … at the expense of The People.
People are figuring out these games … witness Judicial Reform, School Choice (a disaster), Pro-Life … and the next lesson may very well be faux TORT REFORM.
Again, more to come on this one …
2/24/2025 Mailer: HERE (pdf)
Post & Courier 2/16/2025: (HERE)
Post & Courier 2/24/2025: (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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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.
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Friends, we have been running a weekly Coffee & Politics Meeting out of our Greenville Headquarters for nearly 3 1/2 years now … and it has been a huge hit. It is how we communicate our vision and #Mission to or local Volunteers and Community … and it one way we RECRUIT more people to the MAGA America First movement.
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Coffee & Politics – May 23rd, 2025 – YouTube (HERE)
Friends, we have been running a weekly Coffee & Politics Meeting out of our Greenville Headquarters for nearly 3 1/2 years now … and it has been a huge hit. It is how we communicate our vision and #Mission to or local Volunteers and Community … and it one way we RECRUIT more people to the MAGA America First movement.
WHEN: Every Friday from 11am – 1pm
The opposition hates it so much … and we temporarily had to move it to a local DENNY’S restaurant … because they actually filed a ZONING / Business Use violation as we were not authorized to have public meetings inside our HQ (outside is OK) as we are just formally permitted as a “business office” AND a PODCAST STUDIO!!! Yes, we are formally permitted at our HQ as a PodCast Studio … so guess what we can do!!!
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Coffee & Politics – May 16th, 2025 – YouTube (HERE)
– by Jeff Davis
Friends, we have been running a weekly Coffee & Politics Meeting out of our Greenville Headquarters for nearly 3 1/2 years now … and it has been a huge hit. It is how we communicate our vision and #Mission to or local Volunteers and Community … and it one way we RECRUIT more people to the MAGA America First movement.
WHEN: Every Friday from 11am – 1pm
The opposition hates it so much … and we temporarily had to move it to a local DENNY’S restaurant … because they actually filed a ZONING / Business Use violation as we were not authorized to have public meetings inside our HQ (outside is OK) as we are just formally permitted as a “business office” AND a PODCAST STUDIO!!! Yes, we are formally permitted at our HQ as a PodCast Studio … so guess what we can do!!!
We are now LIVESTREAMING the meeting not just for our local Greenville Friends … but also statewide (and worldwide as we have had members watch from Europe & even from a transatlantic cruise).
“What is meant for evil God turns to good”
– Genesis 50:20
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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 is the Greenville County Republican Party Chairman (2021-2023 & 2025-2027) and also served as the GCRP State Executive Committeeman (2023-2025).
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 week FITSNews put out an article about the SC Speaker of the House entitled “Murrell Smith Has Lost His Ability To Lead”. (HERE).
Questioning the Speaker’s ability to lead was one thing (and we loved it) … but we found a quote in the article that “IF” all our MAGA America First friends would learn and truly understand, we would win this war with the RINOs … and Save America in the process.
Take a read … and maybe read it twice …
“Power, in an ideal world, is wielded by principled officials with the consent – and in the interests – of the governed. In reality, though, it is wielded by powerful special interests who use elected officials as their puppets. As a result, the goal of “governing” becomes advancing those special interests while doing just enough to fool just enough of the voters into believing you are still serving their interests.”
“The more the curtain is peeled back, though, the harder it becomes to keep the puppet show going… especially when the objectives of these special interests run completely counter to the will of the electorate.”
– FITSNews 4/24/2025
Do you see it? Do you realize that none of this world of politics is about the Will of The People? Do you understand you can’t trust any of them … and as we would add, especially don’t trust the ones you like? Didn’t we see this with what essentially every SC State Senator did to Treasurer Curtis Loftis on April 21st, 2025 … and their “railroading of US”? (HERE)
It is all about OVERSIGHT … by The People … by YOU … by US … and it takes calling out the “drift” to the center (or worse, to the left) we see with all good conservative elected officials … most within months of being elected.
Yes, WE are peeling back the curtain. WE are winning. But learn to trust your gut, learn to question everything, and learn to trust nothing as is necessary!!!
WE The People win first by knowing what this “game” (as they see it) is really about … and secondly by knowing this applies to ALL elected officials … including the ones you like … especially the ones you like. No one is immune.
If you will learn just that … WE can Save America.
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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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