Citizens, Activists left in the Dark during Kershaw County GOP Leadership's Discipline of Conservatives
It was another cold evening at the American Legion in Camden as the Kershaw County Republican Party held their monthly business meeting on Thursday, February 5. The meeting contained items that were the latest in a saga that pitted the SCGOP-aligned leadership (which holds a slim majority of the body and its leaders) against the conservative faction, or "KCGOP Freedom Caucus."
Kershaw County Republican Party Executive Committee adopts seven censures addressing Chairman Dunlap’s misconduct
Camden, South Carolina – On October 30, 2025, the KCGOP Executive Committee passed, without opposing votes, seven censure motions addressing Chairman Autumn Dunlap for sustained procedural misconduct.
A Line That Should Never Be Crossed
It’s hard to believe this even needs to be said.
A Kershaw County service member, currently forward-deployed to serve our nation, is being denied his right to representation within his own Republican Party here at home. Before deploying, he followed every proper procedure and designated his wife as his proxy—so his vote and voice would still be heard while he fulfills his duty overseas.
But the Kershaw County GOP Chair has refused to recognize that proxy, citing reasons that are not only wrong under Party rules, but morally indefensible. Let that sink in: A man who risks his life defending our freedoms abroad is being stripped of one of his own right here on American soil.