Lexington GOP leadership weaponizes against opposition
I have had many adventurous days in the political world. Last night was a first. Bear with me.
It started innocently enough, until we received a report from our Lexington County GOP County Credentialing Chairman. He proceeded to share three appeals that happened last Friday evening, the eve of Saturday's State Republican Convention. Those appeals included Charleston, Darlington and Pickens County. Our Credentialing Chairman voted with the majority in all three.
What Happened to Pickens?
Lexington County leadership is labeling any vocalized dissent to eyewitness corruption as “drama.”
How convenient.
Lexington GOP chairman shuts down questioning
As the elected Committeeman for my precinct in the Lexington County Republican Party, it is my duty to ask questions when they are necessary.
Tonight, our county Credentialing Chairman gave his report on the three appeals from last weekend’s SCGOP Convention.
As I began to ask questions about the facts of the Pickens County GOP situation, I was shut down by Chairman Weber and he just moved along. Also, Chairman Weber took the opportunity to attack John Allen for being passionate during his duties as a state convention delegate.
SCGOP changes words to skirt the law, and their own rules.
In 2023, the Precinct ReOrganization Form 1, please see highlighted sentence beside the third box. It reads: I did not attend my make-up meeting but wish to be elected as a Delegate to the County Party Convention per State Party Rule 4-c-11.
The SCGOP is not above the law
1) I attended the Darlington County Republican Party (DCRP) ReOrganization meeting on March 22, 2025;
2) I properly filled out Form 1, indicating my intent to run as a delegate to the 2025 SCGOP State Convention by marking the Delegate to State Convention box;
Drew McKissick and the illegal delegate slates
Republicans, the issue at hand is the illegal delegate slates that have pushed through by corrupt county officers who are beholden to Chairman Drew McKissick. Delegates who wanted to go to the state convention have been robbed of their rights of an election because McKissick wants to win at all costs.
Still counting…
It is wholly unacceptable to not have state delegate results for the Lexington County GOP Convention 27 hours later. Counting 230ish ballots isn’t that taxing of a a process (who knows the actual number, it changed several times during the convention).
Deeds Done in the Dark
As an update to my last post, Chairman Mark Weber and First Vice Chairwoman Debbie Heim have yet to cite a rule which allows delegates to be hand-picked by the chairman after the scheduled makeup meeting.
However, this morning in the steering chat, Debbie Heim sent a document entitled “SC GOP State Rule 4, Explained.” She sent this document along with screenshots of the entirety of State Rule 4, once again asserting that the chair hand-picking delegates on his own timeline is permissible.
Broken Rules and Ballot Harvesting
elow is a statement sent by the Lexington County Republican Party Chairman Mark Weber today, March 23, at 12:17am.
In this statement Mark Weber claims that continuing to accept P1 delegate forms under his personal timeline and discretion is permitted “per our state rule.”
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞. Posted below is a screenshot of our state rule, as well as a screenshot of our county rule. In neither is it stated that this process is under the Chair’s sole purview.