Three members from each of the South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate will meet at 10am on Tuesday to try and resolves differences on the Immigration Bill. Some of the differences that they need to resolve are how private employers will check the citizenship of a new employee.
Glenn McCall was the first African American chairman to lead the Republican Party in York County, SC and now he has declared that he is running for one of South Carolina’s two seats in the RNC. If he wins, he will be the only African American to sit on this 100-person board that decides party platforms and such. Why might you want to support McCall? Well, for one thing, he helped to mobilize support against the immigration bill last year. Because of this, one of his goals is to bring about more party accountability.
“I’m not here to be a yes man,” he said at the time. “I’m here to do what’s right for the party. There are folks saying if this happens, they’ll never vote Republican, they’ll never vote for him. And that’s not what we need.”
When he became chairman, McCall made clear that one of his top priorities would be keeping closer watch on the voting records of Republican elected officials. Many party faithful have complained to him that their representatives don’t work hard enough to advance the conservative agenda.
“There is an attempt in our party to water down what we believe and stand for,” he said Thursday. “We have been victorious over the past 25 years for standing for those things that most Americans want and believe in.”
Asked for examples, McCall mentioned lower taxes, strong national defense and the idea that life is sacred.
He sounds like a winner to me. Read the rest of the article for some of his prior accomplishments.
