[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 195 (Tuesday, November 17, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              SOUTH CAROLINIANS APPRECIATE PRESIDENT TRUMP

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
South Carolina (Mr. Wilson) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, President Donald Trump was 
extraordinarily successful in South Carolina, overcoming the biased 
fake news to have a tremendous victory.
  The voters appreciated record job growth for African Americans, 
Hispanics, and Asian Americans, along with record job growth for women 
and youth, along with a restored military with peace through strength, 
protecting our allies like Israel, as he stood for law enforcement to 
protect American families.
  There is true love and affection for Donald Trump in South Carolina.
  Democrats wasted the largest onslaught ever of cash, with over $200 
million from out-of-State, to pathetically spend money to the point 
where their votes were $120 per vote to lose.
  Democrats unintentionally exposed their socialist agenda of 
everything free for everybody, resulting in citizens with no freedom, 
but the political and media elites have all the power.
  Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was correct that socialism will work 
until it has run out of spending other people's money, always failing.
  In South Carolina, female Republicans were especially targeted by the 
failing Democrats. South Carolina has elected the first female 
Republican Congresswoman ever, Congresswoman-elect Nancy Mace. The 
South Carolina State Senate has elected, with Penry Gustafson of 
Camden, the first Republican ever to be elected to the State Senate 
from Kershaw County, joining Senators Katrina Shealy of Lexington and 
Sandy Senn of Charleston.
  Despite Democrat dirty tricks, a smeared Senator Lindsey Graham swept 
to victory, with Republican gains at all levels--Federal, State, and 
local--with the largest number of Republican elected officials in 140 
years.
  State Party Chairman Drew McKissick and Executive Director Hope 
Walker have been dynamic leaders for successfully leading the victory 
party with Governor Henry McMaster, Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette, 
and Attorney General Alan Wilson.
  I am humbled to have lived the modern Republican revolution, 
attending the swearing-in of State Representative Charlie Boineau in 
August 1961 as the first elected Republican in the 20th century, with 
State Representative Floyd Spence being the first to courageously 
switch parties in 1962, leading today to super Republican majorities 
with all statewide officials now Republicans, along with eight out of 
nine Federal legislators being Republicans.
  I credit my mother, Wray Wilson, for my political involvement, as she 
was a pioneering activist in South Carolina for President Dwight 
Eisenhower in 1952.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11th in the global war on terrorism.
  Our sympathy for the family of the visionary Midlands business leader 
Arthur Brown, Jr.

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