Just hours after President Donald Trump spoke at Benedict College, and received the Bipartisan Justice Award, one of his Democratic rivals drops out of a weekend forum.
Different groups from across Richland Co. and the state gathered in Columbia on Friday to protest President Trump’s visit. People chanted and held signs ahead of his arrival, and then marched from Taylor Street to Benedict College.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–President Donald Trump delivered his speech on criminal justice reform Friday at the Second Step Presidential Justice Forum in Columbia. The President received the Bipartisan Justice Award at the opening of the forum at Benedict College. During his address, President Trump discussed what he called the historic coalition that was founded to create criminal justice reform. You can…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–President Donald Trump delivered the keynote address at the Second Step Presidential Justice Forum Friday at Benedict College. Watch his opening remarks here. President Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at the forum. The Bipartisan Justice Award is the highest honor given annually to a public servant who has demonstrated the ability to work across the aisle to…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– President Donald Trump will arrive in Columbia on Friday. The President is scheduled to speak at the Second Step Presidential Justice Forum at Benedict College. He is expected to address a number of issues, including criminal justice reform and opportunity zones. But as Columbia prepares for the Presidential visit, there are groups holding a protest. ABC Columbia’s…
Mayor Steve Benjamin ABC COLUMBIA Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin wrote an open letter to President Donald Trump ahead of his visit to Columbia and Benedict College Friday. It reads; Mr. President, welcome to Columbia, South Carolina. In these incredibly difficult times in which we live, we may disagree fundamentally on many issues of public importance but I…
(CNN) Thursday the House of Representatives approved legislation aimed at combating foreign influence in US elections. The Shield Act would require political campaigns to alert the FBI and Federal Election Commission about foreign nationals that offer up illegal election help, and would demand political ads on digital platforms like Facebook abide by the same rules set forth for television and…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- President Donald Trump will be in Columbia Friday. President Trump is set to deliver the keynote speech at the 2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum in Columbia, SC at Benedict College. Stay with ABC Columbia News for Live coverage on air and online. Our Alexis Frazier spoke with White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council Executive Director Scott Turner…
(ABC News) — Thursday President Trump sent praises to the members of the Republican House members who barged the closed door impeachment hearing Wednesday, disrupting it for hours. ABC’s terry Moran has more. Categories: National News, Politics
(CNN) — The Democratic field of Presidential Candidates is shrinking again. Representative Tim Ryan dropped out of the race Thursday. The Congressman from Ohio posted a video on twitter Thursday announcing he’s throwing in the towel. Ryan ran in the contest as a Moderate candidate, but his campaign never gained traction among mostly progressive voices. Ryan failed to raise enough…
