“We want to legalize marijuana. We want to legalize sports betting. We want to take that money and pay our teachers more,” Cunningham said. “We want to look to eliminate the state income tax in South Carolina. It’s a message of freedom and it resonates throughout the entire state.”
Today, several candidates hoping to be the Palmetto State’s Democratic candidate for governor will take part in a debate ahead of the primary election on Tuesday.
In a string of tweets, state Sen. Mia McLeod and House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford sparred back and forth with personal vitriol, which began with McLeod noting Rutherford had backed Joe Cunningham, and not her, because McLeod had refused “to appoint his unqualified new wife” as a magistrate.
Democratic State Representative Todd Rutherford is backing Joe Cunningham’s campaign for governor.
At least some of the five South Carolina Democrats seeking their party’s gubernatorial nomination are expected to debate next week, just more than a week before the state’s primary elections.
