After just over a year in office, half of which was spent under grant jury investigation, the lieutenant governor of South Carolina has resigned. He was indicted for a variety of cmapaign law violations, including paying for personal property with contribution money and inflating his donor lists with fake contributors.
More touching, however, is that tooth-grinding acceptance statement of his successor, the president pro tem of the Senate:
Stepping into the role is McConnell, who is giving up one of the most powerful positions in all of state government for a mostly ceremonial role whose only duties are to preside over the Senate and run the state Office on Aging.
Speaking with reporters after a closed-door meeting in his State House office, McConnell said becoming lieutenant governor is “a personal sacrifice” but his reading of the state constitution makes it clear that the Senate President Pro Tem has a duty to become lieutanant governor when the post is permanently vacated.
“After much thought, prayer and discussion, I have decided that I have a moral obligation to my oath of office and to the constitution of this state,” McConnell said in a prepared statement. “It is an obligation that compels me to do the right thing no matter how difficult it may be to me personally.”
Meanwhile, Brad Warthen says- echoing Tolstoy- that SC Republicans are all the same; but corrupt SCRepublicans are all corrupt in their own way.
More touching, however, is that tooth-grinding acceptance statement of his successor, the president pro tem of the Senate:
Stepping into the role is McConnell, who is giving up one of the most powerful positions in all of state government for a mostly ceremonial role whose only duties are to preside over the Senate and run the state Office on Aging.
Speaking with reporters after a closed-door meeting in his State House office, McConnell said becoming lieutenant governor is “a personal sacrifice” but his reading of the state constitution makes it clear that the Senate President Pro Tem has a duty to become lieutanant governor when the post is permanently vacated.
“After much thought, prayer and discussion, I have decided that I have a moral obligation to my oath of office and to the constitution of this state,” McConnell said in a prepared statement. “It is an obligation that compels me to do the right thing no matter how difficult it may be to me personally.”
Meanwhile, Brad Warthen says- echoing Tolstoy- that SC Republicans are all the same; but corrupt SCRepublicans are all corrupt in their own way.
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