Senator Steven Goldfinch SC Atty General candidate interview

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00:00 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 00:23 Oh 00:27 For spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties. 00:59 share his grace on thee. 01:12 from sea to shining sea. America is back. Yes, sir. And welcome back to the program. Well, we've got an attorney general attorney general's race going on here in South Carolina. And I got to be honest with you. This thing has turned a little more animated than I thought it was going to joining us right now as state Senator Stephen Goldfinch. 01:39 who is running for attorney general on state senator welcome to the program hope you're doing well literally for having me yes sir can you tell us about the here i'd like to have not uh... i had no intention on my i'm not sure i call it a bad but i had no intention on uh... in engaging in any agreement with my opponent but uh... he brought it up and uh... he units 02:09 received lots and lots more money from lawyers than he had. And, um, kind of funny considering all of his buddies are lawyers and we're all lawyers. gotta be a lawyer and a politician to run for attorney general, whether you like it or not. I mean, it's sort of the prerequisite for the job, but, uh, he, said, look, if, if I've received more trial lawyer money than you have, then I'll back out of the race. And if you've received more than I have, then you back out of the race. Well, I knew. 02:37 the answer to this question already. certainly would not have shaken his hand otherwise. he's received $270,000 ah from that group and I received 160 from that group. so, yeah, shook his hand, of course. as of today, we posted the numbers. Everybody can go look. You don't have to take my word for it. Go look on each of our Statement of Economic Interest. But uh those numbers are accurate. 03:05 We've posted the numbers as of today, he's not yet backed out. So I don't, I don't think he's going to live up to his word. So is this race a little more animated than you thought it would be? No, I knew who my opposition was from the beginning. Um, most people, most people around here do. And, um, you know, he, runs with a tough crowd. He runs with a crowd. mean, just quite frankly, they're all a bunch of Democrats that have played dirty for. 03:30 a lot of years and that's always been his crowd. It is his crowd now. It's just that he switched parties and now uh they're using the same tactics that they were using last year and the year before as Democrats. They're just running as Republicans this year. It's dirty. So what do you think the biggest problem is in our state right now? Some people say it's corruption. um Would you say that's a legitimate concern here in South Carolina? Well, look, I I 04:00 Oppose corruption wherever it pops up its ugly head, whether it's Republican or Democrat corruption. find it convenient that corruption is the biggest problem at the state house. According to David Pasco, when Republicans certainly are in charge of the state house and has been, have been for a long time. I've never seen David Pasco pursue a Democrat, especially, you know, Democrats. I mean, really any, any Democrat, but I find it especially ironic considering the fact that he's got corruption in his own backyard. One of the most corrupt. 04:30 and dangerous counties to live in is Orangeburg County, which is where he lives and where he represents his solicitor. And in fact, we just rooted out some corruption from a, you know, representative of Guild of Cobb Hunter, who is David Pascoe's buddy, stood on stage with him, endorsed him, he's endorsed her. And we just rooted out some of that corruption in literally in his own backyard, being paid through the solicitor's office to her for services that are not being rendered. 04:55 DJJ has confirmed that those services are not being rendered in ...

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