Sheriff Hobart Lewis weighs in on the President Trump Endorsement of Pamela Evette

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00:00 I tell you what, this whole thing just gets a little crazier and a little crazier because we all think that it was Donald Trump, Henry McMaster, and Pamela Evitt and Henry McMaster Jr., those four people involved in this thing. But according to Sheriff Hobart Lewis, there's a couple of other players as well. I want to read you. This is a statement from Sheriff Hobart Lewis's Facebook page. Are you ready? Here we go. 00:29 For those of you who may not know the inside baseball of South Carolina politics, let me explain the background and the impact of the president's McMaster-Evitt favor on hardworking South Carolinians. No matter who you support in the upcoming governor's race, these are the facts you should know because what happened here could happen to you or a member of your family who has nothing to do with politics. President Trump called Governor McMaster 00:59 and asked him to help with redrawing the congressional maps. The South Carolina Senate declined. Was that intentional? I believe it was. The governor wanted the legislative session to end so he could make a dramatic call to bring the General Assembly back into session. He was using the timing and the free media attention to once again benefit himself and his family. The real art of the deal 01:30 came when McMaster negotiated to call lawmakers back if, and this was a big if, President Trump would endorse Pam Evitt and, are you ready for this? And appoint McMaster's longtime security detail driver to the position of U.S. Marshal for the District of South Carolina. In return, Pam Evitt would select McMaster's son as her running mate. Now that was a new wrinkle there. 02:00 So now we hear, you call him back, here's what we'll do. I'll call him back, but you've got to endorse Pam Leavitt and you've got to appoint my driver as a US Marshal. 02:16 And as a favor back to me, Pamela Ebbett is going to name Henry McMaster Jr. as her running mate. Hobart Lewis goes on to say, why does this matter to your family? Let me explain. The current U.S. Marshal, a Biden appointee backed by Representative Jim Clyburn, has now outlasted almost every other Biden appointee in the country. Meanwhile, 02:44 the man who was slated to be appointed, um already completed a year-long background investigation, multiple interviews, extensive paperwork, and even announced his retirement after receiving approval through the process. He did everything the right way. He served South Carolina in law enforcement for more than 45 years. He told his family and friends that he would soon be named U.S. Marshal 03:12 Once the president signed the confirmation sitting on his desk, then at the 11th hour, he became collateral damage in a political deal. Pam Ebbett never blinked. All she wanted was the endorsement. This proves one thing. Pam Ebbett cares about Pam Ebbett. Can she really govern? I don't believe she can. 03:39 Since 2017, she has done little more than attend horse races, ribbon cuttings, and fundraisers. There was even a time when Governor McMaster reportedly called her in and dressed her down. He was so dissatisfied that she ended up firing her closest political ally on staff to protect herself. Pam Ebbett has shown us who she is. Don't believe that she has suddenly changed or that she has your best interest at heart. She doesn't. She cares about herself. 04:07 keeping in mind that a 45 year law enforcement officer and his family saw their future turned upside down because of political ambition and self interest. If she was willing to do that to them, what makes you think she wouldn't do it to your family? Wow, I read that this morning and I immediately thought was like, Sheila, you gotta read this. You gotta read what Hobart just said. I had no idea. 04:36 I had no idea that here's a guy in the whole mix. Henry McMaster, security detail driver. 04:47 The agreement was we're going to make him a US marshal. Meanwhile, you got this other guy been in law enforcem ...

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