🧵WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING: Meet David Pascoe, candidate for SC Attorney General. He's running as a Republican. But is he actually a Democrat?
Joe Biden is in South Carolina today.
Which makes this the perfect moment to introduce you to David Pascoe, candidate for SC Attorney General, running as a Republican, and what he said about Joe Biden in January 2020:
"He is the most decent man I have ever met in American politics. Joe has been a role model of mine for many years. He is someone my sons look up to. Joe is the first and only candidate I have ever endorsed for public office."
That's not only a Democrat who voted for Biden. That's a Democrat who hosted Biden's campaign fundraiser at his own annual oyster roast, endorsed him for president, and was Biden's frontrunner to become US Attorney for South Carolina.
David Pascoe spent 20+ years as an elected Democrat, 6 consecutive terms as SC First Circuit Solicitor. He pushed DEI-style racial quota systems for SC judges as recently as December 2023. Six months before his "conversion," he endorsed a Democratic state rep who voted against banning gender procedures on minors.
And here are the receipts. 👇
As always, patience as I pull together this thread.
David Pascoe spent 20+ years as an elected Democrat, 6 consecutive terms as SC First Circuit Solicitor. On April 10, 2025, he switched to the GOP. SC Dem Chair Christale Spain says he "has been trying to find a lane to run for higher office."
Pascoe switched parties in April 2025.
Pascoe launched his AG campaign in August 2025.
That's 4 months, in a state where no Democrat has won a statewide race since 2006.
You do the math.
In Jan 2020, Pascoe endorsed Biden for president, his "first and only" endorsement of any candidate in his life. He called Biden "a role model of mine for many years" and "someone my sons look up to."
"He is the most decent man I have ever met in American politics."
That's what David Pascoe said about Joe Biden in January 2020.
He is now running for SC Attorney General as a Republican.
Read this quote again.
"Joe is the first and only candidate I have ever endorsed for public office."
I've been warning you that NGOs have a goal of installing establishment candidates in Republican primaries. David Pascoe is proof.
Before that endorsement, Biden came to Pascoe's turf. In Jan 2020, Biden attended Pascoe's annual Oyster Roast & Fish Fry at the Orangeburg County Fairgrounds... over 250 people. This was Pascoe's event, his crowd, his stage.
The Biden fundraiser wasn't a one-off. Pascoe's Oyster Roast at the Orangeburg County Fairgrounds hosted Hillary Clinton in 2016 too. He was a Democratic presidential kingmaker in SC for a decade. This was not a passive Democrat.
Pascoe has become a running joke, with people making skits of him on the phone with Biden even as he tries to pretend to be a Republican... that’s how unbelievable his transformation is to voters on the ground in SC.
After Biden won in 2020, Pascoe was the frontrunner to be named US Attorney for South Carolina... Biden's pick for his state's top federal prosecutor. This is not the biography of a conservative.
December 2023, 16 months before his "conversion"... Pascoe demanded SC's judiciary use a DEI-style racial quota system for judge recommendations. "It is insanity for anyone not to support reform for the good of our state."
Then there's the Heather Bauer endorsement. In October 2024, just months before his "conversion," Pascoe endorsed a Democratic state rep with a 28% Freedom Index rating. His exact words: "no one has demonstrated more courage."
Heather Bauer voted AGAINST SC's ban on gender reassignment procedures for minors (H4624). That bill passed 82-23 and was signed into law May 2024. Pascoe endorsed her in October 2024.
Bauer also: opposed the ban on DEI mandates, opposed permitless concealed carry, and supported voter registration provisions for illegal immigrants. This is who Pascoe said showed "more courage" than any other SC House member.
In 2012, Pascoe crossed into NC to volunteer for Obama's reelection campaign. "I wanted to volunteer a few hours of my day. I would like to get up there at least one or two more Saturdays."
"You can call me a RINO. You call me an SOB, just don't call me a liberal because I'm more conservative, especially on criminal justice issues."
David Pascoe, June 30, 2025
He got the first part right.
His own X post: "I've sat on stages with the most powerful Democrats in the country, but they never liked me." You endorsed Biden. You hosted Biden (and Clinton). Biden tried to make you his US Attorney.
With all due respect @davidpascoesc, they liked you fine.
@davidpascoesc SC Democratic Party Chair Christale Spain had the most honest take on all of it: Pascoe "has been trying to find a lane to run for higher office." No Democrat wins statewide in SC. He needed a different lane.
@davidpascoesc CONCLUSION:
David Pascoe didn't leave the Democrats. The Democrats just became inconvenient for his career. SC Republican primary voters deserve to know who they're actually voting for. The record is clear... and it's all sourced above. 👆
Thread end.
@davidpascoesc A few people swearing they know David Pascoe and he's actually a conservative.
Sorry, I think given all those receipts especially the judiciary DEI, it's way more likely he's telling you what you want to hear.
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