I just walked over to Butch Bowers’ law office next to the Statehouse and knocked on the locked door.

He came out into the hallway, saw me through the window, turned around and walked back inside.
postandcourier.com/columbia/colum…
Here’s a photo of Bowers’ office. You may recognize the name of the other attorney who used to work in the same building with him before taking on a different job. #scpol
Bowers finally just emerged from his office in running clothes after I staked it out for about an hour.

I asked if he’ll be representing Trump in the impeachment trial.

“I don’t have any comment at this time,” he said. “I’m just going for a jog.”
postandcourier.com/columbia/colum…
Bowers did also ask if I wanted to come on the run with him. I said sure! (I’m wearing a suit.) But he just laughed and said, “No you don’t.”

Next time I’ll come better prepared.
Just ran back to Bowers’ office to ask if he has any comment now that @JasonMillerinDC has confirmed he’ll be Trump’s impeachment lawyer (he was already back from the jog).

“Who’s Jason?” he said, looking confused for a few seconds.

“I’m just kidding.”
postandcourier.com/columbia/colum…
“I would just tell you that everything Jason said in the tweet I agree with, and I look forward to representing the former president,” Bowers said.

I asked if he’d spoken directly w/ Trump yet.

“That’s all I’ve got to say right now. We’ll talk later.”

I’m sure we will...

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21 Jan
SC Senate Medical Affairs Committee meeting now to discuss the bill to ban all abortions in the state after ~6 weeks of pregnancy.

The bill, S.1, is moving rapidly through the legislative process after advancing out of subcommittee last week: postandcourier.com/politics/anti-…
.@senatortomdavis (R-Beaufort) introduces amendment to provide exception to abortion ban in cases of rape/incest (currently only exception is if life of pregnant woman is in danger).

Sen. Tom Corbin (R-Greenville) asks what would prevent a woman from lying to get an abortion.
State Sen. Richard Cash (R-Anderson), says punishment for rape should fall upon the rapist, not the "innocent human life" of the fetus.

"This is not in any way to minimize the violence, the trauma, the very difficult situation that the woman has been put in by the rapist."
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14 Jan
SC Gov. @HenryMcMaster enters the House chamber to deliver his 2021 State of the State address. #scpol
McMaster’s address is being broadcast on @SCETV and streamed online: scetv.org/live/state-sta…
McMaster thanks frontline workers and others who helped South Carolina persevere through the coronavirus pandemic.

“I’ve never been prouder of our people than right now.” #SCSOTS2021
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Just in: A plane has crashed in the Rosewood neighborhood of Columbia.
Emergency crews are streaming in and out of the backyard of this house near the intersection of Kennedy & S Maple Streets.
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Just in: A South Carolina circuit court judge has temporarily blocked @henrymcmaster's decision to use $32M of federal coronavirus aid to fund private school vouchers
postandcourier.com/politics/sc-ju…
@henrymcmaster Skyler Hutto, the son of @BradHutto, argued McMaster's plan violates a portion of the state constitution that prevents the government from funding private/religious education.

Judge Edgar Dickson agreed to halt the spending until a court hearing next week
postandcourier.com/politics/sc-ju…
Response from @henrymcmaster's spox (1/2):

"Working families in South Carolina are struggling to make ends meet during this pandemic and every parent should have the opportunity to choose the educational instruction that best suits their child’s needs."
postandcourier.com/politics/sc-ju…
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Good morning from Beaufort, where @PeteButtigieg is set to begin a weekend in South Carolina.

Several hundred folks were undeterred by the rain and are now filing in. #SC2020
@PeteButtigieg Opening with a shoutout to SC Dems, GA Dems and IN Dems in attendance, @PeteButtigieg says "we know that there is no such thing as a permanently red state." #SC2020
"There has never been a moment of greater urgency," @PeteButtigieg tells Dem voters in Beaufort, listing plans for rural healthcare/internet, tackling systemic racism and gun safety.

"I think we may even be under-reacting to the stakes of the moment we're living in." #SC2020
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THREAD: Today, S.C. utility regulators cut power rates 17 months after a massive nuclear project was nixed. It's way less than many hoped, but still billions of dollars in future savings for the public.

It may not have happened without the work of unrelenting local reporters.
2) Those reporters are too humble to take credit for what they did, so I'll give it to them in the form of a few highlights.

On day one, @Andy_Ed_Brown laid out what SCE&G wanted to do when they cancelled the project: Charge the blameless public for it
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3) Within weeks of the project getting cancelled, @Andy_Ed_Brown had uncovered early signs of "incompetence at every level" that had gone unheeded as SCE&G continued to collect ratepayer money for their "sexy" failing project: postandcourier.com/business/early…
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