{"id":114,"date":"2026-05-19T18:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=114"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:09:07","slug":"scs-evette-says-she-wont-participate-in-next-gop-debate-despite-increased-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"SC\u2019s Evette says she won\u2019t participate in next GOP debate, despite increased viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette says she won\u2019t participate in the next televised South Carolina Republican debate for candidates for governor.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=112\">Hostage situation at SC home ends when deputies discover body, sheriff says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Instead, she will hold a get-out-the-vote rally.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The next debate is scheduled for Tuesday, May 26, at Wofford College in Spartanburg. Invitations to candidates are expected to go out Thursday to those candidates who meet the minimum 5% polling threshold, which Evette was expected to meet.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Evette did not participate in the first debate in Newberry, but participated in the GOP debate in Charleston, along with state Sen. Josh Kimbrell, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, Isle of Palms businessman Rom Reddy and Attorney General Alan Wilson. Campaigns for Norman, Reddy and Wilson said their candidates intend to participate in the debate.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Evette has said she will participate in a debate with SC ETV in June.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Spartanburg debate is scheduled for the first day of early in-person voting for the June 9 primary.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really need to get out the vote,\u201d Evette told reporters. \u201cDo you know (how) many people that I have been talking to are completely forgetting about June 9 that are talking about November. Midterm votes notoriously low voter turnout. I think it\u2019s important to have people reminded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Viewership for the Republican debate increased by 50% from the April 1 event to the April 21 event.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=110\">California fugitive captured in Mexico, kids reunited with family after mom\u2019s death<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SCGOP is proud to provide the biggest audience ever for our candidates for governor to share their vision and message directly with GOP voters all across our state,\u201d Republican State Party Chairman Drew McKissick said in a statement. \u201cOur voters will certainly be there, and I think that our qualifying candidates should be there too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Still Evette\u2019s decision not to participate will most likely be criticized by her opponents.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been at a debate, I\u2019ve been at every governor\u2019s forum, I\u2019ve been in all 46 counties, I\u2019ve been talking to people every single day, talking directly to them. I\u2019m not dodging anything,\u201d Evette said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Evette spoke to reporters about her decision outside the State House chambers as members debated whether to redraw the state\u2019s congressional districts ahead of this year\u2019s elections. Democratic members conspicuously repeatedly referenced Evette\u2019s recent slip up in front of House Judiciary Committee members when she said the House had 140 representatives, when the chamber has 124.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was focused on redistricting. That\u2019s what I was focused on,\u201d Evette said. \u201cI mean, how many times did somebody ask somebody a question? You\u2019re like, oh. I know there\u2019s 124. I know how many people we have in the Senate. They can do it all they want. That\u2019s the best thing they got. They can talk about it all day long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=108\">This deadly virus is way more prevalent in SC than US overall and it\u2019s not measles or COVID<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lt. Gov. 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