{"id":919,"date":"2026-06-03T19:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=919"},"modified":"2026-06-03T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:10:08","slug":"scs-mcmaster-evette-deny-pressure-to-put-governors-son-on-ticket-amid-speculation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=919","title":{"rendered":"SC\u2019s McMaster, Evette deny pressure to put governor\u2019s son on ticket amid speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Amid speculation he is pushing for his son to be placed on Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette\u2019s ticket, Gov. Henry McMaster denied any deal or pressure to make Henry D. McMaster Jr. Evette\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=918\">Chase that started at Walmart ends with wanted man arrested, Columbia police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>When President Donald Trump endorsed Evette\u2019s campaign for South Carolina governor, he included a reference to who her running mate might be, the current governor\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>It led to blowback in political circles and from other hopefuls in the race for the Republican nomination that McMaster was trying to secure a political future for his son.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just speculation, and everybody\u2019s entitled their own opinion, but not their own facts. I don\u2019t know where all that\u2019s coming from,\u201d McMaster said after an Evette campaign rally in Aiken County Tuesday, with less than a week before the June 9 primary. \u201cBut that\u2019s part of politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Evette also defended the governor, who is in his 10th year in office, calling him a \u201ctrue statesman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you know everybody knows President Trump, that\u2019s not the way President Trump operates. And I feel bad for anybody that feels that desperate, that they\u2019d have to throw that kind of stuff out there,\u201d Evette said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Alan Wilson\u2019s campaign has dogged Evette\u2019s campaign for answers over how McMaster\u2019s son was included in the endorsement announcement, while saying the attorney general respected the president\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear Gov. McMaster was doing everything he could to fight for his family\u2019s legacy and secure his son\u2019s political future,\u201d Wilson posted on social media Saturday. \u201cBut I\u2019m running for Governor to fight for your family and our state\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=917\">Hilton, Becerra poised to advance to November in California governor\u2019s race<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>McMaster defended his son, who has been criticized by U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, another Republican hopeful for governor, for explicit social media posts he purportedly made in 2007.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we are young and stupid: We\u2019re young and stupid at the college, or maybe a freshman in college I don\u2019t know where all that is coming from,\u201d McMaster said. \u201cI\u2019m very proud of my son. He\u2019s a grown man now. I think he would make a very good candidate for public office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The younger McMaster has not returned phone calls seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday the governor called it \u201ca great compliment,\u201d for the president to mention his son. McMaster added his son and the lieutenant governor would be a \u201cgood pair\u201d as a ticket, but the decision is Evette\u2019s to make.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Evette also said she doesn\u2019t know how Trump decided to include the mention of the governor\u2019s son in the endorsement of her campaign.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe called me before I saw anything drop, but he was very positive. He told me he picked me because I had been with him from the beginning. I was a true conservative,\u201d Evette said. \u201cHe\u2019s very politically astute. But I have said since the beginning of this race that I was going to win the primary, and then I would worry about everything that comes after, and I haven\u2019t changed my position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Evette dismissed those optics of what people see as a deal between her and the governor, which now would involve the president.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople say a lot of things, and as the governor said, facts are facts, and you can\u2019t make your feelings facts, and so if everybody sticks with the facts, everybody will be really happy,\u201d Evette said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=915\">Search for missing South Carolina woman who hasn\u2019t been seen for months<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>Reporter Lucy Valeski contributed to this article.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina Gov. 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