Corruption is a cancer that eats away at the foundation of our democracy. I will fight to implement strict ethics laws, ban insider trading by elected officials, and create independent oversight committees with real power to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing. No one is above the law and especially those we elect to uphold it. Every public official from local government to the highest offices must be held accountable to the people they serve. I believe in mandatory financial disclosures, and real consequences for those who betray the public trust.
Defending your 2nd Amendment rights at ALL costs. I cannot stress how strongly I support the Second Amendment and the rights of every law-abiding citizen to own, carry, and use firearms to protect themselves, their families, and their property. Gun ownership is a constitutional right, not a privilege. I oppose any and all gun control laws, registries, or confiscation efforts that punish responsible citizens while failing to stop violent crime. In South Carolina, we should focus on holding criminals accountable, protecting due process, and defending our hunting, sporting, and self-defense traditions. Not infringing on the freedoms of honest people.
Our roads…trash…We need to just call it what it is. There is no legitimate reason the condition of our roads are this bad. Poor planning, wasteful spending, and lack of accountability have left taxpayers paying more and getting less. That stops here.
We need to start doing the job the right way. Not quick patch jobs that fall apart in months, but real repairs that last. Yes, doing it right may cost more upfront, but constantly fixing the same stretch of road over and over costs far more in the long run. Taxpayers deserve quality work that holds up, not temporary fixes that keep draining money.
★ Prioritize repair and maintenance of existing roads before new expansion
★ Hold contractors and agencies accountable for delays and cost overruns
★ Streamline permitting for critical infrastructure projects
★ Implement fair impact fees so new development helps pay for the infrastructure it relies on
★ Dedicate revenue from Project Pothole* directly to road repair and maintenance, not diverted elsewhere
Groceries, energy bills, housing, and basic necessities are all going up, while paychecks are not keeping pace. That’s not sustainable, and it’s not acceptable.
South Carolina ranks in the lower half of the country for cost of living, and it’s getting worse. Over the last decade, housing and utility costs have outpaced incomes. What used to be affordable is now a strain on working families.
Let’s call out one of the biggest problems directly: regulated monopolies. Companies like Duke and Dominion don’t operate in a real free market. There’s no real competition, and no real incentive to lower costs. When they make a profit, they keep it. When they make a bad decision, you pay for it through higher rates. That’s not capitalism. That’s a rigged system.
I support ending these regulated monopolies and bringing real competition back into the market. If a company wants your business, they should have to earn it, not be guaranteed it.
Let’s talk about transparency. Rate hikes get approved, deals get made, and the public is left in the dark. Government should be protecting you, not rubber-stamping increases or handing out special tax deals like FILOT agreements that benefit corporations over working families.
We don’t fix this by pretending it’s normal. We fix it by cutting waste, holding companies accountable, and putting pressure on the systems that are driving prices up. We support small businesses, strengthen local economies, and stop prioritizing corporate profits over people trying to pay their bills.
At the end of the day, people shouldn’t be struggling just to live and if the system is making that happen, then it’s time to change the system.
It’s being driven by bad policy, lack of competition, and government systems that aren’t working.
If we want to lower costs, we have to fix the root problems, not just treat the symptoms. Increase competition, cut waste, expand housing, and stop forcing people to pay for a business’s bad decisions.
This isn’t complicated. When you make it cheaper to live, build, and do business, costs come down.
Social media should be a place for real people, not fake videos, fake voices, and computer-generated lies designed to imitate reality. We can keep AI out of human social spaces by requiring a clean separation between human content and AI-generated media. No deepfakes in public feeds. No synthetic propaganda in politics or news. No machines pretending to be people. You can still say anything you believe. You just have to say it as a human. This law protects free speech, defends elections, and restores trust in what we see and hear online. Keep social media human. Keep truth real.
No. Simply no. The people have been clear. We do not want data centers in our communities. They bring massive energy demands, strain our infrastructure, and offer little long-term benefit to the people who live here. The tradeoff just isn’t worth it.
As your representative, my job is to represent you, not outside interests. And I will do everything in my power to fight any effort to bring data centers into our community.
Domestic abusers should not be able to hide their history and move on to their next victim. A domestic violence registry would give individuals the ability to protect themselves and their families by knowing if a potential partner has a documented history of abuse. This is about safety, awareness, and giving power back to potential victims before it’s too late.
Term limits are the bare minimum to prevent corruption. The longer someone stays in office, the more they begin to represent themselves instead of the people who elected them.
Career politicians grow comfortable. They build connections, gain influence, and over time become part of the very system they once promised to fix. That’s how accountability gets lost.
I believe in firm limits: a maximum of 8 years in the House and 12 years in the Senate.
Fresh leadership brings new ideas, keeps government connected to the people, and prevents power from becoming entrenched.
I support strong border security and fully back the men and women of Border Patrol who protect our borders. I do not support any unaccountable federal agencies operating inside our communities. Federal agencies have become a bloated, enforcement arm with little local oversight. We should shift enforcement role to local and state law enforcement operating under clear laws, warrants, and due process. Border security should happen at the border, and criminal enforcement should be handled by local police who are accountable to the communities they serve. Immigration enforcement must be lawful, transparent, and constitutional. Not driven by fear, raids, or federal overreach.
Property tax is fundamentally wrong. If you have to keep paying the government year after year just to keep what you already own, do you really own it? That’s not ownership, that’s permanent rent.
I believe property tax should be abolished. People should not live in fear of losing their home or land because they can’t keep up with rising tax bills. This hits seniors on fixed incomes the hardest. They’ve worked their whole lives, paid off their homes, and now face the risk of being taxed out of them. That’s not right.
The first question people ask is, “How do we replace the money?” The better question is, why are we spending so much in the first place? This isn’t a funding problem, it’s a spending problem. Government has grown too large, too inefficient, and too disconnected from the people paying for it.
Instead of finding new ways to tax you, we need to start cutting waste, eliminating unnecessary programs, and getting back to responsible, limited government.
You should be able to own your property outright. No strings attached.
Veterans, cancer patients, and those suffering from chronic pain deserve access to safe, regulated medical cannabis. Our only choice for medicine should not be addictive pain killers that are counter productive. I support a responsible medical program with proper oversight, physician involvement, and protections against abuse. If we trust the doctors enough to prescribe highly addictive opioids for pain relief then why would we not trust them with a natural alternative?
I believe in protecting our farmers from unnecessary government overreach. Too many regulations come from people who have never stepped foot on a farm. We need to trust our farmers, cut red tape, and give them the freedom to operate, grow, and pass their land down to the next generation.
That includes supporting emerging markets like hemp farming. Hemp is a legal, legitimate crop that provides new economic opportunities for farmers in our state. Instead of restricting it, we should be making it easier for farmers to enter that market, while ensuring clear, fair regulations that protect them and allow the industry to grow. Unlike the incident here: Watch Video
I also support protecting land and water rights. Farmers should not have to worry about losing control of their property or being pushed out by outside interests or overreaching policies.
Gerrymandering is a problem, no matter who is doing it. When politicians draw districts to protect themselves instead of representing the people, it undermines trust in the entire system.
Voters choose their representatives. Representatives should not be choosing their voters!
District lines should be drawn in a way that is fair, transparent, and focused on communities, not political advantage. When districts are manipulated, it leads to less competition, less accountability, and more career politicians staying in power. That is backwards.
Once the lines are drawn, they should be set. No constant redrawing to benefit those in power. If more people move into your district, then great. It means you represent more people, not that the lines should be shifted to protect a seat.
This ties directly into corruption and term limits. The more a system is designed to protect incumbents, the less it serves the people.
We need a process that the public can see, understand, and trust. Because if people don’t believe their vote truly matters, then the system has already failed.
The criminal justice system was built on five core principles: retribution, isolation, rehabilitation, deterrence, and punishment.
Right now, in South Carolina, we are failing at all five.
This is not about making criminals’ lives easier. It is about making the system actually work. Too many people plead guilty not because they are guilty, but because they are trapped. They sit in jail waiting for trial, risking their job, their home, and their family. So they take a plea just to get out and move on. Others accept deals simply to escape a system that drags on with no end in sight.
That is not justice.
And when people finally do get out, what are we sending back into society? Too often, the answer is someone with no structure, no real rehabilitation, no job skills, and no second chance. Then we act surprised when they end up right back in the system.
That should make every taxpayer mad, because you are the one paying for it.
South Carolina spends over $600 million a year just on its prison system. When you add county jails, courts, law enforcement, and legal costs, the total price of our criminal justice system runs into the billions. And what are we getting for it? A revolving door.
People go in, come out worse, and go right back in. That hurts victims, hurts families, hurts communities, and costs taxpayers more every single year.
Like anything else, if we are paying for a system, it should do what it was built to do. It should deliver justice. It should reduce crime. It should prepare people to reenter society better than when they went in.
Jail and prison are meant to punish crime, but they are also supposed to prepare people to come back out and live productively. People forget that second part.
When someone is released, are they and are we as a community better off than before they went in? Do they have an education? Job skills? A real path forward? If the answer is no, then the system has failed.
Real reform means accountability and rehabilitation. It means education, job training, and real preparation for life after release. Because if we do not fix that, we are just paying for the same cycle over and over again.
The goal should be simple: fewer repeat offenders, safer communities, justice for victims, and a system that actually works.
As Thomas Jefferson said, “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.”
We can be tough on crime and still demand a system that is fair, efficient, and effective.
It is time to fix what is broken.
So how do we fix it?
We start by speeding up the system so people are not sitting in jail for months or years waiting on trial. Justice delayed is justice denied.
We invest in real rehabilitation. That means mandatory education, trade skills, and job training while someone is serving time, not just warehousing people and hoping for the best.
We create a clear path for reentry. That means partnerships with local businesses, second chance hiring, and support systems that help people stay out instead of fall right back in.
We hold the system accountable. If programs are not reducing repeat offenses, they should not be funded. Taxpayer money should go toward what works, not what sounds good.
And we focus on outcomes. Fewer repeat offenders. Lower crime. Stronger communities.
Because if we are going to spend billions of your dollars, the system should protect you, not fail you.
I support establishing a rebuttable presumption of 50/50 custody in South Carolina. This means courts would begin with the assumption that equal shared parenting is in the best interest of the child, unless evidence shows otherwise.
Currently, South Carolina does not start from that position. Custody decisions vary widely by judge, which leads to inconsistent outcomes and, in many cases, one parent being unnecessarily limited in their child’s life.
Research consistently shows that children benefit from having both parents actively involved. Studies on shared parenting arrangements have found:
In addition, states that have implemented shared parenting standards have seen reductions in conflict during custody disputes, and in some cases, lower divorce rates. For example, after adopting a shared parenting presumption, Kentucky saw a significant decline in divorce rates compared to national trends.
This policy would not apply in situations involving:
In those cases, the court should continue to prioritize the safety of the child above all else.
The goal is simple:
A 50/50 starting point is not about parents “winning” custody. It’s about putting children first and recognizing that, in most cases, they are better off with both parents involved in their lives.