Judicial reform takes center stage at SCGOP debate

[00:00:00]that the governor should control the vetting and the nominating of candidates and the legislature should have up or down votes.

[00:00:05]>> that's an amazing system unless Alan Wilson was the governor because when James Smith was brought up to be nominated for the bench, Alan Wilson called legislators personally to advocate for him being a judge. James Smith was the Democrat candidate against Governor McMaster and I the very first time we ran for office.

[00:00:28]James Smith was endorsed by Planned Parenthood. James Smith was out there saying that he would be the LGBTQ governor. Now, that would scare me if Alan Wilson thinks that that's okay and would actually call the General Assembly personally to advocate, who would he put on the bench?

[00:00:47]>> There she goes again. What she is talking about is I called James Smith to ask him if he would uphold the rulings that overturned Roe v. Wade and then passed that on to legislators. I wasn't advocating for anybody. That is a lie.

[00:00:59]She is lying to you because she wants to manipulate you cuz she wants your vote.

[00:01:02]That's what this is about. It's a lie.

[00:01:04]>> Attorney General, thank you.