{"id":31066,"date":"2026-05-28T22:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/live-updates-sc-governor-candidates-speak-in-forum\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:47:32","slug":"live-updates-sc-governor-candidates-speak-in-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/live-updates-sc-governor-candidates-speak-in-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: SC governor candidates speak in forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI will sign anything that saves the life of a child,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, predictably, were on the other side of the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenate bill 1095 is an embarrassment to women in this state and an embarrassment for the state of South Carolina,\u201d Webster said, speaking about his daughters who have a medical condition that could turn into cancer that would not be treated if the bill were to take effect.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said he proposed a bill that would bring Democratic women and Republican women together from across the state to talk about solutions and issues facing women surrounding abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever once did I feel like I would die based on my wife giving birth, but my wife felt like she might lose her life,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 Nicholas Reynolds and Anna Wilder<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Trump\u2019s impact on the race<\/h2>\n<p><em>6:11 p.m.<\/em> The first question of the night seemed tailored to the two Republicans onstage \u2014 whether they expected to receive, or what they did to deserve, Trump\u2019s endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>Norman complimented Trump\u2019s efforts on closing the border and said he will run state like a business, similar to Trump\u2019s background in business. Kimbrell said he hasn\u2019t requested an endorsement but most of what he\u2019s fought for were policies he believed Trump would back as well. Democrats, meanwhile, focused on the realities of dealing with a Republican administration while leading a state as a member of the opposing party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not expect to receive President Trump\u2019s endorsement,\u201d Webster, a Democrat, joked.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson \u2014 who, as a show of his bipartisanship, shared he had a photo of himself and Norman at an event in Kershaw County on his office wall \u2014 said despite Trump\u2019s untraditional and \u201chostile\u201d approach to politics, he would strive to work across the aisle and find common ground to work together with the president.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 Nicholas Reynolds and Anna Wilder<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Candidates take stage<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '911608796512704');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI will sign anything that saves the life of a child,\u201d he said. 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