A pretty extreme GOP right-winger, Ralph Norman, is running for governor of South Carolina. In the speech opening his campaign, he blasted the mess and the corruption in Columbia. That’s standard practice, right?
Except that the current governor of South Carolina is a very conservative Republican, and the entirety of state government is similarly controlled by conservative Republicans. So what does this mean?
The populist outsider reflex of the GOP is so strong, it can’t be abandoned even when it is applied against people with a virtually identical bent. Imagine what that will imply for the Florida governor race, as well. I can’t wait to see Ron DeSantis attacked as a corrupt insider by candidates outside of his orbit.