David Pascoe

When a Freshman Senator had the Guts to Call Out an Alleged Bribe in Public Only to be Muted and Have Everyone Look Away Last year, something happened on the floor of the South Carolina Senate that should have stopped everything. A freshman firebrand state senator said a hidden truth out loud. I was not surprised that the senator from Berkeley County had the courage to speak the truth and call out at the very least questionable unethical behavior. After all, he is a lawyer legislator who has stood up to the establishment to fight for judicial reform putting his money where his mouth is by not voting in judicial elections. We need more in the General Assembly with his integrity. So I was unsurprised when he stood up during session and said, plainly and on camera, that he had been offered between $50,000 and $100,000 by a lobbyist group for his campaign account if he would vote against tort reform. He didn’t say it in private. He didn’t say it anonymously. He said it out loud, in the Senate chamber, where laws are supposed to be made in the open. Anyone who believes in the rule of law should have had the same reaction I did: how is that not immediately investigated? What followed was just as telling as the allegation itself. The President of the Senate visibly lost control of the moment. He struggled to respond. When he finally did, he didn’t ask questions or refer the matter to law enforcement. He adjourned the Senate. They disappeared for two hours. When they returned, they went on with business as if nothing had happened. That silence wasn’t accidental. It was instinctive. It was the system protecting itself. If an ordinary citizen accused a powerful interest of offering a bribe, the wheels of government would turn quickly. Subpoenas. Statements. Investigators. But when the accusation lands inside the club, the first impulse is not truth. It’s containment. That is not how a healthy legislature behaves. That is how an institution behaves when it has something to lose. When I say that, as Attorney General, there will be no statute of limitations on misconduct in office, I mean exactly that. On day one, SLED will interview every senator who was present that day. Not to embarrass anyone. Not to posture. To answer the most basic question a free society must answer: what happened? Was money offered? Who made the offer? When did it happen? How was it communicated? Was it reported? Was it ignored? Those aren’t political questions. They’re law-enforcement questions. And the fact that no one asked them tells you everything you need to know about why corruption survives in Columbia. This is why there has been such an intense effort by the good o'le boys to keep me off the ballot. I will bring an end to the era of toleration. The good ole boys in both parties understand what comes next if I am Attorney General. They understand I don’t protect institutions at the expense of the public. I don’t confuse seniority with legitimacy. And I don’t pretend corruption doesn’t exist just because acknowledging it makes powerful people uncomfortable. For years, my opponents have tried to brand me as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. That’s never been true. I’m a wolf in wolf’s clothing. I don’t hide my intentions. I don’t pretend to be something I’m not. And I don’t apologize for enforcing the law evenly. If you think that moment on the Senate floor was an anomaly, you haven’t been paying attention. If you think it didn’t deserve investigation, you’re accepting a double standard that only benefits insiders. And if you think the system will fix itself without pressure, history says otherwise. Corruption doesn’t disappear because people are polite. It disappears when someone is willing to confront it directly, document it carefully, and prosecute it without fear. I’ve done that work before. I know what it costs. And I know why the establishment would rather stop me now than deal with what comes later. The culture of corruption in Columbia didn’t grow overnight. It won’t end overnight either. But it will end, not with speeches or slogans, but with enforcement. That’s what scares them.

I am voting for David Stumbo for Attorney General. He is the ONLY real prosecutor and conservative left in the Attorney General’s race. I urge my supporters to do the same. Our state cannot afford for you to sit out on the upcoming election!! I also want to thank the thousands of supporters who stood with our campaign and cause. Together, we built a movement of principled conservatives who challenged South Carolina’s good ole boy political establishment in a way it has never been challenged. While we came up short, we succeeded in shining a light on the need for judicial reform, accountability, and an end to the culture of corruption that for too long has protected the powerful at the expense of the people. This campaign was never about one election or one candidate. It is about a cause much bigger than us. The fight for honest government did not end Tuesday. We will continue this fight tomorrow, and every day after, until the job is done. One way to make sure corruption does not worsen in our state is to vote for David Stumbo on June 23 rd ! God Bless South Carolina, David Pascoe

When you’re voting at the polls today don’t forget who fights corruption🙂

Make sure to get out and vote tomorrow, and don’t forget… David Pascoe fights corruption

My Closing Argument In every trial, after the evidence has been presented and the witnesses have testified, the lawyers stand before the jury and make their closing arguments. They remind the jury what the case is really about. They separate fact from fiction. They ask the jury to look at the evidence and reach the right conclusion. So today, I want to make my closing argument to the people of South Carolina. I am running for Attorney General to make South Carolina the safest and least corrupt state in America. Unlike the other candidates in this race, I have a record proving I can actually get it done. When I say I will fight corruption, you don’t have to speculate about what I might do. I led the largest Statehouse corruption probe in modern South Carolina history. That investigation took down some of the most powerful politicians in our state and exposed a culture that had convinced itself the rules didn’t apply to insiders. When I say I will fight violent crime, I don’t have to point to campaign promises. I can point to the murderers I prosecuted, the criminals I put on death row, and the families I fought for over the course of my career. My opponents want this race to be about one thing: that I used to be a Democrat. They want you focused on a party label because they don’t want you focused on our records. The truth is that even as a Democrat, I was pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, tough on crime, and a supporter of the death penalty. I was putting murderers on death row while many Republicans were finding excuses not to. I was calling for the firing squad while politicians sat around and did nothing. I was taking on corruption while politicians were looking the other way. The irony is that the candidate attacking me the most for once being a Democrat has spent his career voting like a liberal lawyer-legislator. Stephen Goldfinch consistently ranks among the more liberal members of the South Carolina Senate. He supports activist judges. He supported judges tied to the DEI movement. He is part of the lawyer-legislator system that has controlled Columbia for decades and helped create many of the problems conservatives complain about every election season. The people funding Stephen Goldfinch understand exactly what is at stake in this race. The trial lawyers have poured enormous resources into protecting him because they know he represents the status quo. They know he won’t challenge the system that benefits them. They know he won’t take on the lawyer-legislator culture that allows insiders to profit while ordinary South Carolinians pay the price. Most importantly, they know he won’t do what I have already done before: expose corruption and hold powerful people accountable. This election ultimately comes down to a simple question. Do you want a prosecutor or a politician? Do you want someone who has spent his career enforcing the law or someone who has spent his career navigating the system? Do you want someone who has already proven he can take on corruption, or someone who benefits from the very structure that needs reform? The evidence is in. The record is clear. South Carolina does not need another politician. South Carolina needs a prosecutor. And that’s why I’m asking for your vote

I'm honored to have the endorsement of my first prosecutorial mentor, Republican U.S. Attorney Bart Daniel. Bart once told me, "going after corrupt legislators is not for the faint of heart...there will be repercussions."  He was right.  But I learned the pursuit of justice is worth it by watching him and other prosecutors during Operation Lost Trust. I say the dirty secret out loud: South Carolina has a corruption problem. I am the only candidate willing to say it.  More importantly, I am the only one with the experience and plan to crush it. I convicted and removed from office the five most powerful men in the General Assembly, but it was just the tip of the iceberg.  There is so much more we need to do.  In the spring of 2020, I received a phone call from a judge upset that if they didn't continue a case for a powerful member of the Judicial Merit Selection Committee, they would lose their job.  That is corruption.  It was the moment that made me become the first public official to call for judicial reform. Seven months later in 2021, the State Supreme Court told me I had to stop the probe and not go after anymore legislators because I was not the Attorney General.  Message received.  I am running for Attorney General to finish the job. Tomorrow, voters will choose between the status quo or me; whether our state continues allowing legislators to make millions off of no-bid contracts or having me fire them; and whether our state continues to allow allegations of illegal lobbying go unchecked or electing me to investigate.  Most importantly, voters will decide whether tomorrow is finally the day that justice outbraves the madness. Let's crush corruption on Tuesday, June 9th!

I am running for Attorney General for two reasons: to make South Carolina safer and less corrupt. Those goals are connected. A government that tolerates corruption eventually fails to protect its citizens. When public officials spend more time rewarding friends, protecting insiders, and preserving their own power than serving the people, everyone pays the price. For decades, corruption has thrived in South Carolina. It survives because too many elected officials benefit from the system and too many voters have accepted it as normal. The problem is not that we lack laws. We have laws. The problem is not that courageous people are unwilling to come forward.  The problem is that the same political establishment continues to protect itself. Politicians look the other way. Insiders reward each other with government contracts and appointments. Lobbyists and special interests gain influence while ordinary citizens lose faith that anyone is looking out for them. That cycle will continue until voters decide they have had enough. I have detailed plans to reduce crime, combat illegal immigration, and defend South Carolina from federal overreach. But what separates me from my opponents is my willingness to confront corruption directly. My opponents rarely, if ever,  discuss corruption. They certainly do not make it a central part of their campaigns. I do. I have watched lawyer-legislators collect millions of dollars through government contracts while serving in public office. I have watched insiders use political influence for personal gain. I have watched a culture develop where too many people believe public office is a business opportunity. I reject that culture. On my first day as Attorney General, every lawyer-legislator serving on no-bid Attorney General contracts will be removed. I will establish a Public Corruption Unit dedicated to investigating public officials who abuse their positions for personal benefit. The message will be simple: public office is a public trust, not a path to personal enrichment. I am equally committed to protecting South Carolina’s children. Some of the most disturbing cases I prosecuted involved the sexual abuse of children. I have sat with families whose lives were permanently altered by evil acts committed against their sons and daughters. I have seen defendants force families through painful trials despite overwhelming evidence of guilt. South Carolina must do more. As Attorney General, I will pursue the strongest penalties available under the law against those who prey on children. I will work to ensure prosecutors have the resources necessary to successfully investigate and prosecute child exploitation cases. We cannot claim to be tough on crime if we fail to protect the most vulnerable among us. Ultimately, this election comes down to a choice. Voters can choose the same establishment that has governed South Carolina for decades, or they can choose accountability. They can choose a system that protects insiders, or they can choose someone who has spent his career investigating them. I have seen corruption up close. I know how it works. More importantly, I know how to stop it. If elected Attorney General, I will make South Carolina safer. I will make South Carolina less corrupt. I will never stop fighting for the people of this state.

David Pascoe fights corruption! Have a blessed day.

Thank you @MarkLynchSC for pointing out Loomer’s hypocrisy. She is bought and paid for by South Carolina’s Good Ole Boy establishment. The same lawyers attacking me and paying for Loomer are the same ones attacking Mark Lynch because they know that with Attorney General David Pascoe their gravy train of living off of taxpayer money comes to an end.

I want to thank the Greenville Republican Party for its endorsements. Despite bizarre lies by my opponents’ supporters, I have been UNANIMOUSLY endorsed by their Pro-Life Committee and with over 94% of the executive committee. IT WAS January 6, 2022 that I addressed a huge Greenville GOP crowd about the need to end corruption and bring judicial reform to South Carolina. The fight to end corruption began that night in Greenville! After that night, I ended up addressing over 20 Republican and conservative groups across the state in the next 4 years. Republican voters care about ending corruption! That’s why they invited me to their meetings, and it was then that I realized that if I’m going to crush corruption, it has to be with the GOP!

The culture of corruption in Columbia didn’t happen overnight. It was built by insiders who believed the rules didn’t apply to them. I’ve spent my career proving otherwise. No one is above the law. That is how you fight corruption.

The last Business & Brews event before next Tuesday’s primary. Come on out to Savage Craft in West Columbia. It will be a fun time with great speakers. I look forward to seeing everyone!

I’m honored to have the unanimous endorsement of the Greenville Republican Party Pro Life Committee. My top priority as Attorney General is to do a much better job in South Carolina of protecting our children both in and out of the mother’s womb.

Thank you to the Myrtle Beach Republican Women for your endorsement! These conservative women are passionate about protecting our children and crushing corruption in our state. #CrushCorruption #PascoeWolfpack

A packed house with the Little River Patriots. I am proud to have the endorsement of these great Americans! #PatriotsforPascoe

🚨FRAUD ALERT 🚨 A dark money group calling themselves “Constitutional Conservatives” is a sham purportedly funded by some trial lawyers and coordinating with a convicted former legislator. It is sending out mail pieces attacking our campaign. This group’s tactics are identical to those outlined in the 2018 State Grand Jury Report where certain trial lawyers and the Quinns coordinated to deceive Republican voters in a past primary. The actual Constitutional Conservatives of South Carolina is a Super PAC made up of Palmetto State conservatives and they have endorsed me! I am proud to have their support. Don’t be fooled by the dark money lies!

🚨 FRAUD ALERT 🚨 My opponent Stephen Goldfinch sent out a text stating he was endorsed by the NRA. He has NOT been endorsed in our race by the NRA. He lied. Stem Cell Steve freaked out because I have been endorsed by the National Association for Gun Rights. I am very proud of my endorsement. I’m also proud that the NRA gave me their highest rating for a non-legislative office holder. Both the NRA and NAGR know that I will protect our 2nd Amendment Rights in South Carolina. Read more here for information about Goldfinch’s dismal record protecting our 2nd Amendment Rights>>> palmettogunrights.org/latest…