A South Carolina children’s choir that was interrupted while singing “The Star Spangled Banner” at the Capitol last month by Capitol Police has been invited by former President Donald Trump to perform at a campaign rally in the Palmetto State. 
The Rushingbrook Children’s Choir out of Greenville <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/04/sc-childrens-choir-stopped-by-capitol-police-while-singing-national-anthem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">visited</a> the Capitol on May 26 and performed the first three verses of the national anthem in Statuary Hall when a Capitol Police officer instructed a congressional staffer to inform the choir director to stop the singing. In a Tuesday video message <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110498756842279485" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to Truth Social, Trump extended an invitation to the children. 
“It’s a really, it’s a serious thing to have an event like that — such a beautiful time in your lives and such an important time in your lives — to be interrupted in such a way,” Trump said. “But we are going to have you in South Carolina, and you’re going to sing in a rally for us in front of tens of thousands of people. And we’re all going to have a great time together.”
“We love our country. We’re going to take care of our country, and we’re going to pay respect to those people that love it. And nobody loves it more than you,” the former president added. 
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David Rasbach, the choir&#8217;s director, called Trump’s invitation an “honor” and said he “wouldn’t even think of turning him down,” <a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/trump-invites-greenville-childrens-choir-halted-from-singing-in-capitol-to-next-sc-rally/article_3d22815a-0480-11ee-b2b0-83be61a5e32d.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Post and Courier.” 
Video of the children being interrupted garnered <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/04/sc-childrens-choir-stopped-by-capitol-police-while-singing-national-anthem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">millions</a> of views and prompted outrage from many on social media. The Capitol Police claims the incident stemmed from a “miscommunication.&#8221; In an initial statement, police said they allowed the choir to continue the performance after being interrupted, <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/02/exclusive-childrens-choir-director-responds-capitol-police-claim-they-did-not-stop-kids-singing-national-anthem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Daily Signal. Micah Rea, the man who organized the trip, disputes the claim that the children were allowed to finish the anthem.  
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🚨The Rushingbrook Children&#8217;s Choir sang the National Anthem in Statuary Hall. a Capitol Police officer stopped them mid-song. Capitol Police claims they didn&#8217;t stop the choir. The choir director tells the whole story in my exclusive interview here. 🚨<a href="https://t.co/ZRNbWy75la">https://t.co/ZRNbWy75la</a> <a href="https://t.co/ijiq4pw3X8">pic.twitter.com/ijiq4pw3X8</a>
— Tyler O&#8217;Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tyler2ONeil/status/1664746238833459207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“Although popup demonstrations and musical performances are not allowed in the U.S. Capitol without the proper approval, due to a miscommunication, the U.S. Capitol Police were not aware that the Speaker’s Office had approved this performance,” a follow-up <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/4033807-capitol-police-stopped-a-childrens-choir-from-singing-the-national-anthem-why/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> said.
In a joint <a href="https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/06/03/greenville-childrens-choir-performance-us-capitol-cut-short-by-capitol-police/">statement</a>, Speaker McCarthy (R-CA), along with Republican South Carolina Reps. Joe Wilson, Russell Fry, and William Timmons said, “These children were welcomed by the Speaker’s office to joyfully express their love of this Nation while visiting the Capitol, and we are all very disappointed to learn their celebration was cut short.&#8221; 
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“We are delighted that the People’s House has been reopened particularly for our children and we look forward to welcoming more Americans back to the halls of Congress,” the statement added. Timmons said that the delegation from South Carolina has agreed to cover the costs for the choir to return to the nation’s capital, The Post and Courier reports. 
Wilson also said he plans on introducing a bill that would allow the national anthem to be performed on all federal property, telling the outlet, “love for one’s country should be celebrated.”
The choir has also received invitations to perform from various news outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News. An exact date for the South Carolina Trump rally has not yet been announced. 
“We’re just gob-smacked,” Rasbach said. “We’re just a little choir of kids from Greenville who nobody knew anything about except Greenvillians who came to our concerts, and even then we never even had full houses. And now we’re performing on national news.”

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis slammed a Left-wing heckler who interrupted a campaign speech he was giving this week in South Carolina.
The Republican presidential hopeful was talking about how the political Left was putting pornography into schools when a woman in the audience began to heckle him.
&#8220;There&#8217;s bad stuff that&#8217;s getting into the schools,&#8221; DeSantis said during his presidential campaign stop in Lexington. &#8220;There&#8217;s pornography that&#8217;s getting in the schools. So the parents have had to blow the whistle in Florida.&#8221;
The woman erupted over his position on &#8220;kid&#8217;s healthcare&#8221; and proceeded to call DeSantis a &#8220;f***ing fascist.&#8221; The woman also flipped off the governor, according to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/02/desantis-shuts-down-heckler-in-south-carolina/">report</a> from The New York Post.
&#8220;Well, thank you,&#8221; DeSantis sarcastically responded as the crowd began to boo the woman. &#8220;Thank you.&#8221;
After several moments of booing by the crowd, &#8220;We&#8217;re not gonna let you impose an agenda on our kids.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re gonna stand up for our kids!&#8221; DeSantis fired back at the woman. &#8220;We&#8217;re gonna make sure to do it right. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re gonna do.&#8221;
The crowd burst into cheers as DeSantis grilled the woman.
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After a few moments of cheering, DeSantis turned to the crowd and said, &#8220;Those people like that in Florida are the people we beat every single day on policy.&#8221;
&#8220;We do not let them win. We win all these battles,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We&#8217;re not letting them indoctrinate our kids. Not on our watch.&#8221;
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“We&#39;re not gonna let you impose an agenda on our kids. We&#39;re gonna stand up for our kids! &#8230;. Those people like that in Florida are the people we beat EVERY SINGLE DAY” <a href="https://t.co/pZHXkARZxK">pic.twitter.com/pZHXkARZxK</a>
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Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh will be deposed for a wrongful-death lawsuit against his family.
The family of 19-year-old Mallory Beach is suing the Murdaugh family and a convenience store following Beach’s untimely death in 2019 – a death attributed to Murdaugh’s youngest son Paul, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/murdaugh-mallory-beach-deposition/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Paul, according to his friends, was driving a boat while drunk when he crashed into a bridge and sent two passengers flying into the water, with Beach dying as a result. Paul was indicted on one count of boating under the influence causing death and two counts of causing significant bodily injury, but he was murdered along with his mother before the case went to trial.
Murdaugh will face questions from representatives for the Beach family and Parker’s Kitchen convenience store. A date has not been set for the deposition, CNN reported.
The judge ruled that the Department of Corrections must “make Defendant Alex Murdaugh available for a deposition at an agreed-upon time, date, location, and means scheduled by counsel for the parties and [South Carolina Department of Corrections] SCDC. The SCDC is specifically ordered to provide the connection or means by which the parties may conduct the deposition virtually and also simultaneously provide the means by which the parties may conduct the deposition in-person, as determined by the parties.”
A jury found Murdaugh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alex-murdaugh-found-guilty-of-killing-wife-son" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guilty of murder</a> on March 2, and he was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.
The decision came after just a few hours of deliberation and a six-week trial where more than 70 witnesses testified. Murdaugh has maintained his innocence, suggesting his son Paul was the main target for the murders due to his involvement in a 2019 boat crash that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach.
Murdaugh spent nearly two days testifying in his own defense at his trial and immediately admitted to lying for years about his whereabouts on the day his wife and son were murdered.
The prosecution had already argued that Murdaugh lied about not going to the dog kennels on the day his wife and son were murdered. Prosecutor Creighton Waters previously pointed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cell-phone-evidence-puts-disgraced-attorney-alex-murdaugh-at-scene-of-family-murder-prosecutors-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to cell phone evidence</a> taken from Paul’s phone less than five minutes before he was killed. Paul had filmed one of the dogs to send to a friend, and prosecutors allege Murdaugh’s voice can be heard in the background of the recording. Murdaugh has said he wasn’t at the kennels that night. Prosecutors allege that Murdaugh murdered his wife and son around 8:49 p.m., just a few minutes after the video was taken.
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When Murdaugh took the stand, his defense attorneys asked him if he had lied to police about his whereabouts on the night his family was murdered, and Murdaugh admitted to lying.
“I lied about being down there, and I’m so sorry that I did,” Murdaugh said, <a href="https://people.com/crime/alex-murdaugh-admits-lying-police-murders-wife-son/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to People Magazine</a>.

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South Carolina Republican Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-scott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Scott</a> announced his entry into the 2024 presidential election on Monday, smacking President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> while touting his own up-from-poverty story.
The 57-year-old opened his campaign in a morning speech from his alma mater, Charleston Southern University, in his hometown of North Charleston. Scott <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-scott-enters-race-for-the-white-house-fec-filing-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> paperwork with the Federal Election Commission making his presidential bid official last week.
In his announcement address, Scott hit on themes common to his recent public remarks as he explored making a run at the White House. He focused his attacks on Biden while casting America as a land of opportunity for those willing to take chances.
“Our nation, our values, and our people are strong. But our President is weak,” Scott said, according to his prepared remarks. “America is not a nation in decline. But under Joe Biden, we have become a nation in retreat. Retreating from our heritage and our history. Retreating from personal responsibility and hard work. Retreating from strength and security. Even retreating from religious liberty and the worship of God himself.”
“This is the freest and fairest land. Where you and I can go as high as our character, our grit, and our talent will take us,” he continued. “Our party and our nation are standing at a time for choosing. Victimhood or victory? Grievance or greatness? I choose freedom and hope and opportunity.”
Scott joins a growing field of GOP hopefuls currently led by former President Donald Trump. The field also includes talk radio host Larry Elder, former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Scott has lagged in polls up to this point, garnering around 2% support.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is running closest to Trump, with the rest of the field trailing far behind. DeSantis is expected to officially join the race this week.
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Scott joins the contest with $22 million cash on hand, a strong start for launching a White House bid. He has already reserved $6 million in ads to run in New Hampshire and Iowa.
Scott began his career in national politics in 2010 with his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Two years later, Haley, when she was governor of the state, appointed him to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy left by former Sen. Jim DeMint after he retired.

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Superstar Jimmy Buffett definitely got everyone&#8217;s attention when he announced he had to cancel his concert this weekend in Charleston, South Carolina, after being hospitalized for an issue that required &#8220;immediate attention&#8221; without sharing further details.
The 76-year-old singer posted a message on his <a href="https://www.jimmybuffett.com/news/charleston-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> about overcoming &#8220;challenges&#8221; in one&#8217;s life, before explaining that he was going to have to postpone his concert due to an unnamed medical issue.
&#8220;I had a sudden change of plans this week that affected us all,&#8221; Buffett&#8217;s message read. &#8220;Two days ago, I was just back from a trip to the Bahamas, thawing out from the California &#8216;winter tour,&#8217; and chomping at the bit to get to Charleston.&#8221;
&#8220;I had to stop in Boston for a check-up but wound up back in the hospital to address some issues that needed immediate attention,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Growing old is not for sissies, I promise you.&#8221;
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&#8220;You all make my life more meaningful and fulfilled than I would have ever imagined as a toe headed little boy sitting on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico,&#8221; the Buffett message concluded. &#8220;Thank you for your prayers and thoughts, your amazing years of loyalty, and just remember, &#8216;NOT YET!'&#8221;
At the top of the page a message read, &#8220;The Jimmy Buffett &amp; the Coral Reefer Band concert at Credit One Stadium in Charleston, scheduled for this Saturday May 20th, is being rescheduled.&#8221;
&#8220;All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new date once announced,&#8221; it added. &#8220;More information will be emailed to ticket purchasers directly.&#8221;
At the time of this publication, there was no information as to the new date and no other upcoming concerts are listed on his website.
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Last September, the &#8220;Margaritaville&#8221; hitmaker&#8217;s tour released a statement that Buffett would stop touring for the rest of the year to deal with &#8220;health issues&#8221; following a &#8220;brief hospitalization,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jimmy-buffett-hospitalized-unnamed-medical-issue?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> noted.
&#8220;On doctor&#8217;s orders, he must take this time to recuperate and heal,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;Jimmy looks forward to getting back on stage next year.&#8221;
His &#8220;Second Wind&#8221; tour kicked off in March and was set to run through May.

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South Carolina Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-scott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Scott</a> has filed paperwork to run for president of the United States, according to a Federal Election Commission filing.
The filing comes ahead of Scott’s formal announcement, expected to take place on Monday in South Carolina, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/politics/tim-scott-president-fec-filing/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>.
Scott will enter the presidential race with about $22 million cash on hand, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/politics/tim-scott-republican-president-2024.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>. He has so far lagged in the polls, hovering around 2% and far behind the leading GOP primary contender, former President Donald Trump.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is also leading Scott by a significant margin, though DeSantis has yet to officially enter the race for the White House.
After his official campaign launch, Scott is expected to travel to Iowa and New Hampshire, the sites of the first two GOP primary contests. Scott has <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/05/19/tim-scott-sets-6-million-ad-buy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reserved</a> a roughly $6 million ad buy to run in both states starting next week, according to Axios. The ads are scheduled to run through the first GOP presidential debate scheduled for August.
Scott has signaled his interest in making a White House run for months. In his public remarks, he has delivered an optimistic message that plays off his own background, coming from poverty to being the first black senator from South Carolina.
“Americans are losing one of the most inspirational truths we have, which is hope — hope that things can and will get better, hope that education and hard work can equal prosperity, hope that we remain a city on a hill, a shining example of what can be when free people decide to join hands in self-governance,” Scott said last year in a speech at the Reagan Library.
“America stands at a crossroads,” he said, “with the potential for a great resetting, a renewal, even a rebirth — where we get to choose how we will meet the potential of today and the promise of tomorrow.”
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Scott’s FEC filing propels him into a growing crowd of GOP contenders that also includes talk radio host Larry Elder, former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolin Governor Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, and entrepreneur and woke capital crusader Vivek Ramaswamy.

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Two people who were pulled over in South Carolina have been arrested after police discovered 1,500 grams of cocaine inside a fake pregnancy belly.
Sheriff’s deputies in Anderson County pulled over Anthony Miller and Cemeka Mitchem on April 12 as part of a “proactive patrol” on Interstate 85, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pregnant-woman-fake-belly-1500-grams-of-cocaine-south-carolina-traffic-stop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Mitchem appeared pregnant, but the pair &#8220;gave conflicting information about her &#8216;due date,'&#8221; police said in a social media post on Sunday. This was a “red flag” to deputies, they said, and when Mitchem realized the deputies were becoming suspicious of her story, she fled from the car with drugs falling from her fake rubber stomach.
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Police said they collected more than 1,500 grams of cocaine during the traffic stop. Miller and Mitchem face charges of trafficking cocaine.
Earlier this year, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released its <a href="https://scdhec.gov/news-releases/drug-overdose-deaths-south-carolina-continue-alarming-increase-dhec-daodas-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">annual report</a> on drug overdose deaths in the Palmetto State, finding a “continued significant increase” over the past several years.
“From 2020 to 2021, the total number of drug overdose deaths in South Carolina increased by more than 430 individuals, from 1,734 deaths to 2,168: an increase of more than 25%,” the state said in a press release for the report. “By comparison, there were only 573 drug overdose deaths in the state in 2012. Opioids continue to be the primary cause of overdose deaths in recent years, contributing to 1,733 of the 2,168 fatal overdoses in 2021.”
Fentanyl is largely responsible for the increase, with drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl increasing by more than 35% in South Carolina between 2020 to 2021.
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“Other drugs are being laced with fentanyl – without the user’s knowledge – which can cause a fatal overdose even in a small quantity,” said Sara Goldsby, Director of the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS). “If there is a possibility of coming into contact with an unsafe drug, it’s important to have naloxone on hand in case of an overdose.”
The sheriff’s office posted about the drug bust on Sunday, though county records show the pair were arrested on April 12. Miller and Mitchem have been denied bond and haven’t been released.

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Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has been writing letters from prison to his friends and family, telling them he did not murder his wife and son.
Murdaugh’s friend, Chuck Arnold, received one of those letters and <a href="https://themessenger.com/news/alex-murdaugh-writes-letters-from-jail-insisting-he-didnt-kill-his-wife-and-son" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Messenger that the once prominent South Carolina attorney is “a broken man.”
&#8220;He&#8217;s trying to make amends for the financial crimes he admits that he committed, but he insists he did not kill Maggie and Paul,&#8221; Arnold told the outlet.
Arnold also told the outlet that Murdaugh admitted to the numerous financial crimes for which he was accused but maintained he did not kill his wife and son.
A jury found Murdaugh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alex-murdaugh-found-guilty-of-killing-wife-son" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guilty of murder</a> on March 2, and he was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.
The decision came after just a few hours of deliberation and a six-week trial where more than 70 witnesses testified. Murdaugh has maintained his innocence, suggesting his son Paul was the main target for the murders due to his involvement in a 2019 boat crash that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach.
Murdaugh spent nearly two days testifying in his own defense at his trial and immediately admitted to lying for years about his whereabouts on the day his wife and son were murdered.
The prosecution had already argued that Murdaugh lied about not going to the dog kennels on the day his wife and son were murdered. Prosecutor Creighton Waters previously pointed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cell-phone-evidence-puts-disgraced-attorney-alex-murdaugh-at-scene-of-family-murder-prosecutors-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to cell phone evidence</a> taken from Paul’s phone less than five minutes before he was killed. Paul had filmed one of the dogs to send to a friend, and prosecutors allege Murdaugh’s voice can be heard in the background of the recording. Murdaugh has said he wasn’t at the kennels that night. Prosecutors allege that Murdaugh murdered his wife and son around 8:49 p.m., just a few minutes after the video was taken.
When Murdaugh took the stand, his defense attorneys asked him if he had lied to police about his whereabouts on the night his family was murdered, and Murdaugh admitted to lying.
“I lied about being down there, and I’m so sorry that I did,” Murdaugh said, <a href="https://people.com/crime/alex-murdaugh-admits-lying-police-murders-wife-son/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to People Magazine</a>.
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Murdaugh maintained that he did not murder his wife and son, whom he referred to by nicknames “Mags” and “Paul Paul.” He claimed during his testimony that his alleged drug addiction made him “paranoid,” which caused him to lie.
“As my addiction evolved over time I would get in these situations or circumstances where I would get paranoid,” Murdaugh testified. “I’m sorry I lied.”
Murdaugh also testified that his son Paul was receiving threats over his involvement in the boat crash that killed Beach. Paul was indicted on one count of boating under the influence, causing death and two counts of causing significant bodily injury.
“Paul got the most vile threats — the stuff that was on social media — you couldn’t believe it,” Murdaugh testified, <a href="https://people.com/crime/alex-murdaugh-claims-sons-killer-angry-fatal-2019-boat-crash-threats/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to People</a>. “You couldn’t believe it. It was so over the top, truthfully we didn’t think anything about it, it was so crazy. People talking about what he was going to get. … We disregarded it. It was so over the top.”

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CAMDEN, S.C. — On April 22nd, in the middle of a longleaf pine tree forest just north of Camden, South Carolina, Apache helicopters thundered over a large crowd gathered in front of 13 wooden coffins.
It was a grand gesture to honor the lives of a handful of revolutionary-era soldiers whose remains were recently discovered. 242 years earlier, two armies met at the Battle of Camden in a fierce contest where the cries of teenage soldiers could be heard as the American colonies struggled to gain independence.
The South Carolina Battleground Preservation <a href="https://www.scbattlegroundtrust.org/">Trust</a> decided to honor the soldiers with a proper funeral service and ceremony out on the battlefield.
The 13 soldiers uncovered in September 2022 included 12 patriots and one Scottish Highlander who fought for the British. Historians, preservationist groups, state authorities, and others then decided it would only be proper to give the soldiers a Christian funeral service and battlefield honors.
“These men and boys, but they were boys only in age, were and are soldiers,” said historian Rick Wise, referencing five of the recovered soldiers who were teenagers, including one as young as 15.
“These 13 soldiers are not statistics,” Wise continued. “They lie before us not as an excerpt of history, but they are tangible and real. They represent the other 400 plus soldiers spread across this hallowed ground.”
The ground had been hollowed by patriot soldiers from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and the Carolinas under the command of Prussian Count Major General Johann de Kalb and British-born Virginia gentleman Horatio Gates clashing with British and Loyalist forces under General Charles Lord Cornwallis on August 16, 1780. 
The battle ended in a <a href="https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/camden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rout</a> of the Americans who suffered about 1,900 casualties, whereas the British only sustained 324. Included in the American casualties was <a href="https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/johann-de-kalb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">de Kalb</a>, who had been given a commission in the army by American diplomats in France eager to get support for American independence.
Prior to the battlefield ceremony, the soldiers were carried through the streets of Camden’s historic district by horse-drawn carriages to be given a joint Anglican-Presbyterian funeral ceremony at Bethesda Presbyterian Church.
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Escorted by a military band, the funeral procession passed by hundreds of locals who watched in silence. Joining the horse-drawn carriages were members of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), decked out in full colonial soldier regalia.
Brooks Lyles, Jr., chairman of the SAR education outreach committee told The Daily Wire that members from all over the country, including Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi were present at the ceremonies. 
This remarkable event was organized by the Camden Burials Steering Committee, which was formed after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americas-first-veterans-discovery-of-remains-of-14-revolutionary-war-soldiers-announced-on-veterans-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discovery of the bodies</a> last year. The committee took great care, to ensure that the bodies were treated with respect and every detail was considered. 
For example, the <a href="https://www.scbattlegroundtrust.org/camden-coffin-craftsmen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coffins holding</a> the bodies of the patriots were draped in American flags and were custom-built from longleaf wood in the style of an 18th-century coffin. Even the nails used in the coffins were hand-forged to be in accordance with the style of the time. 
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This attention to detail contrasted greatly with the state the 12 patriots were found in. Many were covered in only a foot of soil with no marker and in a mass grave. The patriots had been routed so badly they didn&#8217;t have time after the battle to attend to the dead. It is believed they were cut down during the retreat by the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/people/banastre-tarleton.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">infamous</a> “Bloody Ban” Banastre Tarleton and his cavalry forces. 
The remains, some of which contained evidence of British bullets and bayonets, were identified by their pewter buttons used by the patriot soldiers. 
The funeral service was conducted very similar to a service from the time of the battle. As the bodies of the soldiers were moved from the carriages to in front of the church, the tunes to famous hymns like “Amazing Grace,” “The Old Rugged Cross,” and “Be Thou My Vision” played as the clergy read Bible passages about Jesus being the resurrection and the life.
During the funeral, the patriot soldiers were once again reunited with de Kalb, whose grave is located in front of the historic church. His grave marker describes the Prussian as, “covered in wounds while gallantly performing deeds of valor in rallying the friends and opposing the enemies of his adopted country.”
After the service, which featured a number of Bible readings, the soldiers were honored by an F-16 flyover before the bodies were escorted away.
Dan Goforth, whose ancestor fought for the patriots at the battle of King’s Mountain, told The Daily Wire he was there with his son to observe the ceremonies, something he called a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Hours after the funeral service, another ceremony was held on the battlefield featuring speeches from Governor Henry McMaster (R-SC), South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust President Douglas Bostick, a representative from the British consulate in Atlanta, and others.
This ceremony was held out among the pines on the battlefield, where a stage had been set up not far from where de Kalb had fallen. The coffins holding the remains of the 12 patriots and the coffin with the Scottish Highlander were placed in front of a stage before the helicopters flew over.
One attendee, Bill, told The Daily Wire he had over 40 relatives who had fought in America’s war for independence. He said he was amazed by the hardships that America’s founding generation went through, especially compared to what people complain about today.
Even though the names of the fallen remain unknown, the scene at both ceremonies was solemn and emotional.
“When these coffins were coming in for a minute there, I didn’t know whether to cry or pray,” McMaster said, summing up many people’s emotions as the coffins were laid to rest just feet from where many of the remains had been discovered.
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“The more I learn about our nation&#8217;s history, the more proud I am of South Carolina’s dramatic role in it. These ceremonies remind and instruct us of the virtually insurmountable challenges and burdens our people faced and overcame in securing their liberty and ours,” McMaster added.
The <a href="https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/camden">clash at Camden</a> was precipitated by Gates, recently given command of the Southern Department, moving the Southern Department to take a British fort near Camden that he believed to be weakly fortified. Gates&#8217; forces consisted of poorly trained, inexperienced militia men and more experienced units from Delaware and Maryland under de Kalb.
Cornwallis, who was in command of British forces in the South, learned of Gates’s movement and took his army north to combat the patriots. The two armies ended up meeting up about seven miles outside of Camden on the night of August 15 and briefly skirmished, before both retreated until morning to resume fighting.
The battle on August 16 was an utter disaster for the patriots. The more experienced Redcoats made quick work of the green troops.
While the militia men quickly fled, troops from Maryland and Delaware fought longer, but they too were soon overwhelmed, with de Kalb suffering multiple wounds that proved to be mortal.
After the battle, the cause of American independence appeared  severely weakened. The battle had effectively destroyed the colonist’s whole southern army. For a moment, it appeared to be a turning point in the war,  but only briefly as it initiated important changes.
Gates, who would be widely ridiculed for his wild retreat from Camden would be replaced by the more competent Virginian Nathaniel Greene, also known as “the savior of the South,” who would orchestrate the great patriot victory at Cowpens soon after the disaster at Camden, which followed on the heels of a great patriot victory at King’s Mountain.
While most of the fallen at Camden never received a proper burial or recognition for the price they paid for America’s independence, 12 young soldiers finally received the honor they deserved as hundreds turned up to say thank you one week in Camden.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage">newlywed</a> couple riding away from their wedding reception in a golf cart was struck by a suspected <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drunk-driving">drunk driver</a>, resulting in the bride’s death and the groom being seriously injured.
The incident occurred in Folly Beach, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/south-carolina">South Carolina</a>, about 10 miles outside of Charleston, on April 28, according to an NBC <a href="https://www.today.com/news/bride-killed-golf-cart-reception-crash-rcna82336">report</a>. The bride, Samantha Hutchinson, 34, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her husband, Aric Hutchinson, and two other family members in the golf cart were seriously injured and &#8220;in and out of consciousness&#8221; when police arrived, the outlet noted. 
Authorities identified the car&#8217;s driver as 25-year-old Jamie Lee Komoroski. An Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/bride-killed-crash-folly-beach-dui-speeding-8163a3a39a5e18f11fb5ff61c158ff73">report</a> said she was traveling 65 mph in a 25 mph zone and briefly hit the brakes before crashing into the golf cart from behind. 
The golf cart rolled over several times and was thrown a distance of 100 yards. The publication noted that the golf cart was equipped with lights and was legally driving on the road at night.
Komorski admitted to consuming alcohol before getting behind the wheel. When asked how impaired she was on a scale from one to 10, &#8220;she stated she was at an 8,&#8221; the affidavit said. Komorski was charged with one count of reckless vehicular homicide and three counts of felony DUI resulting in great bodily harm, the NBC report said.
&#8220;My sister, a daughter, a wife, died in her wedding dress because someone made a terrible decision to get in the car,&#8221; Samantha Hutchinson&#8217;s sister, Mandi Jenkins, told TODAY on Tuesday.
&#8220;She, from the moment she woke up that day until she left the venue, she told Aric on the golf cart that she wanted this day to last forever,&#8221; Jenkins said. &#8220;He told us that at the hospital today when we saw him.&#8221;
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The groom’s mother, Annette Hutchinson, set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for medical expenses and the bride’s burial. As of Wednesday, the <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/sam-and-aric">campaign</a> raised just over $600,000.
“I was handed Aric’s wedding ring in a plastic bag at the hospital, five hours after Sam placed it on his finger and they read each other their vows,” Annette Hutchinson wrote in the post, which included both wedding photos and images of her son in the hospital. “Aric has lost the love of his life.”

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Proposed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> bans in two solid red states each failed by one vote this week, after being torpedoed by several Republicans who refused to vote for the pro-life measures. 
In <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nebraska" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nebraska</a>, a six-week abortion ban could not reach the 33 votes it needed to get past a filibuster after a 32-15 vote in the state Senate and one Republican abstained from voting. In <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/south-carolina" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South Carolina</a>, three Republican women led a filibuster against a bill called the &#8220;Human Life Protection Act,&#8221; leading the vote to fail 22-21. 
In the Cornhusker State, Sen. Merv Riepe, who had attempted to change the bill to a 12-week ban, abstained from voting on the six-week ban, earning the condemnation of Republican Governor Jim Pillen.
“I am profoundly disappointed in the cloture vote today,” Pillen <a href="https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/six-week-abortion-ban-dies-in-nebraska-legislature/article_1f041dfc-e502-11ed-93a6-43c18c71b0c9.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “It is unacceptable for senators to be present not voting on such a momentous vote. I call on Senator Merv Riepe to make a motion to reconsider and stand by the commitments to life he has made in the past.”
“We must embrace the future of reproductive rights,” Reipe claimed, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/04/28/abortion-bans-south-carolina-nebraska-fail" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that the six-week ban is too early because some women might not know that they are pregnant at that time. 
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Nebraska executive director Andi Curry Grubb celebrated the failure of the bill, saying that the vote was a “huge victory for abortion access in Nebraska, the Midwest, and for the country.”
A video shared on Twitter by Sen. Megan Hunt showed a group of women cheering, waving, hugging, and crying after the pro-life measure failed. 
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In South Carolina, five women (three Republicans, a Democrat, and an Independent) <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/04/28/1172741653/strict-abortion-bans-fail-in-deep-red-south-carolina-and-nebraska" target="_blank" rel="noopener">led the charge</a> against the abortion ban, which would ban abortion from conception, making it the third time the body has failed to increase protections for the unborn since Roe v. Wade was overturned. 
Republican Sen. Penry Gustafson <a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-abortion-ban-legislature-8a3d4c18db8aabfc869b9466aa4f76aa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the proposed bill had “no room for empathy, reality or graciousness” but that she was still “pro-life.”
Another Republican, Sen. Sandy Senn, accused the Republican men of “metaphorically” slapping the women in the chamber because of the bill and compared it to &#8220;The Handmaid’s Tale.”
“The only thing that we can do when you all, you men in the chamber, metaphorically keep slapping women by raising abortion again and again and again, is for us to slap you back with our words,” she said. 
Senn has helped <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-white-males-have-lost-south-carolina-republicans-block-proposed-state-abortion-ban-threaten-filibuster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocked similar legislation in the past</a>, previously taking aim at the chamber’s “white males.” The other Republican who helped lead the charge against the bill was Sen. Katrina Shealy. The three other Republicans who joined the Democrats were Sen. Tom Davis, Sen. Greg Hembree, and Sen. Luke Rankin. 
After the failure of the bill, abortion is still legal in the state through 22 weeks, making it a popular destination for women who want abortions in nearby conservative states. 
Earlier this month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Heartbeat Protection Act into law late Thursday night, which prohibits abortions in the state once an unborn child has a detectable heartbeat. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum also just signed a six-week abortion ban into law, with exceptions for rape, incest, and medical emergency during that time.

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Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has been indicted on tax evasion charges for allegedly failing to report more than $2.1 million in income he earned in 2020 and 2021 through illegal activity.
Murdaugh had been previously indicted on tax evasion charges for actions that allegedly took place between 2011 and 2019, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-murdaugh-indicted-tax-evasion-charges-new/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. In total, Murdaugh has been indicted 20 times on 101 charges, including fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion.
Part of the charges includes an alleged scheme to defraud the disgraced attorney’s clients out of nearly $9 million and failing to pay more than $600,000 in taxes to the state of South Carolina.
The latest indictment for tax evasion comes nearly two months after Murdaugh was found guilty of killing his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul. The decision came after just a few hours of deliberation and a six-week trial where more than 70 witnesses testified. Murdaugh has maintained his innocence, suggesting his son Paul was the main target for the murders due to his involvement in a 2019 boat crash that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach.
Murdaugh spent nearly two days testifying in his own defense at his trial and immediately admitted to lying for years about his whereabouts on the day his wife and son were murdered.
The prosecution had already argued that Murdaugh lied about not going to the dog kennels on the day his wife and son were murdered. Prosecutor Creighton Waters previously pointed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cell-phone-evidence-puts-disgraced-attorney-alex-murdaugh-at-scene-of-family-murder-prosecutors-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to cell phone evidence</a> taken from Paul’s phone less than five minutes before he was killed. Paul had filmed one of the dogs to send to a friend, and prosecutors allege Murdaugh’s voice can be heard in the background of the recording. Murdaugh has said he wasn’t at the kennels that night. Prosecutors allege that Murdaugh murdered his wife and son around 8:49 p.m., just a few minutes after the video was taken.
When Murdaugh took the stand, his defense attorneys asked him if he had lied to police about his whereabouts on the night his family was murdered, and Murdaugh admitted to lying.
“I lied about being down there, and I’m so sorry that I did,” Murdaugh said, <a href="https://people.com/crime/alex-murdaugh-admits-lying-police-murders-wife-son/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to People Magazine</a>.
Murdaugh maintained that he did not murder his wife and son, whom he referred to by nicknames “Mags” and “Paul Paul.” He claimed during his testimony that his alleged drug addiction made him “paranoid,” which caused him to lie.
“As my addiction evolved over time I would get in these situations or circumstances where I would get paranoid,” Murdaugh testified. “I’m sorry I lied.”
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Murdaugh also testified that his son Paul was receiving threats over his involvement in the boat crash that killed Beach. Paul was indicted on one count of boating under the influence causing death and two counts of causing significant bodily injury.
“Paul got the most vile threats — the stuff that was on social media — you couldn’t believe it,” Murdaugh testified, <a href="https://people.com/crime/alex-murdaugh-claims-sons-killer-angry-fatal-2019-boat-crash-threats/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to People</a>. “You couldn’t believe it. It was so over the top, truthfully we didn’t think anything about it, it was so crazy. People talking about what he was going to get. … We disregarded it. It was so over the top.”
If convicted of tax evasion, Murdaugh faces up to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000 plus attorneys fees, CBS reported. He is already serving two consecutive life sentences for the murders of his family members.

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Convicted Murderer Alex Murdaugh Charged With Additional Tax Evasion

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