There’s settled science and then there’s the South Carolina Statehouse | Opinion

South Carolina is a beautiful state with amazing beaches, fun things to do on water and land and big cities and small towns where you can lose yourself for a day or a lifetime surrounded by people who look out for their neighbors and who want the absolute best for the next generation.

Yet too often our leaders lead us astray and threaten that future for all of our children.

Just last month, a Senate committee torpedoed Gov. Henry McMaster’s nominee to direct the Department of Public Health because he supported vaccines. And this month, another Senate committee advanced McMaster’s nominee to direct the Department of Environmental Services but only after the committee chair, Sen. Wes Climer, R-York, wrangled a ridiculous concession from her that she would not return with regulations or proposed statutes “that would have us make choices on the basis of your climate scientists and their theories about manmade climate change.” Her equally ridiculous “No, sir” was met by his “OK, thank you. Correct answer.”…

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