Knotts Still Feeling Heat After Blocking Ballot Plan
The Lexington senator could now face resurfacing of an alleged 2010 duel challenge.
State Senator Jake Knotts is still feeling the heat after placing a legislative block on a measure that would allow many of the 180 disqualified candidates back on June primary ballots last Tuesday. Now, a South Carolina political blogger is claiming an alleged 2010 duel challenge could come up in the latest protests against the senator — who is a frequent target of conservatives who call him a "Republican in name only." Conservative groups across the state today are launching a grassroots effort called Operation Lost Vote with hopes of getting many Republican challengers to GOP incumbents tossed from the ballot added back. Roxanne Wilson, wife of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), confronted the Lexington Republican on Tuesday after the …
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Yvonne Phipps
10:28 am on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
If you cannot do like everyone else can on time then why complain about it? Also why is this thing coming up now about the duel? It happened back in 2010. If it was a problem it should have been an issue then not now when it can be used to remove him because you do not like what he ruled against. That is so petty. more ›