Topline
Republicans in South Carolina decisively rejected Atlanta attorney Lin Wood’s bid to chair the state party Saturday, reelecting incumbent Drew McKissick over the die-hard Trump supporter, who has drawn scrutiny over his wild allegations of vote-rigging in the 2020 presidential election.
Key Facts
More than 67% of the South Carolina GOP’s 861 delegates voted for McKissick at their convention Saturday, handily defeating Wood, who drew 28% of the vote, and two smaller challengers, party spokesperson Claire Robinson confirmed to Forbes.
In a Telegram post Saturday afternoon, Wood wished McKissick luck but claimed he won his bid for a third term in an “establishment created election.”
McKissick earned former President Donald Trump’s endorsement in March, but Wood cast himself as a more strident and committed Trump supporter, campaigning for McKissick’s job by vowing to keep contesting the results of last year’s presidential election, which Trump lost.
Key Background
A defamation lawyer by trade, Wood is a vehement backer of Trump’s false voter fraud allegations, and filed a number of unsuccessful lawsuits aiming to reverse President Joe Biden’s win. Wood has also called for former Vice President Mike Pence to be executed for treason, backed baseless sex trafficking claims about Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, endorsed wild foreign vote-rigging claims that even the Trump campaign’s attorneys chose not to pursue in court, and enraged other Republicans by encouraging Georgia voters to boycott a pair of must-win Senate runoffs in January. This approach has often landed Wood in hot water: He was booted from most mainstream social media outlets earlier this year, and state bar associations in Georgia and Arizona are investigating his conduct.
Tangent
Wood was based in Atlanta for decades, but he told reporters earlier this year that he’s lived in South Carolina for “several months,” causing Georgia election officials to launch an investigation into whether he illegally voted in Georgia despite moving to another state.
Further Reading
Stolen election myth rattles key GOP race (Politico)
Pro-Trump Attorney Lin Wood Kicked Out Of Private Lawyers’ Club (Forbes)
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