Derrick H

Now that I’m verified, let me introduce myself. I am a Christian first and foremost, and I’m far from perfect. I’m from rural South Carolina, where I’ve spent the majority of my life. When not living in the countryside, I attended college (didn’t finish) in Charleston, SC and studied abroad in Kensington, London, England where I studied Brexit; I’ve lived in rural Idaho and in Puerto Rico. I’ve worked a variety of different jobs ranging from agriculture, to construction and aviation to name a few. While in college, my focus was on international diplomacy & statecraft, and counter-terrorism. Whereas I highly value national security, I fear the surveillance state and our liberties fading. I will openly admit, circa 2016 I was very Authoritarian Right; in response to the political climate. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve de-radicalized drastically and have become a staunch Constitutionalist. What’s important to me is my relationship with Christ, the safety and wellbeing of my family, and the heritage of my nation. My family has been here since the very beginning, long before the Revolution, and I want the dream they had preserved for all; not to be regulated into extinction by the Fed. See below for my prior pinned post; which is a cause near and dear to my heart.

I have offered on numerous occasions to volunteer my time & travel Aiken County and conduct polls and surveys offline for several politicians so that they could get an honest read from a broad sample of constituents on both sides of the isle. I’ve repeatedly been turned down or ignored. The truth is, they’ve been too comfortable and don’t care to hear what we have to say or how we feel.

My county councilman runs unopposed as a Republican. I won’t say he’s bad, but I can’t exactly say he’s good either. It’s possible he’s achieving more than his constituents realize, but also it’s possible he’s not achieving enough. His big platform is paving roads and EMS response time; yet we have plenty of roads that are in disarray including a bridge out on the same road (less than a mile away) from a fire dept that’s been out for over 10 years. Seriously considering running in 4 years to put him in the hot seat.

Wish more would understand why we did what we did. I could have voted Andrews, and considered it even. But I couldn’t bring myself to vote for her. I was hopeful she’d win over Graham, but I stayed to my principles of not voting for either party for the senate seat. I felt my voice was more powerful writing in Norman and showing I’m still right wing rather than become another swing voter with a split ballot. We were a very small minority but we have been heard louder by writing in than had we simply just voted Democrat.

I’ll put this out there as a suggestion for my fellow South Carolinians. I’ve seen people suggest Norman run to primary Tim Scott in two years. While others pointing out Norman’s age. I mean this with full respect: the time for Norman to withdraw from running for Congress has come. He has been one of the best congressmen we’ve had in a while, but the time has come to pass the ball over to a younger generation. I believe if he chooses to mentor a candidate to run in the primary, and helped that person make connections and remained someone to turn to for advice, he could have a much bigger impact now than if he tried to run again in two years. There’s plenty of South Carolinians ready to rise up and serve our state. We need to spend our time and energy now finding the best candidates and connecting with them.

I’m always skeptical when I encounter accounts with only like 1-200 followers, no pfp and are followed by one or more very popular accounts.

.2% of the vote, yet it’s still all our fault 🤔 Don’t pay the results from the rest of the country any mind though.

The message is loud and clear that we aren’t happy with the GOP. Now if those who demanded blind loyalty will accept it, I’m not opposed to forgiving the last year and a half of ridicule and name calling. I’ll extend the olive branch and won’t demand apologies. However, you need to be more humble going forward and less radical/obnoxious and stop demanding hive-mind mentality. Accept that we have varying opinions and methods of achieving success and growth. We don’t have to be enemies, rather now it’s more important that we unite than ever before.

We now have a great opportunity to rebuild the Right to provide quality candidates. True America First supporters that will restore the nation. As I’ve stated many times, sometimes things must get worse before they get better. The ball is now in motion. We’ve got 6 years to find replacements for those who won tonight. Those on the chopping block next would be wise to learn tonight’s lesson before it’s their heads.

Watching the results come in, seems republicans can’t even blame us write-in voters for Grahams performance. Our numbers aren’t enough to make a difference. Graham would be losing even with us.

If Darline is such a good candidate, me not voting for her shouldn’t matter at all when over 1.8mil votes have been casted today.

Ironically enough, Graham supporters are calling Norman voters gay… as if Graham isn’t on the ballot solely to continue the legacy of a gay man. 🤡

At the end of it all, I couldn’t bring myself to vote for evil. My vote may be “wasted” but I can at least go to sleep tonight knowing I didn’t elect evil. Even if evil still wins.

I spent all morning trying to decide if I should rebel by writing in Norman, or take it a step further by voting Andrews to better combat having another Graham forced upon us until death. I knew going into today; there was no way Graham would get my vote. She’s done nothing to earn it. Plus her supporters have done nothing but cheaply name call me and others and demand our fealty. At least as an undecided, Andrews campaign did try to reach us. She had a platform other than “elect me because I’m not the other person, or because my brother died.” We know what she stands for, even if I don’t agree with it. All that said, I couldn’t bring myself to vote for her either. I decided to write in Norman as I had intended to for awhile now. I’m sure my message of dissatisfaction with the SCGOP falls on deaf ears regardless, and I know myself and others will still be blamed if Andrews wins, but I can at least sleep well tonight knowing I didn’t vote for either evil. I know it’s neigh impossible Norman wins, but as much as I dislike Andrews, she’s at least campaigned and deserves the victory more than Graham does. I’m sure I’ll get a lot of hate from this, and I don’t care. If we keep throwing our support behind the corrupt GOP, nothing will ever get better. At least if a Democrat wins, it’ll force the pendulum to swing back right in 6 years and maybe then the GOP will provide us with a decent option. Sometimes thing must get worse before they can get better.

Anyone claiming no ice at 37k ft…