CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette paid a visit to the Lowcountry for a town hall in downtown Charleston.
She joined the America’s Future Trust Social Welfare Organization and the Republican State Leadership Committee at a public town hall at Henry’s On The Market, discussing the future of the country.
Just before the town hall, attendees were able to submit questions to ask Lt. Gov. Evette.
During the discussion, moderated by former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Joe Semsar, Evette addressed topics ranging from technology and energy efficiency and her recent meeting with the Department of Government Efficiency.
Evette her goal is to get South Carolina to a zero-state income tax state and she touched on how to do that.
“You don’t have to keep leveraging high taxes and pushing it down your citizens’ throats,” Evetter said. “That’s where we are, and we have to keep going.”
Evette made a point to praise the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office’s recent ICE sting at a nightclub, when asked about ICE raids happening across the country. She also praised law enforcement as a whole in South Carolina, saying they have done a great job with de-escalation in other protests in recent months and years.
Evette discussed the need to continue cracking down on human trafficking and the fentanyl crisis in the state.
Big focus points for her were technology, education and empowering the next generation, mentioning the workforce initiative that she started.
“As I was touring around to businesses that employ youth, I was at ZF Transmissions up in the Upstate,” Evette said. “So I met this young man. Super impressive. He said, ‘Yeah, I was going to go to Clemson, but I love what I do so much, I realized I love being hands-on. So ZF Transmission said to finish up my degree in mechatronics, work for a year, and we will send you to Clemson if you figure out you want to do that.’”
Evette said that was a testament to the growth of workforce training and technical colleges in S.C.
“And I said, ‘What do we do to get all your friends on this train?’” she said. “And he said, ‘Tell us why you need us.’”
Evette encouraged everyone in attendance to empower the youth and wrapped up saying she hopes everyone left with a sense of pride for their state and country.
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