The Only Tea Party Candidate
My fellow South Carolinians rightly recognize state Sen. Tom Davis as a true conservative and Tea Party champion. When it comes to the Tea Party’s primary mission–reducing out monstrous debt–there is really only one choice in this election. Only Ron Paul has offered spending cuts in-line with what the Tea Party desires–$1 trillion in his first year as president. The other candidates have offered nothing even remotely close and criticize Paul for being too “extreme.” Or as Davis explained in this report from CNN:
“One of the nice things about being in South Carolina every four years is you get to meet candidates first hand. And I’ve had that chance,” Davis said.
The state senator called former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman “a fine man” and was equally kind to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
“At the end of the day, when I sat down, I realized there were a lot of good people running for this race,” Davis said. “But there’s only one person, there’s only one person speaking to what I believe is the core problem of our country today. The biggest threat to our liberty comes from debt.”
“There is only one candidate that is talking about this problem to the degree, at the scale and with the scope that it needs to be talked about. You can’t nibble around the edges anymore…”
After speaking at the event himself, CNN asked Paul why the Davis endorsement mattered.
“Well because he’s very popular. And he’s going to get a lot of support and he’s going to get a lot of attention for me,”
Added Paul of Davis:
“He’s a believer.”
