Dem in S.C. Gubernatorial Race Won’t Drop Out After Arrest Video Surfaces

Charleston attorney Mullins McLeod says he isn’t dropping out of the South Carolina gubernatorial race following the release of dashcam footage from his arrest for disorderly conduct in May.

“I share with the voters that no matter how much they try to silence me, no matter how much they tried to get me out of this race, that I would not stand down,” McLeod, a Democrat, said in a video posted to his campaign’s Facebook page.  

“I made that commitment to you, and I told you in that letter that I prepared my entire adult life for what lies ahead. Well, this is the precise moment that I was talking about in that letter. This is the precise moment I prepared my entire adult life to handle.”

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