00:02The 2026 midterms are still more than two months away, but in South Carolina this past weekend,
00:092028 already looked very much underway. Pete Buttigieg returning to the state as he weighs
00:15another run for president, and he's already drawing some fire from a potential Democratic rival.
00:21Buttigieg spent the weekend making the rounds, including the NAACP dinner in Orangeburg,
00:27with a particular focus on black voters, who helped end his 2020 presidential campaign
00:33after he won just 3% of the vote in South Carolina. Their support could matter even more next time
00:39around. South Carolina is now set to hold the Democrats' first presidential primary in 2028.
00:46Most Americans, and even in a conservative state like South Carolina, most voters disagree with
00:52the Republican agenda to cut taxes for the wealthy, disagree with the Republican tariffs, disagree with
00:57the Republican war in Iran, disagree with the Republican cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP,
01:01and agree with us on doing more for health care, more for education, more to bring prices down.
01:07But Buttigieg isn't even out of the state, and the 2028 jabs are already starting.
01:12A spokesperson for California Governor Gavin Newsom, himself a possible 2028 contender,
01:18mocking Buttigieg's absence from South Carolina, posting on X,
01:22first time in SC in three years? Nice. And they're hardly alone. Newsom, Kentucky Governor Andy
01:29Beshear, Congressman Ro Khanna, and Senator Cory Booker have already made their own trips to South
01:35Carolina as the potential Democratic field starts taking shape. Republicans are already working the
01:41state too. President Trump was in South Carolina Friday campaigning for Darlene Graham ahead of the
01:47midterms. I watched another commentator say the Republican Party is only 70 percent. Let me tell
01:55you, the Republican Party, I think the real Republican Party is 100 percent. Make America great.
02:01So while the next election is still 2026, the maneuvering for 2028 is clearly underway.
