{"id":1008831,"date":"2021-11-13T20:28:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T01:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1008831"},"modified":"2021-11-13T20:28:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T01:28:54","slug":"exclusive-republican-matthew-leber-running-for-south-carolina-house-to-bring-regular-guys-back-into-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republican-matthew-leber-running-for-south-carolina-house-to-bring-regular-guys-back-into-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2014 Republican Matthew Leber Running for South Carolina House to Bring \u2018Regular Guys\u2019 Back into Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-republican-matthew-leber-running-for-south-carolina-house-to-bring-regular-guys-back-into-politics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1008831&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Matthew-Leber-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Matthew Leber, a former combat veteran, told&nbsp;<i>Breitbart News Saturday&nbsp;<\/i>that he\u2019s running for South Carolina\u2019s House of Representatives in District 116 to be the regular guy who takes on Democrats and establishment Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>LISTEN:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Leber spoke with&nbsp;<i>Breitbart News Saturday&nbsp;<\/i>host Matthew Boyle about New Jersey state senator Ed Durr\u2019s inspirational win against the state\u2019s former senate president. \u201cI served eight years as a paratrooper two years in the Special Forces after 9\/11. I worked for various federal agencies. I am the regular guy just like Ed, and it\u2019s very inspirational,\u201d he said. \u201cIt shows that this this sort of thing can happen. And we\u2019re putting on the best campaign that we possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leber spoke about a local woman who complained to him about rising inflation while on the campaign trail and how that gave him a sense of responsibility. \u201cYou know Matt, the feeling of responsibility just overwhelmed my soul and my body and I said to myself, \u2018You know what, I\u2019m gonna win this race, for that little old lady and all the other thousands that are in my district that need conservative representation.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Boyle noted that the district Leber is running in had been represented by Democrats for a long time, but they supported Trump in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is conservative. Trump did win, it was a very narrow win. It is pretty much a Purple district, but we are expecting a red wave in the future,\u201d Leber said. \u201cSo we feel like it is time for the regular guys to stake the claim as well, and it\u2019s not just the establishment politician that gets to ride this wave of discontent by the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI often say Columbia has enough attorneys as lawmakers, they need more paratroopers. So that\u2019s why I\u2019m running. I\u2019m the regular guy,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like we need to fortify the state of South Carolina against those mandates and other overreach by the federal government,\u201d Leber said when asked what could be done to combat federal vaccine mandates and out of control spending. He discussed the possibility of South Carolina declaring itself a \u201csanctuary state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, you know, there\u2019s pieces of legislation that would make some sort of a sanctuary state where we get to review these unconstitutional orders that are coming down and take a look at them. And if we determine through our Attorney General, and the assembly that whatever executive order has come is unconstitutional, then what we can do is forbid local police from enforcing these these laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Leber criticized his Democrat opponent for not supporting constitutional carry, saying, \u201cShe\u2019s not necessarily one that cares very much about constitutional rights.\u201d He added, \u201cThat\u2019s a big difference between me and her. I\u2019m a constitutionalist. I believe in the rights of the people and the people should have their rights protected by governments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boyle questioned Leber about his history as a combat veteran and asked for more information about his story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI served eight years in the military. Most of it was overseas. Five years of it was in Europe. I spent a year in Bosnia. So my life has been about service to my country and I\u2019m just finally grateful that I can now serve the great state of South Carolina, and I\u2019m really ready for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leber mentioned that his wife pushed him to run for state representative after watching the events of the 2020 election unfold. \u201cOne day my wife, who\u2019s also a combat veteran, she came in and she said, If you don\u2019t run for state house, you\u2019re sleeping on the couch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Boyle talked about a monthly meeting of South Carolina conservatives and asked Leber what advice he would give to people in other states that are upset with their local government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all had the feeling that the red tide is going to happen in 2022, and the regular guy should stick a claim,\u201d he responded. \u201cDemocrats shouldn\u2019t run for these seats unopposed anymore. And we need to recruit good candidates, and we need to support them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leber wasn\u2019t shy to call out establishment Republicans either. \u201cI want to win this so I can rebel at a higher level, you know, not just the Democrats. Some of the more established Republicans don\u2019t necessarily get it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Leber then called out his opponent for fundraising primarily from individuals outside of the state. \u201cYou know, Democrats are very good with their Act Blue sending money. My opponents, 66% of her money comes from out of the state of South Carolina, from places like San Francisco, New York, Washington, DC. A full 90% of my money so far is coming from in the state of South Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the interview concluded, Leber promoted an oyster roast event his campaign will hold on Saturday and shouted out to his father, who recently had bypass surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Leber, a former combat veteran, told\u00a0Breitbart News Saturday\u00a0that he\u2019s running for South Carolina\u2019s House of Representatives in District 116 to be the regular guy who takes on Democrats and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1008831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}