But Christale Spain, the SC Democratic Party chair, told Politico he had not yet contacted Dems in the state.
AdvertisementAdvertisementSpain said that Phillips had not yet spoken with Democrats in South Carolina, which she said was a sign that he's "not serious."
"Any serious Democratic candidate … would understand that Black voters in South Carolina have been the backbone of the Democratic Party," she told the publication.
(The change has caused a major rift with New Hampshire's claim as the first primary state by law.)
(Steve Schmidt, the former GOP strategist now advising Phillips, told Politico that the campaign would "cede" the state to Biden.)
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