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Councilman. CEO of The Inspyre Group. @Forbes Contributor. @uofsc & @georgetown Alum. Former: @POTUS + @SpoxHHS + @NikkiHaley

Lexington, SC

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Joined December 2012

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Gavin J. Smith

11 months

Incredibly humbling to stand next to my husband, @iammatthewaaron , as I was sworn in and officially became the first openly gay and youngest Councilman to serve on @TownLexingtonSC Town Council. A moment I’ll never forget, and here’s to the exciting work and days ahead! 🙏🏼

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Gavin J. Smith

1 year

To my fellow Republicans: Your thoughts, prayers, & empty statements AREN’T ENOUGH anymore. The only thing I want to hear is how you’re toning down divisive rhetoric, & how you plan to work with — not against — our LGTBQ+ community. If you can’t, just shut your mouth.

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@gtconway3d @LindseyGrahamSC I’ve known Lindsey for years. I worked for Trump. And mark my words: Trump has something on Lindsey.

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Democrats: Republicans are not your enemies. Republicans: Democrats are not your enemies. This notion that we’re enemies just because we have different political beliefs is wrong and the very opposite of what being an American means. We MUST start working together again.

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2 years

The Republican Party can’t continue to claim it’s the party of law and order, and continue to support Donald Trump.

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1 year

@Bengals What genius comms person approved this tweet? 🙄

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2 years

@RpsAgainstTrump Donald Trump should never be able to run for President again. RT if you agree 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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2 years

⚠️ WATCH: “ @gtconway3d said it best on @CNN — the @gop always says they don’t support pronouns, but Donald Trump is the king of pronouns: I/me/my/mine. That is Donald Trump & everything is about him. It has become less about America First & more about Donald Trump first.”

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2 years

@gtconway3d @Redpainter1 As a former staffer who traveled with him (emphasis on the word former): 1) George is right. He’s holding a hat 2) The sheriff’s car is his detail’s lead car 3) There’s an agent opening the door and the lady in the Khakis is a plain clothes agent. Let’s not get too excited!

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Gavin J. Smith

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I am gay. I am a Republican. If that bothers you — get over it.

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Gavin J. Smith

11 months

I’m a Lifelong Republican, and I’m not: ➡️ Canceling Target ➡️ Cancelling Chick Fil A ➡️ Cancelling Bud Light I believe in a free market. Let them do what they want. Let people buy what they want. Simple as that — and carry on with your lives.

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1 year

BREAKING: Writers at @nbcsnl have all taken the week off, after Republicans have literally writen the script for this Saturday’s show for them… 😅

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2 years

I have a message for @GOPLeader , @MarkMeadows , & my other former Trump-world colleagues who refuse to testify before the J6 Committee — it’s never the wrong time to tell the truth, & you still have an opportunity to do so. Thanks for having me on the show to discuss, @Acosta !

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@GeoRebekah @GOP @realDonaldTrump @laurenboebert @mattgaetz Actually, @GeoRebekah , I’ve been one of the Republicans who have been VERY outspoken against Trump & those who follow him fearlessly — including McCarthy. I’ve done my part to help defeat him, and I’ve called on an entire new generation of leadership to step up. Thanks, though.

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1 year

Let’s be clear: you are an absolutely reprehensible human being if you’re touting absurd conspiracy theories that the #COVID19 vaccine led to Damar Hamlin’s collapse tonight. Period.

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@RonFilipkowski Background: when I worked for Donald Trump in 2016 — Trump rolled his eyes every time Pastor Burns was set to intro him. Trump dreaded it, & wanted him gone from back stage before he arrived at events. Trump couldn’t stand the guy, but he was, as DJT put it: “good for optics.”

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1 year

All smiles knowing our marriage will soon be protected by federal law. Thank you to the U.S. Senate for passing this landmark legislation, & for choosing love over bigotry. To the Republicans who didn’t vote in favor of this legislation: your day is coming, & love always wins!

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2 years

I've known @henrymcmaster for as long as I've been in politics, & to say I'm disappointed by his comments in the SC Governor's debate tonight on same-sex marriage is an understatement. GOPers continues to shoot themselves in the foot on this issue, & it's why our party is dying.

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2 years

@RonFilipkowski More background: Pastor Burns once tried to demand: 1) Private security 2) Private flights All paid for by Trump’s campaign. All demands were refused, & Burns stopped speaking (sort of went on strike) for a brief period. Then, like everyone else, he came grifting back.

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Gavin J. Smith

1 year

The greatest threat to our national security is the divisiveness in America today. We must recognize that divisiveness has been weaponized for political gain, & while it may work, America is being torn apart as a result. It must stop now, & we must start working together again.

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We don’t need your thoughts & prayers, @tedcruz . We need your divisive rhetoric to stop. We need you to work WITH us to forge solutions that ensure attacks like this on our community NEVER happen again. I, a fellow Republican, would be happy work with you. When can we meet?

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Heidi and I are praying for the victims & loved ones impacted by the horrific shooting in Colorado Springs. This senseless evil needs to end. 1/x

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@RpsAgainstTrump Narcissistic.

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1 year

Dear Politicians: In the aftermath of yet another mass shooting in America, we DO NOT need your thoughts & prayers tweets. We need action. We need common sense solutions. We need you to do something! You were elected to pass laws & keep America safe! Please. Do. Your. Job.

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I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Williams Brice so electric! LFG @UofSC @GamecockFB !

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Gavin J. Smith

2 years

@RonFilipkowski Sign me up! I helped elect him as part of his staff in 2016, and I’m ready to help DEFEAT him in 2024! Donald Trump cannot serve another term as President. Period!

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2 years

@RonFilipkowski Anyone recognize the carpet from Trump’s “high level meetings” at his Washington, DC golf club today?

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11 months

I am proud to be an American. I am proud to be a Republican. I am proud to be gay. All three things can be true.

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Gavin J. Smith

2 years

@77_Dredd @RpsAgainstTrump This is so true! I went from team @NikkiHaley early on in my career, to a Gingrich staffer, to running local GOP campaigns, to a Trump staffer who has spoken out against him. I’m now dubbed a RINO by many in my state party b/c I don’t endorse Trump-ism and conspiracies. Sad!

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2 years

Y’all: can someone please call and wake @gtconway3d and his corgis up?! I really need his commentary on the Meadows revelations/breaking news right now… 😅

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2 years

Silly us — how didn’t we figure this one out already?! Donald Trump won the 2020 election, he’s still the President, and he’s just headed back to the White House… Didn’t you know (said no one but the conspiracy theorists)?! 🙄🙄🙄

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If anyone summons up any good ideas about what's going on let us know

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2 years

If @LindseyGrahamSC will work to overturn Roe citing “state’s rights,” & then work to federally mandate abortion restrictions — his “no” vote on Respect for Marriage Act citing *state’s rights* should signal that he’ll work to federally mandate same-sex marriage restrictions.

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1 year

America was founded on the very idea of differences of opinion and beliefs. We must remember that. We must find common ground. We must tone down rhetoric. And, most of all, we must remember that we’re all fighting for the same team — the United States of America. 🇺🇸

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2 years

⚠️ WATCH: As Donald Trump returns to DC today for the first time since Jan. 6, speculation is mounting not on IF he’ll make a 2024 run, but rather WHEN he’ll announce. But I’m not convinced he will run, & I joined @Acosta to share why and what I’m hearing from Trump-world.

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When Democrats came for Barron Trump years ago, so many Republicans cried to “leave kids out of this.” Where are you all at now? There’s absolutely no excuse for @VivekGRamaswamy to invoke @NikkiHaley ’s daughter in this debate. Speak up. Vivek is scum.

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1 year

If we can’t start doing this, and working together, it won’t matter if you’re a Republican or a Democrat, because America will fail. We the people are the glue that holds this country together, and if we continue divisive path, we are destroying our America from the inside out.

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⚠️ ICYMI on @CNN @NewDay : Donald Trump absolutely wants to show up and testify before the January 6th committee. Will he actually do it? That’s another question.

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Gavin J. Smith

1 year

Oh yes — @PeteButtigieg is absolutely sitting behind the screens and running the computer systems for the FAA. What a moronic comment. Especially when we don’t even know what or why it happened. One of America’s dumbest, if not the dumbest, Representatives.

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Every plane in America is currently grounded due to a system error. Mayor Pete, bravo. This is what happens when you hire clueless liberals for jobs they aren’t qualified to do.

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Here’s the deal: 2022 races are over. What’s done is done. What’s said is said. Who won, won. Who lost, lost. Let’s move on. Let’s turn over a new leaf as we gear up for 2024. Let’s look forward TOGETHER. That’s what I’m committed to.

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2 years

With all due respect, Governor, a 2021 poll found: 1️⃣ 70% of Americans support same-sex marriage 2️⃣ 55% of Republicans support same-sex marriage I'm also confused, were you playing politics when you congratulated me & my husband on our marriage, or are you playing politics now?

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6 months

Yo @VivekGRamaswamy — who’s running your debate prep? Vladimir Putin? 👀

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2 years

The far-right regularly makes fun of Biden for not knowing what side of the stage to exit. But, what they won’t tell you is, Donald Trump had the same problem. To fix it: we had to use tape to draw an arrow on the podium pointing to his exit. It’s the hypocrisy for me… 🙄

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Let it wash over you

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@RpsAgainstTrump ⚠️ Fun fact: when I worked for Donald Trump in 2016, one person’s dedicated job on every trip, in every city, was to go and pick up Donald Trump’s fast food orders. And if the food missed the plane because of traffic or slow service at the restaurant — he’d go into a RAGE!

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1 year

@jeffkravitz @GOP @realDonaldTrump @laurenboebert @mattgaetz Actually, read my tweets, watch my TV hits, read my opinion pieces: I’ve called all this out and said it was all nonsense. I don’t agree with anything you just said.

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I have no words. Your son literally MURDERED people, and your concern is whether or not he is gay?! That’s your concern? I can’t with this guy. I have nothing nice to say so I’m just going to stop now… 😡😡😡

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Arizona, she’s still a nut case who thinks that because she lost, the election was “stolen from her.” Mark my words: you’re staring at the VP candidate who will join Donald Trump’s 2024 Presidential ticket.

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@eaglzfan1967 @GOP @realDonaldTrump @laurenboebert @mattgaetz Uhm. No. I didn’t “allow” them to do anything. I have been long outspoken and have called for everyone to be held accountable who played a part in the day. Go on with that nonsense.

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Gavin J. Smith

2 years

Liz Cheney lost for one reason tonight in Wyoming, & it’s because she chose the truth over embracing Donald Trump’s stolen-election conspiracies. Think about that: the @GOP has chosen fallacies over facts. They chose a conspiracy theorist over a proven conservative voice.

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2 years

Someone please call and wake @maggieNYT up… The world is waiting on you to tell us why Donald Trump is in DC, Maggie… 😅 *turns Tweet alerts on*

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@RpsAgainstTrump Trump, essentially thought he was king. Not President!

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1 year

In accounting, we account for money coming in & money going out. The same concept should apply to classified docs, too. We should account for what docs are going out, & what’s come back in. When the balance sheet doesn’t balance, docs are missing. Really shouldn’t be so hard.

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Why is it that we constantly talk about what designer @FLOTUS is wearing? Seems kind of sexist to me. Like who cares? We aren’t worried about what brand a man is wearing… why do we care what brand a woman is wearing? So antiquated.

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Gavin J. Smith

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@CourtneyMcCain @RonFilipkowski But to be very clear, I left him and stopped publicly supporting him in 2018 before the midterms. I didn’t muster up the courage to publicly speak out against him until 2020. This is a very hard thing to do in Trump world. You’re threatened with every legal trick in the book!

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2 years

Well this seems fitting…

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2 years

Trump Endorses Brazil’s Bolsonaro Who Has Already Declared Election Rigged As He Trails in the Polls.

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@gtconway3d “They’ll be the greatest license plates. Believe me!”

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Gavin J. Smith

11 months

Twitter is full of a bunch of keyboard warriors. Get out from behind the keyboard, and get involved in your communities. Go actually be the change you complain about on Twitter.

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2 years

@RpsAgainstTrump He IS the most corrupt President in history!

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Gavin J. Smith

2 years

⚠️ COMING UP: Looking forward to joining @Acosta tomorrow during the 5p EST hour to discuss all things #Trump -world, and where the #Republican Party goes from here. Tune in!

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1 year

Why is it that we continue to wake up & go to sleep to news of mass shootings? Why is ANYONE okay with this? I mean, seriously: is America really FREE if so many now second guess leaving their homes out of fear they may fall victim to another mass shooting? This isn’t okay.

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Four people were shot Wednesday night in the parking lot of a strip mall in Temple Hills, Maryland, including three teenagers, according to police.

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1 year

Every state should send an official to Florida & learn how they count their ballots so quickly/efficiently. They should take that process back home & replicate. It should not take this long to get election results, & further fuels the far right’s “election fraud” narrative.

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Gavin J. Smith

2 years

Yet on July 5, 2016, as evidenced by this statement released by his office, @marcorubio had a very different opinion regarding the “fight over the storage of documents.” Read his own words and full statement here:

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Marco Rubio shrugged off the seriousness of Trump having stolen top secret classified documents, describing it as a "fight over the storage of documents." What the hell happened to Marco Rubio?

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@RpsAgainstTrump Frauds.

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