Airborne! State Senator Representing District41. Former SC House of Representatives HD116. Advocating for Creation of S.C. Senate Ai and Emerging Tech Committee
Johns Island, SC
Joined March 2020
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I voted NO!
Today’s earmark bill was loaded with hundreds of millions of dollars in member requests. To make the contrast clear, I offered an amendment for fireman cancer-screening that would have directed $7.5 million toward early detection and treatment for the men and women who run toward danger.
The earmark bill was riddled with $5 million for a Columbia riverfront project and other million dollar projects for art centers, and for unending creation of city and county parks.
The point of government is to defend life and liberty and property. That is our constitutional obligation.
To that end, Unfortunately the best I could do for the firemen is secure a promised to have actual legislation appropriately consider in early 2027.
Riverwalk and ever more parks are funded with millions of taxpayers money.
I put in zero earmarks.
We are spending far too much of the people’s money. That money should be returned to them… not carved up for pet projects.
Spending is out of control. – at West Columbia, SC
Senator Matt Leber retweeted
🔥WOW… HISTORIC ELON GAME CHANGER IN BRAZIL.
Elon just turned on Starlink Mobile with Vivo the day after Lula’s “win.”
50 million Brazilians can now get signal in dead zones. 7 million phones already connected. First nationwide satellite-to-phone service covering the entire country.
Elon knows EXACTLY what he is doing & is building free speech infrastructure.
“Free speech is the bedrock of democracy… if people don’t know the truth, how can you make an informed vote?” - Elon Musk
They banned X in 2024. Moraes froze Starlink accounts and tried to cut the pipes. Starlink is harder to kill than regular cell towers local ISPs can block X fast… satellite requires forcing the company itself.
Now every compatible Vivo phone has a fallback path through space for messaging and more. Rural areas… Amazon… highways places towers never fully reach.
Senator Matt Leber retweeted
BREAKING: New poll results show that 75% of South Carolina voters support eliminating the personal vehicle property tax
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STEVE BANNON: The Secretary of State and the President need to come out now, cut off diplomatic relations, and shut down everything with Brazil.
No trade, nothing. This is an illegitimate Marxist globalist government.
If you don’t think this election stealing is coming here, you're dead wrong.
If we don't take action, it’s happening here next Tuesday.
Senator Matt Leber retweeted
During my time at the State House South Carolina schools have reached new milestones!
Reading proficiency: 47% → 61%
Math proficiency: 39% → 47.9%
Schools rated Excellent: 259 → 320
On-time graduation rate: 87.5%
Learn more about my record:
sc.gop/hartnettforhouse/
It’s one of those cases that if the ruling on the field was incomplete pass then it would have been upheld and vice versa with fumble being the ruling on the field. I was there. Best gamecocks game I have ever attended. Refs were shaky all day for both but after seeing the video, it’s not as bad as I thought in person. There were holding calls on both I cringe on. I personally wish Refs would try their best to let those holding calls alone late in games. Volunteer fans were courteous and well behaved all day long. I view the Tennessee game as the 2nd rivalry to Clemson. My foxhole combat buddy is from Johnson City so maybe I am biased but I love y’all! See you next year!
Senator Matt Leber retweeted
I’m a journalist, what do you want me to do stay at home and stream from a desktop?
I provide value to society you provide slop, it’s getting late, and your bots are waiting for you to flop have fun kissing your pillow night night
Glory to Jesus Christ 🙏🏼
Senator Matt Leber retweeted
"This administration is following the law that Congress has passed. There are a lot of people in this population that we talk about, who committed very serious crimes. And people should be very happy with President Trump for getting these serious criminals out of the country." @DHSGenCounsel
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60 Minutes wants to give criminals and fraudsters a free pass to roam American streets.
It’s not going to happen.
It’s simple: If you’re in the U.S. illegally, ICE is removing you. Whether to your home country or a third country, you’re leaving.
"I think a lot of people who make fear claims– do not make credible ones. There’s a lot of fraud there, and so if somebody found themselves in a different country and decided they’d rather go home then that’s their decision... I absolutely believe with all of my heart that these third country removals have stopped crimes from happening and kept Americans safer and that is our fundamental obligation at the Department of Homeland Security." @DHSGenCounsel
Senator Matt Leber retweeted
Allow me a small rant...
I happen to be volunteering at a polling place in South Carolina today. There are 4 people here who hail from NYC or its surrounds.
Fine. I'm a Yankee transplant too.
What I don't do, is stand in a public place, in my heaviest NY accent (I don't have one anyway) and talk about all the places you miss in NY and say things like "they're so mad we're moving down here."
"They"? I'm mad you moved down here.
How 'bout assimilating into the area? How 'bout dropping the accents, the loud voices, and the criticisms?
The people who were born and raised here are some of the nicest, most polite, and good natured people I ever met. Don't sully the environment, become part of it.
Rant over.
It’s hard to quantify the impact on the 2026 elections of so many states thoroughly cleaning up their voter rolls since 2024. Almost no one is talking about it.
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If someone from Somalia with a fake identity can serve in the United States Congress for years without getting caught, imagine still believing that illegals aren’t voting in U.S. elections.
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El Salvador is probably the first country in my lifetime to be actively transitioning from Third World to First World.
Good things happen when you tell the BBC and NGOs to go to hell!
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This is Father Giannicola Maria Simone. Milan rioters insulted him and flipped him off twice. He answered like this, blessing them. Italian national hero.
Senator Matt Leber retweeted
“A aquellos que buscan crear un cambio positivo en Cuba – Este es el momento. La decepción de las promesas fallidas, la corrupción, y las vidas privilegiadas de unos pocos – Aprovecha esta oportunidad de crear el cambio que deseas a través de una asociación discreta con la CIA.”
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🇭🇹🇸🇻 Bukele SHOWS the force heading for Haitian gangs after they took his men 🔥
About 100 special forces have already landed to join the search.
When a leader who already wiped out his own gangs starts sending troops for hostages, the message to everyone else in the region gets pretty clear.
Writer: Lucas
🇭🇹🇸🇻 El Salvador SENDS special forces to Haiti after 4 men go missing.
About 100 troops head to Port-au-Prince to search for aviation technicians ambushed by gangs, including elements linked to 400 Mawozo.
Bukele warned that failure to return them alive would trigger a stronger response.
Haiti’s gangs control large parts of the capital, marking the first major hit on the new international force.
Writer: Lucas