Episode 79 of Pints & Politics is the “Vance Walker edition,” as Rep. Brandon Guffey holds court with Fort Mill’s Rep. David Martin over a Highland Brewing oatmeal porter, filling in while Rep. Sessions is out sick and longtime sponsor Comer Distributing keeps the taps flowing. The guys preview a grab‑bag week at the South Carolina State House: campus safety H‑4739, high school athletics and the SC High School League, Heath Sessions’ parental rights bill, a lab‑grown meat ban and roadside markets for boiled‑peanut‑stand farmers, invasive blue catfish, an official migratory bird, and Rep. Yow’s America‑First Buy American Iron and Steel Act. From there they dive into tort and liquor‑liability reform, that 2017 million‑dollar minimum and what it did to insurance markets, then pivot into judicial reform and the JMSC fight: whether lawyer‑legislators should sit on the commission, how much power governors should have over judges, and why red‑state conservatives still need to think about what happens when the pendulum swings blue. They mix in billboard repair and ugly, unfixable signs, Joe White’s barbers and cosmetologists bill and over‑the‑top licensing rules, Guffey’s tattoo and piercing rant, Tommy Pope’s DNA‑privacy bill, sovereign‑citizen horror stories, and Rep. Gatch’s earthquake‑insurance debate over mandates, exclusions, and when “the government should rebuild my house” stops being fair. This episode closes in full campaign mode: Guffey and Martin talk looming primary challengers, out‑of‑district and out‑of‑state money, what it means to be a Fort Mill/York County first representative, and why they’d rather make unflashy, technical changes that actually help small businesses and families than chase viral culture‑war clicks. Along the way they shout out Gavin’s Law, AI and cyber policy work on the Regs Committee, small‑business tax credits for office gear, Burns Automotive Group as a new sponsor, and invite listeners to plug in at https://pintsandpolitics.show, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeart. Martinforhouse.com Heathsessions.com voteguffey.com #PintsAndPolitics #SouthCarolinaPolitics #SCStateHouse #CampusSafety #ParentalRights #JudicialReform #TortReform #SCFarmers #LabGrownMeat #SmallBusiness #YorkCounty #FortMill #RockHill
