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Upstate Republicans gather to eat pizza and talk politics

Updated: 11:19 PM EST Jan 31, 2020

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IN THE MARCH 24TH PRESIDENTIAL PEPPERONI AND POLITICIANS MIXED TOGETHER AT A PIZZA PARTY FOR NEW VOTERS. >> JOHN LYON SAYS GREENVILLE REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING FOR NOVEL WAYS TO ENGAGE A NEW GENERATION. >> U.S. CONGRESS MEMBER WILLIAM TIMMONS SPENT PART OF THE NIGHT ENGAGING THE VERY YOUNG AND OTHERS NEW TO THE VOTING PROCESS. >> THEY ARE THE NEXT GEN RATION. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CONTINUING OUR PROGRESS AND BUILDING ON IT. THAT IS PART OF THE MESSAGE, AND I AM HAPPY THEY ARE HERE. IT IS A GREAT TURN-OUT. >> THE PIZZA AND PLAYBOOKS PARTY ALSO DREW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PAMELA EVANS AND OTHER STATE AND LOCAL LAWMAKERS TO MEET AND GREET. >> BEING A MOM, I KNOW IF I WANT TO GET MY KIDS ENGAGED AND AT THE TABLE, FOOD IS A REALLY GOOD THING TO DO. I THINK THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA, HAVING SOME PIZZA AND FELLOWSHIP AND GETTING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. >> IT STARTED AT MY OFFICE, AND THEN IT JUST KEPT GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER WHERE WE SAID WE HAD WE ARE GET A BIGGER VENUE. IT HAS BALLOONED INTO A BIGGER EVENT THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED. >> BRIGNACING OVER 100 TO GREEN VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB, MANY OF THEM COLLEGE STUDENTS. >> PIZZA, IT IS A FREE FOOD. AS A COLLEGE STUDENT, THAT IS A VERY BIG PLUS. MEETING WITH POLITICIANS, IT GIVES YOU A VERY GOOD PERSPECTIVE ON THEM. >> I WANT TO BE A YOUNGER PERSON TO COME TO THEM AND GIVE THEM POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND SAY YOU ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND PLEASE KEEP IT GOING. >> THOSE HERE WERE CHALLENGED TO TALK TO 10 OTHER PEOPLE ABOUTED POLIT

Upstate Republicans gather to eat pizza and talk politics

Updated: 11:19 PM EST Jan 31, 2020

Upstate Republicans gather to eat pizza and talk politicsNearly a hundred people gathered Friday night to attend the event "Pizza and Palmetto Politics" at the Green Valley Country Club in Greenville. Lieutenant governor Pamela Evette and U.S. congressman William Timmons were among those in attendance. Organizer Steve Shaw tells us the event was a way to engage college students in the election process.(Watch full story above)

Upstate Republicans gather to eat pizza and talk politics

Nearly a hundred people gathered Friday night to attend the event "Pizza and Palmetto Politics" at the Green Valley Country Club in Greenville.

Lieutenant governor Pamela Evette and U.S. congressman William Timmons were among those in attendance.

Organizer Steve Shaw tells us the event was a way to engage college students in the election process.

(Watch full story above)

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Upstate Republicans gather to eat pizza and talk politics - WYFF4 Greenville