"Rally for Liberty"

Photos and words by Sean Rayford

Pamela Godwin

All photos made September 17, 2021 in Columbia, SC

Pamela Godwin believes that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent, Donald Trump won in a landslide and blames Barack Obama and Susan Rice. Armed with bullhorn and a pink “Women for Trump” flag she joined about 75 protesters Friday morning at the South Carolina statehouse.

“They wanted him as a puppet,” says Godwin, from Columbia, SC, “The only way that Biden and Kamala got in was by a stolen election.”

She says the demonstrators she joined are patriots who have come together to stand for God’s agenda, for guns and to stand up against fraud.

“The democrats can only get in office by cheating. And that is treasonous,” said Godwin, “We have a firing squad here in South Carolina and we will [have] all of the treasonous leaders brought here.” When she asked if President Biden should be brought before a firing squad, demonstrators responded with cheers.

Speaking about Covid-19, referring to it as “the plandemic,” she said that hospitals aren’t treating them how they want to be treated. “We are paying for it out of our own pockets, or our insurance is, which is the same thing. We need to be able to get Ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, budesonide -- because they work.”

Douglas Lybrand

Douglas Lybrand, from Kershaw County, carries a Gadsden flag and wears a shirt that reads, “Dead people don't always vote but when they do they prefer to vote by mail. The shirt was a gift from his step-son.

Lybrand believes the election was stolen from Trump.

“I think they've got mountains of evidence to prove it. The problem is our government and the way things have evolved, the constitution and our laws are not structured to handle a modern society. And there are evil people in this world that are taking advantage of it. And it's time people figured it out,” said Lybrand, “They say that Trump won 80 million to 74 million votes. They can prove it down to every county in the nation it was corrupted. And my county, Kershaw County, there was 2790 votes that were flipped from Trump to Biden.”

He references Douglas Frank, Mike Lindell, and Mary Fanning as his sources of information on voter fraud.

Shelley Fox, from Union, SC, by way of Savannah, GA, believes that the 2020 election was rigged. The real winner was Donald Trump.

“We know that in SC that President Trump is owed over 100,000 votes and we are pressing the issue. We want these forensic audits. A full forensic audit, and we wont stop until we get it.” said Fox, “In Arizona they are doing a forensic audit of all the counties in Arizona and it goes through everything, including where they bought the paper for the ballots.”

Fox says that the recent recall election in California was also fraudulent. “You know why Newsom is back in office right? Because they went around and started doing all kinds of fictitious ballots and saying California loves Newsom. California hates Newsom. California shows up at every Trump rally possible -- they don't like Newsom.”

Shelley Fox

On a Facebook event post by OverWatch USA, the rally was summarized, “In Light of Joe Biden’s Speech on September 9th 2021, his Hatred and his Vitriol of Liberty and Capitalism, the people of South Carolina are called to gather at our State Capitol in Columbia SC, in opposition to the Tyranny and Government Overreach pouring from Washington DC, and from several State and Local Governments. Come join us, with SC Flags, American Flags, Patriotic Garb, your anger and your passion to keep our State and these United States Free! In the Spirit of our ancestors, lets take this first step towards restoration of our Liberty.”