Lt. Gov. Evette set to give SC State commencement speech, causing student protest

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: April 28, 2026

Words: 882

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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COLUMBIA — Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s scheduled speech at South Carolina State University’s commencement ceremony brought calls from students and some legislators for administrators to pick someone else.

Evette, a Republican who is running for governor in a crowded June primary, is set to speak to graduating seniors at the state’s only public historically Black university May 8.

“It’s a tone-deaf decision,” state Rep. Hamilton Grant, a Columbia Democrat, told reporters Tuesday.

University spokesman …

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