Matthews came under fire after two conversations were published by Project Veritas, a conservative activist group known for deploying deceptive tactics to expose unguarded moments or what they see as questionable conduct. The group’s most frequent targets are Democrats, left-leaning political operatives, labor unions and journalists.

The first instance was this summer when the group published a jailhouse phone call where she is heard speaking to an S.C. prison inmate about funding her campaign with “dope boy money” and suggested having Democrats run as “secret sleepers” in Republican primaries. She later apologized for her comments.

In September, Project Veritas published another undercover video showing Matthews, who is Black, sitting in a restaurant as she makes disparaging remarks about White people to a member of Project Veritas without her knowledge.

“You gotta treat them like (expletive). I mean, that’s the only way they’ll respect you. I keep them right here — like under my thumbs. That’s where I keep — like, you have to. Otherwise, they get out of control — like kids,” she said.

Matthews claimed her comments were edited and taken out of context. She called for Project Veritas to release the full tape, characterizing them as “right-wing chaos agents.” She said she was referring to to Republicans in the Legislature, not White people in general.

Project Veritas said it stood by what it released. Other Democrats dropped support for her.

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Matthews came under fire after two conversations were published by Project Veritas, a conservative activist group known for deploying deceptive tactics to expose unguarded moments or what they see as questionable conduct. The group’s most frequent targets are Democrats, left-leaning political operatives, labor unions and journalists.

The first instance was this summer when the group published a jailhouse phone call where she is heard speaking to an S.C. prison inmate about funding her campaign with “dope boy money” and suggested having Democrats run as “secret sleepers” in Republican primaries. She later apologized for her comments.

In September, Project Veritas published another undercover video showing Matthews, who is Black, sitting in a restaurant as she makes disparaging remarks about White people to a member of Project Veritas without her knowledge.

“You gotta treat them like (expletive). I mean, that’s the only way they’ll respect you. I keep them right here — like under my thumbs. That’s where I keep — like, you have to. Otherwise, they get out of control — like kids,” she said.

Matthews claimed her comments were edited and taken out of context. She called for Project Veritas to release the full tape, characterizing them as “right-wing chaos agents.” She said she was referring to to Republicans in the Legislature, not White people in general.

Project Veritas said it stood by what it released. Other Democrats dropped support for her.

FULL ARTICLE: https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/running-for-us-senate-and-sc-statehouse-will-krystle-matthews-lose-both/article_2f8a1774-5157-11ed-a23b-0ffd475d691f.html

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