# SHOWDOWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA with GOP Primary Candidate Mark Lynch  | EP 84 | Going Rogue with Lara Logan

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-rogue-with-lara-logan-7298330/showdown-in-south-carolina-with-gop-primary-candidate-mark-lynch-ep-84-going-rogue-with-lara-logan
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-rogue-with-lara-logan-7298330/showdown-in-south-carolina-with-gop-primary-candidate-mark-lynch-ep-84-going-rogue-with-lara-logan.md
Podcast: [Going Rogue with Lara Logan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-rogue-with-lara-logan-7298330)
Published: 2026-06-08T22:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://goingroguewithlaralogan.podbean.com/e/showdown-in-south-carolina-with-gop-primary-candidate-mark-lynch-ep-84-going-rogue-with-lara-logan/
Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yi36m9is25yqmey9/GR_EP84_MARK_LYNCH_18dqkf.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/going-rogue-with-lara-logan-7298330/episodes/showdown-in-south-carolina-with-gop-primary-candidate-mark-lynch-ep-84-going-rogue-with-lara-logan
Duration seconds: 1948

## Resource

Lara interviews Mark Lynch, a South Carolina businessman and political newcomer challenging incumbent Senator Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary. Lynch recounts his 2020 confrontation with Antifa in Greenville, where he and armed militia members showed up to defend monuments and prevent potential violence. He outlines his political agenda, which includes pushing to remove Senate Majority Leader John Thune, eliminating the filibuster, passing the SAVE Act to require voter ID and proof of citizenship, and pursuing accountability for what he describes as widespread government corruption. Lynch also addresses attacks from within the Republican Party, including his support for attorney general candidate David Pascoe, and reveals that he and his wife invested $5 million of their own retirement savings into the campaign. With the primary vote imminent, Lynch positions himself as a grassroots fighter against the political establishment, accusing Graham of splitting the vote by backing last-minute candidates and of holding a conservative voting record he characterizes as disqualifying.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/going-rogue-with-lara-logan-7298330/episodes/showdown-in-south-carolina-with-gop-primary-candidate-mark-lynch-ep-84-going-rogue-with-lara-logan/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-rogue-with-lara-logan-7298330/showdown-in-south-carolina-with-gop-primary-candidate-mark-lynch-ep-84-going-rogue-with-lara-logan.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.