With 16 — count ’em, sixteen — Republicans running to replace Tim Scott, each trying to shout the word “conservative!” louder and more often than the others, it’s easy to forget that there’s a Democratic primary as well.

Here’s video of Stephen Colbert — you probably know him as the guy who gets all his SC news from this blog — speaking on behalf of his sister, Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, who is generally regarded as the front-runner over on the Democratic side.

Is that Joe Riley standing up on the steps behind him? If so, Hey, Mayor!

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