UPDATE: Ron Paul Confirms Tea Party Engagement

Update 2:26 p.m.: This story originally reported that the S.C. Tea Party Convention organizers refused to allow presidential candidate Ron Paul to have a surrogate speaker during the event Monday afternoon. As a result, Paul would be absent from the event, which is no longer the case. 

MYRTLE BEACH — GOP presidential nominee hopeful Ron Paul will speak Monday afternoon at the  , according to organizer Joe Dugan.

There has been some confusion over whether or not the Republican member would attend along with  visiting the convention. 

According to Dugan, he misunderstood when the Ron Paul campaign called and requested to speak at 3:45 p.m. Monday. He did not realize they wanted a surrogate to speak for the candidate — and that is against the rules, he said. 

"It's totally unfair to allow a surrogate," Dugan said. He added that it was especially unfair to the candidates actually coming to the convention instead of preparing for the Monday night debate. 

As of 1 p.m. Monday, Dugan reports that Paul himself would attend. He will be the third and final presidential candidate at the convention.