Senator Lindsey Graham has died, plus discussion about his potential replacement

Trump is having a rally in Myrtle Beach tonight to support Darline, and supporters are already lining up.

Former Governor Sanford, who came in fourth in the primary, just endorsed Graham’s opponent Ralph Norman

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/21/mark-sanford-ralph-norman-darline-graham-south-carolina-01045567

Whom does his mistress endorse?

Looks like it’s going to be a packed house!

Darline Graham won’t answer questions about whether she would have certified the 2020 election like her brother.

“Our election system is broken” was all she would say.

Sounds like she answered the question despite her efforts not to.

“What evidence do you have of this, Ms. Graham?”

You can’t make them talk, much less tell the complete truth as they understand it. And no matter what they do say, their supporters hear what they want to hear.

A reporter getting a real gotcha that sticks and burns is a quaint idea from a more civilized age. It’s silly to pretend otherwise.

A better answer would be “Yes, I agree that any system that leads to President Trump is broken, just as you said”.

I’d argue that it’s not the election system that’s broken, it’s the electorate.

I’m sure Graham will gripe and try to make herself a martyr if she loses in her attempt to retain the seat she worked so hard for.

Time to elect a new people, then

The fact that she has to say it to have a chance against Ralph Norman.

I did that, by emigrating. I heartily recommend it before shit gets worse. (Though I recognize it’s not practical for most.)

Darline has won the primary runoff.

Must be her eloquent description of her position on Taiwan and China that carried the day.

Name recognition. It’s the only reason Trump is president.

So since a Democrat has a snowball’s chance in hell of getting elected in South Carolina, we are looking at the likely next full-term senator from the great state of South Carolina.

She gives Tommy Tuberville from nearby Alabama a run for his money on being the stupidest and most unqualified senator in Congress.

Way to go, primary voters!

There is a person in South Carolina who apparently thinks that email addresses are assigned by name, and since my name is similar to his, I get lots of his email—including an appeal from Ms. Graham yesterday, so I learned that “Darline Graham is the proven conservative who will stand with President Trump” and that she will:

Glad to see that her priorities are straight and that her number-one priority is harassing transgender youth. :roll_eyes:

As for “protecting life,” not all life, of course. Just fetuses. After birth, they are on their own, of course.

For the past decade, I’ve been regularly traveling to Birmingham, Alabama for work; I’ll often watch the local TV news while I’m down there.

During election season, it seems like “will stand with Trump” is a table-stakes claim which every Republican candidate for state and Federal offices there makes. It’s clear to me that GOP political strategists have determined that that’s what their voters are wanting to hear.

Proudly ignorant with her nose firmly up Trump’s backside. She’ll vote 100% in lockstep with MAGA and she will do whatever they tell her to do. Her platform seems to be, “I wanna be a Senator.” It’s concise, I’ll give her that much.

Perfect Republican congress critter.

Proven? Really? How? When? She’s been in Congress for like a fucking month! :roll_eyes:

What’s “proven” is that she owes her seat in the Senate directly to Trump, and, thus, is likely to be a rubber stamp.