FACT SHEET: South Carolina Republicans Nominate Election Denier Darline Graham For Senate
Last night, South Carolina Republicans decided to throw their support behind yet another election denier in the race to fill the late Senator Lindsey Graham’s seat in Congress.
Last night, South Carolina Republicans decided to throw their support behind yet another election denier in the race to fill the late Senator Lindsey Graham’s seat in Congress.
Trump-endorsed South Carolina Senator Darline Graham, Lindsey Graham's sister and appointed successor, defeated Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC-05) in the GOP primary for a full-term. Graham refuses to say if she would have certified 2020 election results and now she wants to continue to spearhead Trump’s anti-voter agenda in the Senate.
Meet the election denier who just won South Carolina’s GOP Senate primary:
Trump Fiercely Embraced Senator Darline Graham From the Jump. Ever since Lindsey Graham’s death,Donald Trump has aggressively advocated for Darline Graham. Trump endorsed Graham just days after her brother’s death, boosted her name for temporary appointment, and he personally called several high-level state officials in an effort to win further endorsements. Last week, Trump travelled to Myrtle Beach to rally his supporters for Graham, and PAC run by Trump’s advisers has spent more than $800,000 on her campaign,
Darline Graham Refuses To Say if She Would Have Certified the 2020 Election. During a recent press conference, Sen. Darline Graham refused to say if she would have certified the 2020 election results. When asked, Graham replied, “I think our election system is broken,” and refused to answer when the reporter pressed, “You won’t commit to having certified the results of the 2020 election?”
Darline Graham Wants to Overhaul Elections and Enact Trump’s Anti-Voter Agenda.The SAVE America Act was the first bill Graham cosponsored upon being sworn into the Senate, and Graham has spent numerous interviews touting the SAVE Act as a top legislative priority.
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