It is unconscionable for any true conservative to vote for Annie Andrews' agenda of high taxes, defunding the police, open borders, trans therapies for children, and gun confiscation. A true conservative would never want liberal Chuck Schumer to take charge of the U.S. Senate and empower the Democrat Socialists to run wild in Congress.
The Darline Graham problem isn't @DarlineGrahamSC.
For *decades* the GOP had people propping up Lindsey Graham, who was an extraordinary politician but often didn't align with their values, by shoveling tons of money into his campaigns, while they watched candidates who aligned much better with their values get buried under attack ads or boxed out.
When he died, his sister was announced as the replacement, which could've been a nice temporary gesture - but it turned into an edict.
The perception, and the frustration a lot of people have, is that GOP elites (think Susie Wiles and co) took advantage of a very short runoff window to flood the market with cash and ads and put her in there before voters had a real chance to weigh in.
In the process they disregarded what the people wanted and trashed other good Republicans who have spent their own decades fighting for actual populist and conservative principles.
South Carolina has never taken kindly to being pushed around and it showed at Trump's Clemson rally.
Darline isn't a particularly polished candidate, and she's admitted she doesn't really know a lot about what's going on right now. In some ways, I view her as a victim of the same system that Norman supporters and conservatives in SC are frustrated with.
Instead of embracing those voters, her campaign has painted them as "disloyal," when in reality they're just people who want a voice they feel they haven't had for decades now and are tired of being told who to vote for by GOP consultants in Columbia and Washington, DC.
It's easy to understand why they feel that way, and no amount of trashing them as disloyal is going to convince them they have to go vote Graham one more time.
Voters don't want to opt into a rigged system that keeps screwing them over while their state falls apart, only to wind up with another representative who thinks more like DC than South Carolina.
The overemphasis that it must be Darline Graham and no one else or it's their fault is in fact the problem.
@danbostic@DarlineGrahamSC Voting for a swamp creature like Graham would be like allowing an abusive spouse back into your home after they get out of jail for poisoning your breakfast.
@VoteTimmons If a fraction of conservative voters are refusing to support Darline Graham, she needs to look in the mirror.
You donโt get to run a bad campaign and then blame Ralph Norman and his family for the consequences.
NEW: A super PAC that reported raising $0 just spent $1.3 million to save GOP Sen. Darline Graham.
It was created in August and still hasn't disclosed a single donor.
@LeadingReport No he wonโt veto anything because when it comes time to pass budget bills he will cave like he did last time democrats where in congress
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If we lose this seat, donโt blame the people writing in Ralph Norman. Blame the political establishment that would rather preserve the cabal of warmongers holding that seat than give voters a real alternative. The blame belongs to those protecting the status quo, not those demanding change. ONWARD.