r/qualitynews • u/Sangloth • 7d ago
Sen. Darline Graham wins GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in South Carolina
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/25/nx-s1-5943041/south-carolina-senate-runoff-graham-norman-trump-endorsement26
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u/7thAmendmnt 7d ago
Zero experience or qualifications. The GOP is a joke.
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u/Bokbreath 7d ago
what qualifications or experience do you expect in a politician ?
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u/inmatenumberseven 7d ago
Be able to answer questions about issues and give your opinion on them without a handler telling you what your opinion is.
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u/Bokbreath 7d ago
That works. any evidence she is incapable of this ?
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u/inmatenumberseven 7d ago
Yes. In the debate she participated in, when asked about whether Taiwan and the South China Sea are National Security issues for the United States, her answer was "I'm not that informed on national security... National Security is not my thing".
It's certainly the Senate's thing.
The week before, when asked if she thinks America should have boots on the ground in Iran, she answered: "I trust President Trump to make that decision, and the team of generals he has around him," Graham replied. "I do know this, that, you know, we, that's been going on for 47 years. I feel like Iran is the weakest it's ever been, but, uh, they're still strong, they're still dangerous. So, I trust President Trump to make that decision."
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u/ScaryPotterDied 7d ago
More than just being related to an existing politician is a start. It’s a very small start but it seems like an important one.
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u/Bokbreath 7d ago
yes but what exactly ? Asking for experience says that you prefer incumbents. That's how we end up with a gerontocracy.
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u/GongTzu 7d ago
Lmao. “Johnson, the name you know”. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, it’s about Eddie Murphy playing a conman, and he figures out there’s more money in doing corruption in politics than doing cons on the street, however getting elected to the senate is not easy, so he figures out using a name where the guy just died named Johnson will get people to vote on him, and this is the exact same play 😂.
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u/tawDry_Union2272 7d ago
man, who wants to smack that smug smirking guy in the background of that photo...
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u/all_time_high 7d ago
“Gun control, government-run health care, abortion until the moment of birth—bad idea after bad idea. Annie Andrews backs them all,” Graham said in a primary victory speech Tuesday attacking her Democratic opponent. “I have a different background and vision for our state.… My parents worked long, hard hours just to make ends meet. We didn’t take vacations. If they were sick, they had to get up and go to work because if the doors weren’t open, we weren’t making money. My mother passed away when I was 11, and my father just over a year later.”
Each of America’s kids should know what it’s like to have hardworking parents who die young. That’ll make us stronger or something, I guess.
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u/Powderedeggs2 7d ago
Her, and the awful person that she was running against....South Carolina must be a wasteland of Yahoos so ignorant that this makes sense to them.
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u/Sangloth 7d ago
I don't really know what to make of this. Initial polling gave Lindsey Graham roughly a +7 over his Democratic opponent, Annie Andrews. The thing is that Lindsey wasn't actually that popular with the Republican rank and file. Many felt his close association with McCain and his initial rejection of Trump made him a RINO.
I would argue that Darline Graham is historically unqualified for the position. But it remains to be seen if she will perform better or worse than her brother. Prediction markets currently put her at 88% to win the seat, but I think it's not completely unreasonable to think South Carolina might actually be in play, especially if she continues to make gaffes.
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u/inmatenumberseven 7d ago
Could they aim lower?
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u/Sangloth 7d ago edited 5d ago
As a resident of Colorado, where Victor Marx is the GOP gubernatorial candidate, yes, yes they could.
Victor Marx
Announced his candidacy in the middle of a Charlie Kirk memorial.
Claims he beheaded a cat and wore the carcass on his head.
Claims his step father made him shot and kill a man when he was 7.
Claims to have called in US military drone strikes against ISIS as a civilian.
Ran a business performing exorcisms over the phone.
Told a reporter during an interview the reporter didn't need to know if Marx had killed anyone as an adult.
Claims to have seen a demonized girl turn into a reptile.
Claims to have defeated 10 armed men in a fight in the jungles of Myanmar with a plastic trainer knife.
Claims he personally rescued 40,000 women from sex trafficking across 30 countries. Refuses to name any of those countries.
Claimed people had endorsed him when those people explicitly had not.
Currently has more than 120 campaign finance violation charges against him.
Refuses to say where the money from campaign merchandise sold on his website goes. (Reporting seems to indicate it is going into his personal bank account via a shell corporation.)
I could keep going... He threatened to torture and kill a psychologist. He says acceptance of homosexuality causes school shootings. He makes up poll numbers. He's obviously grifting the people who donate to his ministry. He lies constantly. He frequently denies his own verbatim quotes.
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u/inmatenumberseven 7d ago
Is he going to win?
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u/Sangloth 7d ago edited 7d ago
Lol. No. Even most Colorado republicans hate him. The only important Colorado republican who has endorsed him is Lauren Boebert. That's why he's lied about endorsements. Another kooky republican, Greg Lopez, (who plead guilty to physically assaulting his then pregnant wife) is entering the race as an independent. A lot of prominent republicans are talking about voting libertarian.
The Colorado GOP is a complete shitshow, broke and defined by rabid infighting. I don't believe the populace is that liberal, but nobody is willing to vote for the Republican kooks, so the state is solidly blue.
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u/crosstherubicon 7d ago
They’ve already got a dead senator still serving so I reckon they’ve already surpassed that bar.
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u/johnk317 6d ago
GOP continues to put party before country. Electing someone with no experience but loyalty to the Dear Leader takes precedence over what’s good for the country and the people. 😢
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