Darline Graham breaks with brother on nuking filibuster

Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-S.C.) on Monday broke with her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), over abolishing the filibuster three weeks after stepping in to finish the rest of his term.  “One of the first things I did was co-sponsor the SAVE [Safeguard American Voter Eligibility] America Act. As I said

Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) backed President Donald Trump’s idea of terminating the filibuster during a lively South Carolina Senate debate on Monday evening. Nordone’s opinion on the Senate procedural rule marks the latest way she has sided with Trump after he endorsed her for a full term in the U.S. Senate. By

The debate marked Graham’s first political test in her barely two-week old campaign to succeed one of the most influential GOP senators in history – her older brother, Lindsey Graham, who died of an aortic rupture last month.