Trump warns SC voters they’ll ‘lose everything’ if Darline Graham doesn’t win Senate race: ‘Pretend I’m on the ballot’

“You got to come out and vote,” Trump said at a Myrtle Beach rally for Graham (R-SC), “because if we lose, you're going to lose your border, you're going to lose your tax cuts, you're going to lose everything that we've done.”

The president sought to paper over emerging cracks in Graham’s campaign to succeed her late brother.

As Trump rallied before Tuesday’s runoff for the appointed senator seeking a 6-year term, it was clear she hadn’t won over segments of the MAGA base who could be decisive.

President Donald Trump says the first step toward keeping Darline Graham as a U.S. senator from South Carolina involves helping her win a Republican runoff next week

President Donald Trump tried out a new campaign message on Friday, telling voters in South Carolina to “pretend” he was on the ballot and turn out to back his hand-picked candidate, Senator Darline Graham, in a contentious Republican primary.

President Trump is stumping for Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina on Friday night as GOP voters prepare for the Senate runoff election just days away. NOTUS senior congressional editor Deirdre Walsh and Wall Street Journal national politics reporter Ken Thomas join to discuss.

President Trump to stump for Sen. Darline Graham days ahead of South Carolina's GOP Senate runoff  Toronto Star

President Trump to stump for Sen. Darline Graham days ahead of South Carolina's GOP Senate runoff  AP News

U.S. Sen. Darline Graham's appointment belongs to a long American tradition of family succession in politics. AP Photo/Meg Kinnard South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s July 2026 appointment of Darline Graham to fill the remainder of her late brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate term – and her subsequent decision to run for

Sean Hannity gave Darline Graham a pass while criticizing AOC for the same mistake.

August 19, 2026 8:29 AM ET Republican interim South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham stumbled through a national security question Tuesday night during the state’s GOP Senate primary debate.Darline Graham, who is running to replace her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, faltered when Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren pressed

President Donald Trump is expected to campaign for interim Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) in South Carolina on Friday ahead of the Aug. 25 primary runoff. The South Carolina state GOP canceled its Senate Stump Stop in Anderson County in anticipation of Trump’s visit on Friday to Myrtle Beach “on behalf of one of th