After tonight's primary, Darline Graham is a shoo-in for her brother's Senate seat in November and a reliable vote for Trump's wars. It's what they're all counting on.

Despite having voted more with Trump’s agenda than any other South Carolina Republican, Norman could not compete with the idea that Lindsey Graham’s sister somehow deserved the president’s endorsement more. Don’t think her potential rubber stamp for the military didn’t have a lot to do with that.

Trump told reporters at the Graham rally four days ago that “she’s going to do what the military wants, and really what the president wants.”

What the “military wants”? What the “president wants”? Is that the role of a U.S. Senator representing South Carolina?

*note this article refers to the “Bad Cop War Party”, this is not an article about the DNC as the “Good Cop War Party”

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    4 days ago

    Honestly, it’s pretty fucking hard to not judge SC for constantly fucking voting for Graham before he kicked it. And if they elect his sister (as pragmatic of a prediction as it is), it’s not going to improve my opinion of the average person in the state (specifically because senators are elected by popular vote in a given state).

    • supersquirrel@lemmy.caOP
      6·
      3 days ago

      South Carolina is a shithole government handout state drowning in conservatism and dysfunctional austerity politics.

      https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700

      Most Federally Dependent States

      1. Alaska

      2. Kentucky

      3. West Virginia

      4. Mississippi

      5. Louisiana

      6. South Carolina

      Truthfully South Carolina is #5 because Alaska is a massive frontier and it is rational it receives so much federal funding.

      https://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article316059516.html

      These were the areas that SC ranked the worst on:

      Physical Health: Ranked 42nd

      Violence: Ranked 42nd

      Children and Families: Ranked 43rd

      Citizenship and Democracy: Ranked 44th SC is only improving over time on eight of the 31 measures. These measures include:

      Child mortality: Current state rank is 46th

      Voter participation: Current state rank is 43rd

      Economic output: Current state rank is 24th

      Productivity: Current state rank is 37th

      Average years of education: Current state rank is 36th

      Air quality: Current State rank is 39th

      Life expectancy: Current state rank is 42nd

      Murder rate: Current state rank is 44th

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
    1·
    3 days ago

    But will the nepotism crony candidate win the election against the Democrats, or would someone chosen on merit have had a better chance?