{"id":4106,"date":"2026-07-23T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4106"},"modified":"2026-07-23T19:10:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:10:02","slug":"darline-graham-busted-making-avowedly-pro-choice-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4106","title":{"rendered":"Darline Graham Busted Making Avowedly Pro-Choice Donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Senator Darline Graham donated to one of South Carolina\u2019s so-called \u201csister senators\u201d who blocked the state\u2019s total abortion ban after their showdown made national headlines in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4104\">Wild Candidate Takes on Darline Graham for Senate Seat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>State records show a \u201cDarlene Graham\u201d with the senator\u2019s address made a second $100 donation to former state Sen. Katrina Shealy on October 19, 2023. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It comes after the Daily Beast previously reported that Graham made a $100 contribution to Shealy\u2019s state Senate campaign in 2020, before Roe v Wade was overturned and conservative states started passing abortion bans. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Graham has been looking to prove her conservative MAGA credentials since announcing she would run for a full term in the Senate after being appointed to fill her late brother\u2019s seat for the remainder of his term. <\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast\u2019s inquiry about her 2020 donation to the state senator, who went on to become one of the leading fighters against South Carolina\u2019s abortion ban three years later, went unanswered. But then Graham\u2019s office scrambled to prove her anti-abortion stance ahead of the competitive special election. <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Graham announced she backed seven bills restricting abortion access or funding bills in the Senate, and declared in a statement, \u201cI\u2019m proud to be pro-life and to stand up for the unborn and expecting moms.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But her donation to Shealy\u2019s tough reelection bid after her fight to block the abortion ban in South Carolina casts doubt on her newly released anti-abortion credentials. <\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast asked Graham\u2019s office for comment on the donation to Shealy after her fight to preserve abortion in the state. <\/p>\n<p>Shealy was a South Carolina state senator who represented the Senate\u2019s 23rd district around Lexington, where Graham is also from. She was one of the state\u2019s only five women senators who joined together in spring 2023 to fight the passage of a bill banning nearly all abortion the year after Roe v Wade was overturned. <\/p>\n<p>The five women senators, including three Republicans, became known as the \u201csister senators.\u201d While their fight was lauded by pro-choice groups across the country, the decision by the three Republican women to fight the ban enraged other GOP state lawmakers, and all three women faced Republican primary challengers in the 2024 election. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4102\">Leavitt Fury Over \u2018MAGA Barbie\u2019 Backlash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Graham\u2019s first $100 donation to Shealy in 2020 came before her showdown over Republicans\u2019 attempt to pass the ban, her October 2023 $100 donation would have supported the state senator\u2019s campaign as she fought to hold off a male primary challenger, who launched a bid in response to her actions on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Shealy went on to lose her 2024 primary for the state District 23 seat in a runoff in June 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Graham earned an early endorsement from President Donald Trump even before she officially announced she would run for a full six-year term. But her appointment to fill the remainder of her brother\u2019s term and her plan to run have been met with a mix of criticism and skepticism by some Republicans. <\/p>\n<p>Graham looked to shore up confidence that she would be a Trump ally in the Senate if elected to the seat by co-sponsoring the SAVE America Act, the president\u2019s top priority. She also appeared to be trying to win over the anti-abortion wing of the GOP with her latest announcement on bills she was backing. <\/p>\n<p>However, despite years of experience in public service, including as a commissioner for the South Carolina Commission for the Blind and as a member of the South Carolina State Workforce Development Board, many of Graham\u2019s political positions remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Graham, 62, introduced her brother when he ran for president in 2016 and has been featured in his campaign videos, but she largely focused on their humble beginnings and how late Senator Lindsey Graham, at just 22, jumped in to help raise her after their parents died when she was just a kid. <\/p>\n<p>The newly appointed senator has never held an elected position before or run for political office. She is one of several Republican candidates running in the August 11 special election to replace her brother as the GOP Senate nominee in the midterms. <\/p>\n<p>Other candidates include Reps. Russell Fry, Ralph Norman, former Rep. Mark Sanford and businessman Mark Lynch. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4100\">Smiling McConnell Aide Awkwardly Confronted Over Health Mystery<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Darline Graham donated to one of South Carolina\u2019s so-called \u201csister senators\u201d who blocked the state\u2019s total abortion ban after their showdown made national headlines in 2023. Read more Wild Candidate Takes on Darline Graham for Senate Seat State records show a \u201cDarlene Graham\u201d with the senator\u2019s address made a second $100 donation to former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Darline Graham Busted Making Avowedly Pro-Choice Donation - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4106\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Darline Graham Busted Making Avowedly Pro-Choice Donation - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senator Darline Graham donated to one of South Carolina\u2019s so-called \u201csister senators\u201d who blocked the state\u2019s total abortion ban after their showdown made national headlines in 2023. 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