{"id":4872,"date":"2026-08-04T09:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4872"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:11:10","slug":"lindsey-grahams-sister-defies-his-memory-to-bow-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4872","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham\u2019s Sister Defies His Memory to Bow to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Darline Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, has broken with her brother over whether to scrap the filibuster as she tries to drum up MAGA support for her bid to fill his Senate seat full-time.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4870\">What Trump Secretly Told MAGA\u2019s Accused Wife-Beater Leaks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During Monday night\u2019s Republican South Carolina Senate debate, broadcast on multiple local stations including WIS News 10, Darline Graham said she and her brother \u201cdiffer\u201d on whether to nuke the Senate filibuster, which requires a 60-vote threshold in the upper chamber. She said she supports eliminating it to pass Donald Trump\u2019s SAVE America Act.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The president\u2019s bill, which he has been obsessing over for months, would require proof of citizenship for voter registration and largely eliminate mail-in voting in elections. It has stalled in Congress because it lacks enough support in the GOP-controlled Senate, and there is little appetite among Republicans to abolish the filibuster and pass it with a simple majority, despite Trump\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sen. Graham, who died on July 11 at age 71, had long opposed scrapping the filibuster, fearing it would ultimately benefit Democrats. Darline Graham was appointed by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster to complete her brother\u2019s term and is one of 10 Republican candidates running in the Aug. 11 special primary to become the GOP nominee in November\u2019s midterm election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the first things I did was co-sponsor the SAVE America Act. I\u2019m willing to stay through recess to get it done,\u201d Darline Graham said during Monday\u2019s debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to have an ID to check out a library book, to buy alcohol. You don\u2019t have to have an ID to vote? That\u2019s absurd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I am all for\u2014this is where I differ from my brother\u2014getting rid of the filibuster to get this done, because eventually the Democrats are going to get rid of it anyway,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>For years, Sen. Graham consistently defended keeping the legislative filibuster, even while acknowledging it could hinder Trump\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we change the legislative filibuster, there would be an effort to pack the Supreme Court. There would be an effort to make Puerto Rico and D.C. a state. There would be an effort to do away with the Electoral College,\u201d he said in a 2022 statement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4868\">Don Jr. Hands Millions to Ex-Fianc\u00e9e Turned Trump Ambassador<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Graham added that he held the same position \u201cwhen the shoe was on the other foot\u201d in 2017 during Trump\u2019s first term, when Republicans controlled the House and Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m doing the same thing now I did when we were in power. What\u2019s changed is that almost all the Democrats who were for preserving the legislative filibuster when President Trump was president have now abandoned that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Graham also reiterated his support for keeping the filibuster after President Joe Biden backed changing Senate rules to codify <i>Roe v. Wade<\/i> into law following the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn the landmark abortion ruling in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is abundantly clear the Democratic Party is becoming more radical and will change every institution in the country that stands in the way of their desire to grab power,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is a very sad and very dangerous development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An increasingly desperate Trump has urged Republicans to scrap the filibuster so the SAVE America Act would require only a simple majority in the Senate rather than the support of at least 60 senators.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune has repeatedly told Trump there is not enough support in the upper chamber either to pass the SAVE America Act or to eliminate the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the one who has to be a clear-eyed realist about what we can achieve here,\u201d Thune told reporters in March.<\/p>\n<p>There are 10 Republicans on the Aug. 11 ballot seeking the GOP nomination for South Carolina\u2019s Senate seat. Only the five leading candidates\u2014Darline Graham, Rep. Russell Fry, Rep. Ralph Norman, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, and businessman Mark Lynch\u2014took part in Monday night\u2019s debate.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4866\">Scientists Turn to OnlyFans to Boost Marmot Research<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darline Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, has broken with her brother over whether to scrap the filibuster as she tries to drum up MAGA support for her bid to fill his Senate seat full-time. 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