Trump Puts His Rule-By-Fear Control Of Republican Party On The Line In South Carolina

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27% : In 2022, the election he spent more money and time trying to influence than any other was the Georgia governor’s race, where he pushed to unseat incumbent Brian Kemp for refusing to go along with his plan to steal the state’s Electoral College votes in 2020 after losing the state to Democrat Joe Biden.
26% : (The Horry County Republican Party in 2022 censured him for supporting President Biden’s gun safety legislation, which included red flag laws to protect victims of domestic violence.)Norman finished second, with 25%, and Congressman Russell Fry came in third with 20%.Trump quickly talked Fry into endorsing Graham in the runoff — Fry is still on the ballot for returning to his congressional seat based in Myrtle Beach — putting Graham in a good position to win over enough of his supporters to get the required majority in the Aug. 25 runoff, local elected officials said.“Norman’s got some room to grow, but I think what he got is closer to his ceiling,” said Josh Kimbrell, a state senator from Spartanburg and a Graham supporter.And then the one and only one-on-one debate between Graham and Norman took place, exactly one week before the runoff.‘Not My Thing’While both candidates repeated common right-wing tropes that went unchallenged by moderators —that Trump’s “DOGE” had found hundreds of billions in waste; that Dr. Anthony Fauci should be in prison for his part in the emergence of the COVID virus — the hour-long encounter hosted and broadcast by Newsmax did not seem to be shifting the contours of the race until the moment Graham was asked about China and Taiwan.“I’m just going to be honest here.

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