Lindsey Graham Says He's 'Getting Killed' In Campaign Cash Because Foes 'Hate My Guts'
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Lindsey Graham Says He's 'Getting Killed' In Campaign Cash Because Foes 'Hate My Guts'
An angry Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) complained that he’s “getting killed” financially in his reelection bid, complaining about money his challenger is raising from people who “hate my guts.”
Graham claimed in an interview with Fox News that Democrat Jaime Harrison will raise $100 million for the campaign to topple him on Nov. 3., which he said will set a state record.
The three-term incumbent likely was exaggerating. But Harrison reportedly raised about $9 million in the 72 hours after the death late last week of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (in his comments on Fox, Graham put the figure at $6 million).
Ginsburg’s death has heightened the stakes in the already hugely consequential election. And Graham, as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is in the middle of the controversy sparked by the Republican push to confirm a Ginsburg replacement before the next president takes office after he and other GOP leaders thwarted then-President Barack Obama from filling a high court vacancy in 2016 because the White House was up for grabs that year.
In predicting Harrison would end up with $100 million in contributions, he said, “The most money ever spent in the history of the state on a Senate race in this state was by me in 2014, when I spent $13 million.”
Graham had floated his short-of-cash lament earlier this week on Fox, pleading for donations. His complaint on Thursday sent “ Lindsey Is Losing ” trending on Twitter.
Polls show that Graham finds himself in a surprising fight for his political life in a solidly red state that President Donald Trump won by 14 percentage points in 2016 . Political handicappers still favor Graham to win ― 1998 was the last time a Democrat won a Senate seat in South Carolina. But a Harrison victory would deal a major blow to the GOP hopes of maintaining its Senate majority.
Graham long had been known as a staunch ally and close friend of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who had a famously contentious relationship with Trump. And Graham, during his short-lived run for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, had regularly berated Trump, calling him a “kook,” “crazy” and “unfit for office.”
But even before McCain’s death in August 2018, Graham had transformed into a Trump loyalist, becoming for many the embodiment of the willingness of Republican lawmakers to kowtow to the president, regardless of his transgressions.
Graham is being particularly pummeled now for his hypocritical reversal on the move to fill a Supreme Court vacancy when a presidential election looms.
He also recently saw a political barb he directed at Harrison backfire. He mocked the Democrat for not releasing his tax returns ― only to have Harrison quickly do so. More broadly, Graham opened himself to ridicule on the tax issue, given Trump’s steadfast refusal to follow tradition and release his returns.
Twitter critics on Thursday celebrated Graham’s pain, with a number vowing to donate — again — to Harrison.
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Poor Ms. Lindsey.
I can only imagine the dirt trumpturd has on you for you to be such a trumpturd ass kisser/hypocrite/liar.
100 million dollars??? Isn't that like the entire GDP of South Carolina?
And yeah, Lindsey, they hate your guts. You got something right for a change
''A lot of people hate my guts''. Brilliant Lindsey, ya got something right for a change.
I think the truth is that people hate his lack of a spine and inability to live up to his own words.
Reupilican senate candidates are losing or in dogfights all over the country. Joni Ernst is behind in Iowa. All these people sold their sold to Trump and the public is showing they don't like it.
Graham has demonstrated this year that his word is worthless. Even in South Carolina that doesnt go over so good.
Use my words against me . . . that's exactly what's happening now Ms. Lindsey. It's about damned time.
I donated to his opponent. I hate his guts from the opposite side of the continent.