U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters after a debate with U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., ahead of the special GOP Senate runoff election to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Newberry, S.C. (AP Photo\/Meg Kinnard)<\/small><\/p>\n
2026-08-19T05:29:52Z<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Sen. Darline Graham, who is competing in next week\u2019s runoff election in South Carolina, stumbled over a question about foreign policy in a debate on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n
\u201cAre Taiwan and the South China Sea national security issues for the United States and if so, why or how?\u201d asked one of the moderators.<\/p>\n
Graham started her answer by saying, \u201cI\u2019m just going to be honest here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not that informed on national security,\u201d she said, then paused. \u201cBut I do support the military.\u201d <\/p>\n
Graham\u2019s brother, Lindsey, died unexpectedly on July 11. She was appointed to fill his seat temporarily, and now she\u2019s running in a special election<\/a><\/span> for her own term. Her opponent is Rep. Ralph Norman.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Her answer was noteworthy because her late brother was known for his involvement in foreign policy, something that Graham mentioned in her answer.<\/p>\n \u201cMy brother was in the Air Force for 33 years so I will do everything I can to support the military,\u201d she said. \u201cMy dad was in the Army. I\u2019m not a polished politician up here, national security is not my thing, not my area of expertise, but I do support the military.\u201d<\/p>\n Graham was endorsed by President Donald Trump. She and Norman advanced to the runoff in last week\u2019s primary. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters after a debate with U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., ahead of the special GOP Senate runoff election to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Newberry, S.C. (AP Photo\/Meg Kinnard) 2026-08-19T05:29:52Z WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Sen. Darline Graham, who is competing in… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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