Sen.Darline Graham, R-S.C., isn't trying to be a carbon copy of her late brother Lindsey, but as she vies for the opportunity to fill his Senate seat long-term, she's determined to carry on his legacy while forging a path of her own."I think Lindsey was an amazing senator," she said Monday on "Fox & Friends.""His interest was foreign relations and national security, as we know.
And while national security is really important, I'm a little different..."SEN DARLINE GRAHAM REVEALS WHETHER SHE WILL RUN FOR A FULL-TERM DURING ‘HANNITY’ EXCLUSIVESen.Darline Graham Nordone , R-S.C., makes her way to a swearing in ceremony in the U.S.
Capitol after she was sworn in on the Senate floor on Tuesday, July 14.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Lindsey Graham spent decades carving out a reputation as one of the Senate's leading foreign policy hawks.
His sister, now South Carolina's junior senator, says her focus would be closer to home — particularly on the financial pressures facing families across the state."I want to focus on the struggles of the South Carolina families because, like them, I feel those same struggles," she shared.Graham said voters on the campaign trail have repeatedly raised concerns about affordability, including the cost of gas, groceries and health care.In a last-minute pitch ahead of Tuesday's special election, she pointed to her two daughters' serious health issues and her own bargain-shopping habits as examples of how those pressures have hit home."I struggle, too...
when I go shopping, I'm a bargain shopper," she said.MACE SNUBS TRUMP'S PREFERRED SENATE CANDIDATE, BACKS RALPH NORMAN INSTEADThen-Sen.Lindsey Graham speaks during briefing on August 12, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
(Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)"If the steak's not on sale, I don't buy it that week.I look for the buy one, get one free sale, so I think, like most South Carolinians, I live the struggles here, too, and we have to get the economy...