Inside the Fight to Topple Lindsey Graham--and Trump's Senate Majority Does Jaime Harrison have the

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Inside the Fight to Topple Lindsey Graham—and Trump’s Senate Majority
Does Jaime Harrison have the blueprint for winning back the South?



https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/jaime-harrison-lindsey-graham-senate-south-carolina/

Kara Voght March/April 2020 Issue


With a cheery drawl and an expression somewhere between exhausted and dead-eyed, Lindsey Graham spent a Sunday morning in November rattling off the greatest hits of GOP impeachment conspiracy theories before most Americans had finished their second cups of coffee. “When you find out who the whistleblower is, I’m confident you’re going to find out it’s somebody from the Deep State,” the South Carolina senator insisted during Fox News’ 10 a.m. block. Graham, a former Trump foe who has become the president’s chief defender in the Senate, then shifted into attacking Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, the House Intelligence chair and now lead impeachment manager. “If you think Schiff is looking for the truth,” Graham snarled, “you shouldn’t be allowed to drive anywhere in America, because that’s a ridiculous concept.”

The appearance capped off what could only be described as a banner week of bullshit from Graham—though from his point of view, the Democrats were the ones spouting nonsense. “I think this is a bunch of BS,” Graham told reporters, saying he wouldn’t read witness testimonies released by Schiff’s committee. As for the House’s “sham” impeachment proceedings, which Graham would soon inherit: “I’ve written the whole process off.”


A day later, Jaime Harrison, Graham’s likely Democratic opponent this fall, entered the tiny, cinder block–walled dining hall at Clinton College, a small, Christian, historically black school in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Wearing gray dress pants and a black V-neck sweater, his head shaved bare, Harrison stood before a row of square laminate bistro tables, where two dozen students, mostly from the school’s student government, drum line, and cheer team, sat waiting to hear him speak.

But when the 44-year-old Harrison did, he made scant mention of his opponent. Instead, as the smell of greasy breakfast hung in the air, Harrison asked the students about their passions and majors, encouraging them to find mentors who could help yoke the two together into a career. Harrison didn’t say much about national politics, alighting on it for only a few minutes as he connected the dots between voting, policy in Washington, and the student loan burdens many in the room would soon carry..............................

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[BlueTexasMan]

1. Go Jaime!

Looks like a friendly chap! Would love to share an iced tea with him.

[Leghorn21]

2. What a delightful man this young Jaime Harrison is!!!

Rock steady/hang tough, good sir!

[Midnight Writer]

3. Harrison needs to contrast cojones with Graham.

He needs to present himself as a stand up guy and frame Graham as a flip flopper who bends to stronger men.

There is plenty of video of Graham saying one thing, then the opposite. Use it.

[DFW]

4. Harrison has an uphill battle only because it's South Carolina

But after Tim Scott, there's certainly no stigma to being a black guy seeking to to be a Senator there, and Harrison has a wealth of videos of Graham contradicting himself. They need to be put to good use. The national mood might just be enough to sway things Harrison's way.