Democrat Jaime Harrison considering challenge to Linsdey Graham's Senate seat

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Jaime Harrison pitches SC Democrats on possible Senate run

https://www.thestate.com/article225546105.html

An announcement could be imminent that a prominent South Carolina Democrat plans to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2020. Jaime Harrison — a former S.C. Democratic Party chairman who now holds a leadership position with the Democratic National Committee — will meet with Democratic leaders of the State House and Senate on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The meetings are a chance for Harrison to personally communicate his interest in the U.S. Senate seat to the state’s most prominent elected officials, a courtesy in advance of making any formal announcement.

In a meeting Tuesday with the S.C. House Minority Caucus, Harrison spent 10 minutes behind closed doors addressing assembled lawmakers. He got a warm reception as he worked the room, hugging state representatives he has known for years.

Harrison did not make any official announcements or ask legislators for money, but he acknowledged that beating Graham, who has more than $3 million cash on hand, would “take a lot of money.” Harrison has been hinting heavily that he would explore challenging Graham since last fall, incensed over Graham’s forceful defense of then-Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh amidst allegations of sexual misconduct.

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1. Jaime Harrison meeting with top SC Democrats today . . .

Link to tweet

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4. "A word of warning: They are coming after us. Big time. The South is beginning to change," Graham s

would be lovely Karma to kick the old vile man back under his bridge!





“A word of warning: They are coming after us. Big time. The South is beginning to change,” Graham said. “Virginia is not the Virginia it was four years ago. Our friends in North Carolina: Trump won, but it was close. Georgia: There’s gonna be a contest from hell in Georgia. South Carolina. We’re not gonna rest on our laurels.”

On Tuesday, Harrison said he agreed Republicans should be worried about Democratic gains in the South.

“Things are changing. People are no longer scared in the South to claim they are a member of the Democratic Party. They’re seeing what’s coming out of the Republican Party, and they’re at least open to taking another look at the Democratic Party, and that’s all we can ask,” Harrison said. “It’s going to be incumbent upon us to make the case about why they should vote for us and our candidates.”

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6. That is one powerful statement by Graham.

That explains his actions in the last ten months.

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2. I would guess that a big part of that 3 mill is Russian money

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3. It would make my day to see Graham get beat in 2020

he has been running around behaving like he thinks he is untouchable it would be justice if he went down with the Trump ship on election night 2020.

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5. Sdaly, that won't happen

Two years ago it looked like Lindsey would have a strong challenge - but in the primary against a tea party fanatic. Since then he has solidified his standing with the state party by kissing Trump's ass on a daily basis.
SC is a generic 55-45 GOP state, and Trump still has about a positive 10% approval edge here. The only way they lose is like Mark Sanford - beaten by a despicable tea party woman because he wouldn't bow down to Trump (to end on a high note, that woman lost to a Democrat, the first time in 40 years the Dems have won that seat and one of only 2 House races in the country that were listed as Likely GOP but went Dem).

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7. I hadn't heard of him

Admittedly, I'm new here, just moved to SC in 2017, and have been spending significant time back and forth between NY and here getting things packed and moved or disposed of.

It may be tough for him to get the nomination over someone who has actually had their name on a ballot and won an election. Unless you've got a lot of name familiarity from some other endeavor, it can be tough to win your first primary for an office of this level.

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8. Register voters and get them to vote. Dems vote, Harrison wins.

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9. The might be doable. Lindsey I am sure is somewhere in Mueller's cross-hairs.

Russians gave him too much money and I believe he, along with Mitch, Ryan and a few others have been compromised.