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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine

Tim Scott defends Darline Graham’s ‘national security is not my thing’ comment

Senator Lindsey Graham speaks at a podium as President Trump smiles behind her
Donald Trump watches Senator Darline Graham speak at her campaign event at the Myrtle Beach convention center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on 21 August 2026. Photograph: Mic Smith/AP

Tim Scott defended fellow US South Carolina Republican senator Darline Graham’s knowledge of national security issues ahead of their state’s runoff election on Tuesday.

Graham, who was appointed to fill the Senate seat held by her brother Lindsey Graham after his sudden death in July, is in a Republican primary runoff against South Carolina congressman Ralph Norman. During a debate between the two on Tuesday night, Graham struggled to answer a question about US national security interests in Taiwan and the South China Sea.

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