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Lindsey Graham's sister wins. The War Party wins. We lose, again. (responsiblestatecraft.org)
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Despite having voted more with Trump’s agenda than any other South Carolina Republican, Norman could not compete with the idea that Lindsey Graham’s sister somehow deserved the president’s endorsement more. Don’t think her potential rubber stamp for the military didn’t have a lot to do with that.

Trump told reporters at the Graham rally four days ago that “she’s going to do what the military wants, and really what the president wants.”

What the “military wants”? What the “president wants”? Is that the role of a U.S. Senator representing South Carolina?

*note this article refers to the "Bad Cop War Party", this is not an article about the DNC as the "Good Cop War Party"

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Honestly, it’s pretty fucking hard to not judge SC for constantly fucking voting for Graham before he kicked it. And if they elect his sister (as pragmatic of a prediction as it is), it’s not going to improve my opinion of the average person in the state (specifically because senators are elected by popular vote in a given state).

[-] supersquirrel@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

South Carolina is a shithole government handout state drowning in conservatism and dysfunctional austerity politics.

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700

Most Federally Dependent States

  1. Alaska

  2. Kentucky

  3. West Virginia

  4. Mississippi

  5. Louisiana

  6. South Carolina

Truthfully South Carolina is #5 because Alaska is a massive frontier and it is rational it receives so much federal funding.

https://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article316059516.html

These were the areas that SC ranked the worst on:

Physical Health: Ranked 42nd

Violence: Ranked 42nd

Children and Families: Ranked 43rd

Citizenship and Democracy: Ranked 44th SC is only improving over time on eight of the 31 measures. These measures include:

Child mortality: Current state rank is 46th

Voter participation: Current state rank is 43rd

Economic output: Current state rank is 24th

Productivity: Current state rank is 37th

Average years of education: Current state rank is 36th

Air quality: Current State rank is 39th

Life expectancy: Current state rank is 42nd

Murder rate: Current state rank is 44th

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 points 1 day ago

But will the nepotism crony candidate win the election against the Democrats, or would someone chosen on merit have had a better chance?

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