{"id":5391,"date":"2026-08-26T22:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=5391"},"modified":"2026-08-26T22:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:40:10","slug":"dumb-as-concrete-darline-graham-shouldnt-debate-dc-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=5391","title":{"rendered":"‘Dumb as concrete’ Darline Graham shouldn’t debate: DC insider"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Veteran Democratic strategist and long-time President Donald Trump gadfly James Carville refused to join the crowd calling the victories of Trump-endorsed candidates in South Carolina and Oklahoma a \u201cwin for Trump\u2019 considering how close the call came in the wee hours.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the Republican primaries in South Carolina and Oklahoma, they played it as a big Trump win, and I don\u2019t understand it,\u201d said Carville, griping on his Wednesday Politics War Room podcast. \u201cI was so taken aback. Who am I to be the arbiter or whatever, but man, when you get 50.5 in a Republican primary in SC and the guy that got 49.5 attacks you and the crowd breaks out wildly cheering, or in Oklahoma, and they barely won, I just don\u2019t see it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) won her South Carolina Senate primary campaign against Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) on Tuesday, officially winning a full term in the seat once held by her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). During the campaign Trump endorsed her during her campaign, and she vowed to staunchly support him in a full Senate term throughout the campaign.<\/p>\n

Graham also refused to deny Trump’s ongoing Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.<\/p>\n

But the final tally Tuesday night showed Graham with 52.5 percent of the nearly 369,000 total votes cast. Her 5 percentage-point lead over U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman represented little more than 18,000 people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re told by all of the people that \u2018Trump rolls again. He\u2019s rolling, Trump. He falls down and lands on his feet.\u2019 I don\u2019t buy that,\u201d said Carville, who called the election a \u201cterrible\u201d night for Trump considering his near misses. \u201cI\u2019m seeing one thing and Peter Baker with the New York Times is talking something else. Usually, I can understand where they\u2019re coming from, but I have no understanding of their take on this election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carville\u2019s co-host Al Hunt said Graham\u2019s stuttering popularity means she might be \u201cheaded for a possible loss\u201d against her Democratic opponent pediatrician Annie Andrews in the general election. <\/p>\n

To be sure, Graham will be favored given South Carolina\u2019s solid red lean, and Democrats haven\u2019t won a Senate seat in the Palmetto State since 1998. However, Trump\u2019s polls are plummeting all over the nation, prompting many solid Republican voters to stay home.<\/p>\n

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Plus, facing off against a candidate whose inexperience has become a key issue in the minds of many voters has given Democrats rare optimism for that state.<\/p>\n

Republican-aligned networks were scrambling recently to clean up the apparent ignorance of Graham, after her humiliating gaffe at an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre Taiwan and the south China Sea national security issues for the United States, and if so, why or how?\u201d asked a host.<\/p>\n

But Graham answered: \u201cI’m just going to be honest here. I’m not on national security, that I’m not that informed on national security. So\u2014but I do support the military.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that kind of ignorance, Carville suggested Graham avoid debating her Democratic opponent \u201cbecause she\u2019s too stupid,\u201d with international dialogue and other issues.<\/p>\n

He added that Democrats could easily \u201chammer that home\u201d before a live audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s does good work with handicapped people but she\u2019s a dumb as concrete,\u201d Carville told Hunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cDarline will not take up that [debate] officer,\u201d predicted Hunt, because she knows this.<\/p>\n

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