MORNING HEADLINES | Annie Andrews, the Mount Pleasant pediatrician who lost a high-profile 2022 campaign against First District GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, will seek the Democratic nomination to run against longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham.
In a hard-hitting video released yesterday, Andrews said Graham was “completely and unequivocally full of [expletive].” She also complained that he’s changed positions dramatically during his decades in office. Graham, 69, first was elected to the U.S. House in 1994 and to the Senate eight years later.
“He’s changed his position on nearly every issue over that time and that’s because, in my view, he doesn’t stand for anything or believe in anything other than what it takes to get reelected,” Andrews told the Associated Press before a campaign rollout today.
The Democratic field to challenge Graham is getting increasingly crowded. Others who have announced bids are Greenville businessman Lee Johnson as well as Catherine Fleming Bruce and Kyle Freeman, both of Columbia.
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