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Trump backs Lindsey Graham's sister to finish Senate term
President Trump recommended that South Carolina's governor appoint the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister Darline to serve out the rest of his term in the Senate.
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Trump Backs Lindsey Graham’s Sister to Finish His Senate Term in South Carolina
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Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina will name a replacement for Senator Lindsey Graham, who died on Saturday.
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Trump recommends South Carolina’s governor appoint Lindsey Graham’s sister to finish his Senate term
President Donald Trump said Monday that he has recommended to South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster that he choose Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to serve the remainder of the late Republican senator’s term, which ends in early January.
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Trump backs Lindsey Graham’s sister to serve rest of Republican’s Senate term
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President Trump said on Monday that he recommended Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) sister to replace him as interim South Carolina senator during a conversation with South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R ). “I recommended, to Governor Henry McMaster, Lindsey Graham’s wonderful sister, Darline, to serve as interim Senator from the Great State of South…
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Trump calls for appointing Lindsey Graham’s sister to interim Senate seat
President Donald Trump called for Darline Graham Nordone, sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), to serve as a placeholder senator in the wake of his death. Graham, who had previously been diagnosed with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, died over the weekend after an emergency medical episode. Graham was 71 years old. “I recommended, to…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline reacts to Trump recommending her to fill out SC Senate seat
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Lindsey Graham's sister appointed to fill vacant Senate seat
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Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina senior senator and foreign policy hawk who changed from a Donald Trump skeptic to one of the US president’s strongest allies, died on Saturday. He was 71. (Source: Bloomberg)
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