COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH, ConnectToTheCapitol.com) For the second time in eight days, President Donald Trump visited South Carolina, this time it was in Rock Hill on Thursday.
With several elections in play in Tuesday’s election, the President continuing to call on supporters to keep South Carolina red.
“Its so important we have to win because what we’ve done has never been done in history our first three years, and we can’t let radical left jihadists and other people tear it down,” Trump said.
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President Trump saying if people want to see continued growth in the country, they must vote Republican as he rallied to help push Sen. Darline Graham over the finish line in a closer than expected race with Democrat Annie Andrews.
Most polls show that contest is a toss-up with just one or two points separating Graham and Andrews.
The president again targeted Andrews on Thursday on transgender issues.
“She’s too crazy, too dangerous, too radical to serve in the United States Senate, and certainly from this state,” Trump said.
Voters in South Carolina have not sent a Democrat to the Senate in nearly three decades. But Andrews, a pediatrician who previously ran unsuccessfully for Congress, is urging voters seeking change to “try something new for once.”
That message could resonate in an election year defined by voter frustration with the economy, gas prices and the war in Iran, putting Trump’s Republican Party on defense in territory where they have rarely had to compete in recent years.
Several Republicans joined the President in Rock Hill on Thursday, including Gubernatorial nominee Alan Wilson and Darline Graham.
The senator calling herself a “proud, conservative, Christian”, and going into attack mode on Annie Andrews.
“Annie Andrews, the most radical liberal candidate ever to run for office in the history of South Carolina,” Graham said. “Like they say out in the country, she’s just plain old bats*** crazy.”
Andrews responded to the criticism, saying that if wanting lower prices is considered crazy, then voters can call her crazy.
“She certainly had quite the script written for her yesterday (Thursday). I watched as she cursed at her audience. But she certainly called me a lot of names, but i didn’t really hear her say a single thing about how she’s going to lower costs or why she voted for this war with Iran three times.”
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The Democrat also rallied at the Hunter-Gatherer Brewery in Columbia late in the week, where hundreds gathered to hear her message as record-setting early voting continued in South Carolina.
“Who’s ready to make history in South Carolina? Who’s ready to elect a qualified senator who will put South Carolina first?” Andrews told the crowd.
In response to both Trump’s and Graham comments about her on Thursday, Andrews said this in a statement:
“President Trump is always welcome in South Carolina, and when I’m elected, I look forward to working with him whenever it’s in the best interest of South Carolinians. But Senator Graham should be using her access to President Trump to lower gas, diesel, and costs for South Carolinians — not just to win an election. The last time the president was here, Senator Graham promised to raise Russia sanctions with him, but she broke her word and failed to do her job. South Carolinians deserve a senator who fights for them, not just herself.”
RECORD-SETTING EARLY VOTING
South Carolina voters turned out in droves to shatter previous early voting marks during the state’s early voting period.
By the end of the day Monday, roughly 564,000 people had cast early ballots, setting a new state record for early voting in a gubernatorial election.
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That record only swelled as the week went on with roughly 1 million people casting ballots by the time the early voting period closed on Saturday evening.
According to South Carolina Election Commission officials, the all-time state early voting record remains the 1,471,663 early votes cast before the 2024 presidential election.
BE PREPARED AS YOU HEAD TO POLLS
If you didn’t vote early and plan to vote on Tuesday’s election day, here are some tips election officials want you to keep in mind:
When voting in person, you must provide current and valid Photo IDs such as:
– SC Driver’s License (standard license of REAL ID)
– SC Department of Motor Vehicles ID Card (standard ID card and REAL ID)
– SC Concealed Weapons Permit
– SC Voter Registration Card with Photo
– Federal Military ID (Includes all Dept. of Defense Photo IDs and Veterans Affairs Benefits Card)
– U.S. Passport (Includes U.S. Passport ID Card)
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