Trump heads to South Carolina to rescue Darline Graham in a Senate race his party usually wins easily
Donald Trump at his Greenville, North Carolina rally, where he mimicked punching hecklers and vowed to treat them "very, very rough".A protester is escorted from the rally as Trump warned supporters that hecklers disrupting his events in North Carolina — and in Texas, Tennessee and Alaska — would be treated "very, very rough.
Darline Graham is running about even with Democrat Annie Andrews in a state Trump won by nearly 18 points in 2024. Trump's rally is set for Clemson University. Last week he waived Russia sanctions that her late brother had championed. Graham has said she disagrees with that move: 'I don't trust Putin, and I don't trust Russia.'
Lindsey Graham died unexpectedly of a heart ailment in July, and Trump quickly backed his sister.
One Georgia GOP operative said of Trump: 'All he's doing is hurting Republicans.'
A Reuters/Ipsos poll puts Trump on 31 percent, a record low for either term.
