Norman gives Trump an ‘F’ on South Carolina midterm performance
Norman said Trump deserved a failing grade after backing Darline Graham, who beat him in the primary and then lost to Democrat Annie Andrews.
- On Tuesday, Representative Ralph Norman gave President Donald Trump a failing grade for his South Carolina midterm performance, telling MeidasTouch the President's primary endorsement damaged general election prospects.
- Trump intervened in the Republican primary by throwing his "complete and total endorsement" behind Darline Graham, sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who died in July at 71; this backing helped her defeat Norman in an August runoff.
- Democrat Annie Andrews defeated Darline Graham in last week's election, becoming the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate race in South Carolina since 1998, ending decades of Republican control in the state.
- Opposition to Graham extended beyond Norman; his son, Warren Norman, publicly rejected the Trump-backed candidate in October, announcing he was considering voting for Andrews instead.
- Despite the local friction, Norman tempered his critique on Tuesday, saying, "But overall for the country, he's done well," though he had previously called Trump's intervention "shocking" in September.
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Norman gives Trump an ‘F’ on South Carolina midterm performance
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) gave President Trump a failing grade for his performance in South Carolina’s midterm elections after a Trump-backed Senate candidate defeated Norman in the Republican primary but lost to a Democrat in the general election. “In South Carolina, he gets an F,” Norman told MeidasTouch on Tuesday when asked to grade Trump’s…
Republican deputy Ralph Norman granted a total disapproval note for Donald Trump's performance in the mid-term elections of 2026. The public statement of the influential congressman dissatisfied the internal discontent of the bench after the party lost valuable seats in the federal parliament. The demonstration took place shortly after the completion of the [...]
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