Lindsey Graham’s sister and fill-in senator says she’s ‘not that informed on national security’
She made the statement during a debate when asked about potential threats to US national security in South China Sea US politics live – latest updates Asked whether Taiwan and the South China Sea threaten US national security, republican fill-in senator Darline Graham hesitated.
“I’m just going to be honest here,” she told Tuesday night’s debate audience.
“I’m – not that informed on national security, so – but I do support the military.” Gasps, and boos, rolled through the opera house hosting the only debate before next week’s Republican runoff – a race to succeed her brother, Lindsey Graham, who was one of the Senate’s most committed rightwing foreign policy hawks before his sudden passing in July.
She did not retreat.
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