Republican Loser Humiliates Trump With Midterms Grading

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In Texas, the president helped clear the path for Ken Paxton to oust Sen. John Cornyn in the GOP primary, only for Paxton to lose to Democrat James Talarico, who flipped the seat…

Darline Graham’s election campaign ended in spectacular failure, and a Republican who lost to Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate is making sure the president gets the blame.

Rep. Ralph Norman gave Trump an F for his involvement in South Carolina’s midterm Senate race, telling MeidasTouch’s Pablo Manríquez on Tuesday that the president had alienated voters by pushing Graham forward as the party’s candidate.

“In South Carolina, he gets an F, but overall for the country, he’s done well,” Norman said when asked to grade Trump’s midterm performance.

“He shouldn’t have endorsed and tried to force a candidate on South Carolina,” he added. “They don’t agree with that.”

Norman has a particular reason to resent Trump’s intervention. The congressman lost the Republican primary to Darline Graham after Trump threw his “complete and total endorsement” behind her.

Trump had appointed her to serve the remainder of her brother’s term, after longtime Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was one of Trump’s biggest allies in Congress, died in July at 71.

But Trump’s preferred candidate ultimately lost the general election to Democrat Annie Andrews, ending nearly three decades of Republican dominance in South Carolina Senate elections.

Trump had celebrated Norman’s primary defeat by attacking him on Truth Social, claiming Norman had “ruined his career” by backing Nikki Haley in her 2024 presidential bid.

Norman, meanwhile, had repeatedly condemned Trump’s intervention, calling it “shocking.”

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