So is this them trying to normalize family succession so Trump can simply appoint his family in the future, and have some sort of precedent to refer to?
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Ah yes, this is how democracy works!
I was sure this was satire
Is she also in the closet?
And let me guess, he was hardcore anti-DEI aka Didn't Earn It, yet his little sister is handed the job despite numerous other better qualified individuals
Is his little sister also a self-loathing hypocrite that desperate to kill, displace and impoverish as many people as possible?
Does she have the ladybugs too?
So political offices are inherited now like its some medieval lordship?
M'ladybugs.
Omg! 😂
Now? It's a common practice. It's called "Widow's succession". In this case it is Lindsey's sister, but the spirit is the same.
Usually it is someone to just finish out the current term (not running in the election) or until a special election can take place.
Hmm "widow's succession" but Graham never married, this is Graham's sister, and they live in the deep south. This would raise a lot more questions if Graham wasn't openly secretly gay.
In that state, this is by the rules. Stupid AF, if you ask me.
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Does the US not have special elections?
You guys are just full on monarchy now?
They do, but they still appoint a replacement until then.
There should be a special election but the time served will be pretty short.
Depends on the state. South Carolina law just has the governor appoint a replacement for the rest of the term.
this time both happen to be from the party, but this rule may get interesting if implemented in purple states
A quick search showed 46 states allow a temp placement by the government, 4 states don't. Kentucky, North Dakota, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
Kentucky being the state that people were just wondering of McConnell had died.
Recall that Rod Blagojevich got in serious trouble because he basically offered to sell Obama’s senate seat.
Nah I had to look him up, I wasnt from Illinois. But it appears he was a Democrat trying to sell a the Senate seat, Illinois impeached him, the feds then convicted him to 14 years prison, where he sat until 2020 and Trump cummuted his sentence do to him supporting Trump's campaign. Thn when Trump got into office in 2025, pardoned the previous convictions once again for supporting him.
Apparently Blagojevich described himself as a Trumpocrat.
Possibly worth noting Blagojevich appeared on Celebrity Apprentice with Trump.
So he attempted to sell a Senate seat to anyone for money or employment, and he became employed with the next president who committed and pardoned his convictions of trying to sell the Senate seat.
Sheesh
I believe it is temporary until special election is held and determines full-time replacement.
Graham was up for reelection this year and she's going to serve the rest of his term, so I think in this case it's until the regular election.
fucking nepotism man; whatever happened to “merit”
It is a merit based system. They just didn't tell you that "merit" = dollars and you start life with extra "merit" depending on what family you are born to.
Did we not flee the tyranny of hereditary people with power to make this nation‽‽‽
How is her name not Darin or Daniel?
He adopted his sister?!
If he was over 18 and she was under 18 when their parents' died, then it would make sense. You don't want to see your younger sibling get whisked away into foster care if you can be the caregiver.
That's exactly what happened. She was in her early teens and he was in college when both their parents died, within like a year or two of each other. He became her guardian and then later, when he was in the military, he officially adopted her so that she would receive his military benefits.
They've both talked about it, especially for that five minutes in 2016 when he was making a run at the Republican nomination for president himself. Of all the nefarious shit Lindsey Graham has done, this is not it.
Supposedly that's why he never married....
Wow. Things be different in da Carolinas…. Reminds me of the song “I am my own grandpa.”
Sister wife
I love you twice
Once as a sibling
Once as a wife
I just feel bad for all those gay men he was paying to have sex with. Now what will they do?
Spill that tea is what they’ll do. Book some poscasts
POScasts. Excellent typo.
What is nepotism?
First presser and it's just Lindsey in a miniskirt, heels and pigtails.
It was too short notice to replace the “Lady Graham” monogram on his desk so they went with the easy option.
What in tarnation
Gotta keep the gravy train running