# Trump scrambles to save South Carolina Senate pick after debate gaffe

https://mins.news/en/video/28947

- CNN, 2026-08-21 23:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-XjxgTolSY

> After three candidates he backed lost Republican primaries, Donald Trump faces a more prominent test of his political influence in South Carolina. He plans to rally Friday night in Myrtle Beach with Sen. Darline Graham, whose campaign was shaken after she failed to answer a question about Taiwan and the South China Sea, saying she was “not that informed about national security.”

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