总统唐纳德·特朗普正在最终确定计划，于10月21日在南卡罗来纳州与达琳·格雷厄姆参议员举行集会，三位熟悉此事的消息人士告诉MS NOW，随着该州的参议院竞选出人意料地变得胶着。
President Donald Trump is finalizing plans to rally with Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina on Oct. 21, three sources familiar with the matter told MS NOW, as the state’s Senate race grows unexpectedly close.
消息人士称，该集会可能会有变动，将在格林维尔举行，该地区是格雷厄姆的共和党初选对手拉尔夫·诺曼众议员在特别选举初选中获胜的地方。
The rally, which sources said is subject to change, would take place in Greenville, an area that Graham’s Republican primary opponent Rep. Ralph Norman carried during the special election primary.
此次访问将标志着特朗普在棕榈州举行的第二次集会，旨在为格雷厄姆助力，她是一位政治新人，正竞选接替她哥哥、已故的林赛·格雷厄姆参议员（R-S.C.），以争取一个完整的六年参议员任期。
The visit would mark Trump’s second rally in the Palmetto State to boost Graham, a political novice running to succeed her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
尽管南卡罗来纳州一直是可靠的红州，但最近的民调显示，格雷厄姆与民主党候选人、儿科医生安妮·安德鲁斯之间的竞争异常激烈。特朗普在2024年赢得南卡罗来纳州时领先优势超过17个百分点。该州自1998年以来尚未选出民主党人进入美国参议院。
for a full six-year Senate term. Despite South Carolina being a reliably red state, recent polls have shown a neck-and-neck race between Graham and Democrat Annie Andrews, a pediatrician. Trump won South Carolina by more than 17 percentage points in 2024.
作为共和党内部担忧的一个迹象，参议院领导基金（一个与参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（R-S.D.）结盟的超级政治行动委员会）向该竞选投入了500万美元，一位熟悉此事的消息人士告诉MS NOW。
The state has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1998.
在南卡罗来纳州的这次停留将是特朗普在多个传统红州进行中期冲刺的最新一站，预计还将在亚利桑那州、蒙大拿州、佐治亚州和肯塔基州进行停留。
In a sign of the GOP’s concerns, the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., poured $5 million into the race, a source familiar with the matter told MS NOW.
此次行动发生在南卡罗来纳州州长亨利·麦克马斯特任命格雷厄姆完成其哥哥任期已超过三个月，其哥哥在7月去世。在特朗普的敦促和背书下，格雷厄姆随后决定参选完整的六年任期，加入共和党内部竞争激烈的提名争夺战。
The stop in South Carolina would be Trump’s latest on his midterm blitz through several traditionally red states, with stops also expected in Arizona, Montana, Georgia and Kentucky. It comes more than three months after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Graham to finish her brother’s term after his death in July.
格雷厄姆晋级决选，并在与诺曼的对决中以4.8个百分点的优势获胜。
At Trump’s urging and with his endorsement, Graham then decided to run for the full six-year term, entering a crowded field of Republicans for the GOP nod.
特朗普曾在特别初选期间与格雷厄姆在南卡罗来纳州的米特尔海滩举行集会，旨在提升这位政治新人的形象，因为她在辩论台上承认自己“对国家安全不太了解”，这一时刻走红网络，并引发了人们对她是否具备担任公职资格的质疑。
Graham advanced to a runoff against Norman, beating him by 4.8 percentage points.
在她被任命以完成其兄弟任期之前，格雷厄姆从未担任过任何选举职务。
Trump rallied with Graham in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, during the special primary, looking to boost the political novice after she conceded on the debate stage that she was “not that informed on national security,” a moment that went viral and raised questions about her qualifications for office.
在那次集会上，特朗普试图为格雷厄姆在辩论舞台上的失误进行收尾。
Before her appointment to finish her brother’s term, Graham had never served in elected office.
“她以前从未做过这件事，但她对政治非常熟悉，”特朗普对人群说。“她热爱我们的军队。她热爱那些与美国伟大有关的事情。”
During that rally, Trump tried to clean up Graham’s stumble on the debate stage. “She’s never done it before, but she knows politics well,” Trump told the crowd.
特朗普在最近几周对这场竞选特别关注，他在Truth Social上攻击安德鲁斯，以此来提升格雷厄姆。上周，他称安德鲁斯为“安妮‘特兰尼’安德鲁斯”，使用了反跨性别的侮辱性词汇。安德鲁斯回应称，她发布了一段视频，表示：“我想让你清晰地听到我说的话：我不支持生物男性参加女子体育运动，我也不支持，也从未为未成年人进行性别手术。”
“She loves our military. She loves things that have to do with greatness for America.”Trump has taken a particular interest in the race in recent weeks, attacking Andrews on Truth Social in an effort to boost Graham. Last week, he referred to Andrews as “Annie ‘Trannie’ Andrews,” using an anti-transgender slur.
特朗普计划与参议员达琳·格雷厄姆一起举行集会，因为共和党在南卡罗来纳州的竞争正日益激烈。MS NOW
Andrews responded with a video, saying, “I want you to hear me loud and clear: I don’t support biological men playing women’s sports, and I don’t support and haven’t ever performed gender surgery for minors.”The post Trump plans to rally with Sen. Darline Graham as GOP focus on South Carolina intensifies MS NOW