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GREENVILLE — High ranking Senator and Donald Trump ally Lindsey Graham gave a strong vow of confidence that Republicans would gain Senate control this election, but said he was "nervous" about the former president's prospects. After meeting with local faith leaders Nov. 1 in a closed-door roundtable four days before the election, Graham appeared on the fence about what Tuesday's outcome might be, reassuring voters a Republican Senate would be the "insurance" against Democratic policies if Vice President Kamala Harris were to win.
"I feel good about it, but I am nervous," the Seneca Republican said. "I remember I felt good in 2022 about the red wave. It didn't happen.
" Surrounding the election is the question of accepting the outcome. Regardless of the results, Graham pushed back on any suggestion that the federal government should intervene in the election, instead saying the states should retain their control. "If you feel like you were cheated in the election, you go to court and you make your case to every state," said Graham, who himself became a part of a Georgia election probe after being accused of asking Georgia's Secretary of State to toss legally cast votes from the 2020 election.
Throughout his campaign, Trump and several of his allies have repeatedly declined to say they will accept the results of the election. Instead, they have already begun sowing doubts in the process ahead of Election Day. After Graham cast his vote Oct.
31, he said it is not his job as a senator to overturn a state's results and that the Constitution does not intend for a "handful of people in Washington" to overturn the election. Graham and the former president have had an on-again off-again relationship ever since Trump's first term in office. Throughout the 2016 campaign, Graham ran against Trump and widely expressed his contempt for him.
But over time, he grew closer with the president over politics and golf. In April, the two had a falling out after Graham criticized Trump for refusing to support a national abortion ban . Trump has said he wants to leave the issue to the states and would veto any federal ban .
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