Trump wanted a senator who says national security is ‘not my thing.’  Republican voters delivered

South Carolina Republicans have chosen U.S. Sen. Darline Graham to defend her late brother’s Senate seat, rewarding President Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate days after she admitted that national security was “not my thing.”

Decision Desk HQ projected Graham the winner of Tuesday’s runoff against U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman at 8:38 p.m. EDT. With roughly 90 percent of the expected vote reported at 9:05 p.m., Graham led 52.4 percent to 47.6 percent.

She will face Democratic nominee Annie Andrews, a pediatrician and clinical researcher, on November 3. The winner will begin a six-year term in January.

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Graham entered the race with no legislative experience. Gov. Henry McMaster appointed her to complete Lindsey Graham’s term after he died from an aortic dissection in July. Before her appointment, she led the South Carolina Commission for the Blind.

Trump urged her to seek a full term, campaigned with her in Myrtle Beach and held a telephone rally Monday. His MAGA Inc. super PAC spent more than $827,000 supporting her in the closing days, the Associated Press reports.

But Graham’s inexperience became unavoidable during her only debate with Norman. Asked last Tuesday whether Taiwan and the South China Sea matter to American national security, the sitting senator could not explain how a consequential potential conflict would unfold.

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“I’m just going to be honest here,” she said. “I’m not that informed on national security.” “National security is not my thing, not my area of expertise,” she continued. “But I do support the military.”

Graham also claimed South Carolina had 50 million residents. It has approximately 5.5 million. When she tried to recover on national TV after the poor performance, Graham pivoted from her own lack of preparation to transgender athletes.

“Of course, Taiwan is our friend,” she told Fox News. “But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about making ends meet. They are concerned about boys in girls’ sports.”

At a campaign event with Graham, Trump claimed that "at my order" transgender people were now receiving "reverse surgery." That is not happening.