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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jul 13, 2026, 10:23 PM 22 hrs ago

Who is Darline Graham Nordone? Lindsey Graham's sister appointed to serve out his term in the Senate

Sen. Lindsey Graham's younger sister, Darline Graham Nordone, was appointed to serve the remainder of the late South Carolina Republican's term in the U.S. Senate, state officials announced Monday.

"Lindsey has always been there for me, and now I will be there for him," Nordone said during a press conference. "It is such a privilege to get to finish some of his important work."

Graham died Saturday at age 71 at his Washington, D.C., home after what his office described as a brief and sudden illness. Preliminary findings from the District of Columbia medical examiner determined the likely cause of death was an aortic dissection — a tear to the body's main artery — due to a heart condition.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced Nordone as Graham's temporary replacement at a press conference in Columbia, S.C., on Monday afternoon, hours after President Trump recommended that the governor pick her to fill the vacancy. She is expected to be sworn as an interim senator in Washington on Wednesday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/who-is-darline-graham-nordone-lindsey-grahams-sister-appointed-to-serve-out-his-term-in-the-senate-200804172.html

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Who is Darline Graham Nordone? Lindsey Graham's sister appointed to serve out his term in the Senate (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 22 hrs ago OP
... Faux pas 22 hrs ago #1
She has spent her life working for people with disabilities. Cattledog 19 hrs ago #2

Cattledog

(6,676 posts)
2. She has spent her life working for people with disabilities.
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 01:22 AM
19 hrs ago
she served for over a decade as communications director for the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department, and has been commissioner of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind — which assists blind or visually impaired South Carolinians — since 2019.


Wonder how she feels about Trump mocking that.disabled reporter?

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