GOP super PAC pours $5 million into Darline Graham

A key Republican Super PAC is putting $5 million to support Sen. Darline Graham in the South Carolina Senate race, sources familiar with the investment confirmed on Tuesday, as President Trump is escalating his attacks against her opponent, Democrat Annie Andrews.

Mr. Trump has campaigned heavily for Darline Graham, and posted an attack on social media against Andrews using an anti-transgender slur.

Andrews, a pediatrician, has said she does not support gender transition surgery for minors, but she had in the past voiced opposition to a bill that would ban transgender athletes in sports. She told The New York Times last week that she does not "support biological men playing in women's sports."

The most resonant campaign ad in 2024 seized on transgender issues as an emblem of the cultural divide in America: "Kamala is for they/them President Trump is for you." This year, some Republicans are trying to replicate that effort and tie their Democratic opponents to transgender issues, although it's unclear if it's been as successful.

Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley, a Republican, told CBS News that Mr. Trump's comments on Andrews were "such a disgrace."

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