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        <title><![CDATA[Democrats Launch New Super PAC to Defeat Lindsey Graham]]></title>
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            <media:title type="html">Democrats Launch New Super PAC to Defeat Lindsey Graham</media:title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Democrats glimpsing a chance to oust Senator Lindsey Graham have launched a new super PAC focused on attacking the South Carolina Republican as he campaigns for reelection in the fall.</p><p>The new PAC, “Lindsey Must Go,” says it has already garnered more than $1 million in commitments and aims to raise $4 million or more from large and small donors, <strong>according</strong> to <em>Politico</em>.</p><p>Graham’s Democratic challenger, Jaime Harrison, beat Graham in fundraising during the first quarter with a $7.4 million haul, a record for South Carolina, compared to Graham’s $5.7 million. Graham still has $4 million more in cash than Harrison, however.</p><p>The group reportedly plans to focus on attacking Graham rather than backing Harrison.</p><p>“This is not about Jaime Harrison. This is about Lindsey Graham,” Jimmy Williams, a spokesperson for the PAC, <strong>told</strong> <em>Politico</em>.</p><p>Harrison has promised to run his campaign sans PAC funds. The new PAC, an outside group, will be co-chaired by Stephen Groves, a senior advisor at a consulting group that worked on Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 bid, and Brice Barnes, who was a senior adviser to Mike Bloomberg’s presidential run.</p><p>“Jaime is focused on running his own campaign, which is being historically successful,” a campaign spokesperson for Harrison said.</p><p>Graham dismissed the fresh effort to oust him after three terms, saying attempts to “sell socialism” will not be successful in South Carolina.</p><p>“Try as they might, no amount of liberal out-of-state money from Hollywood celebrities, Democrat[ic] super PACs, and the Clinton political network can successfully sell socialism in South Carolina,” Graham’s communications director T.W. Arrighi <strong>told</strong> <em>Politico</em>.</p><p>Graham, who chairs the influential Judiciary Committee, has gained a reputation as a frequent defender of President Trump, earning him the vitriol of progressive groups, but has occasionally bucked the president on high-profile issues.</p><p>On Thursday, Graham pushed back against Trump’s exhortation that he call former President Obama to testify before the Judiciary Committee about efforts by Obama administration officials to “unmask” former national-security adviser Michael Flynn. Graham said he is “greatly concerned about the precedent that would be set by calling a former president for oversight.”</p><p>During the confirmation process for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, however, Graham emerged as a fierce critic of the acrimonious process, which he said was unfair to Kavanaugh and “the most unethical sham since I’ve been in politics.”</p>]]></content:encoded>
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