Project 2025 author Paul Dans will challenge Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina

28.07.2025    Boston Herald    11 views
Project 2025 author Paul Dans will challenge Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina

By LISA MASCARO and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON AP A chief architect of Project Paul Dans is launching a Republican primary challenge to Sen Lindsey Graham in South Carolina joining a crowded field that will test the loyalties of President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement in next year s midterm balloting Dans explained The Associated Press the Trump administration s federal workforce reductions and cuts to federal programs are what he had hoped for in drafting Project But he declared there s more work to do particularly in the Senate What we ve done with Project is really change the encounter in terms of closing the door on the progressive era Dans noted in an AP interview If you look at where the chokepoint is it s the United States Senate That s the headwaters of the swamp Dans who is set to formally announce his campaign at an event Wednesday in Charleston mentioned Graham has spent the greater part of his career in Washington and it s time to show him the door Challenging the long-serving Graham who has routinely batted back contenders over the years is something of a political long shot in what is fast becoming a crowded field ahead of the November midterm referendum that will determine control of Congress Trump early on gave his endorsement of Graham a political confidant and regular golfing partner of the president despite their on-again-off-again relationship Graham in announcing he would seek a fifth term in the Senate also secured the state s leading Republicans Sen Tim Scott and Gov Henry McMaster to chair his run He has amassed millions of dollars in his campaign account FILE Sen Lindsey Graham R-S C listens to journalists at the end of his visit to Israel in Jerusalem Wednesday AP Photo Maya Alleruzzo File Other candidates including Republican former South Carolina Lt Gov Andr Bauer a wealthy developer and Democratic challenger Dr Annie Andrews have released their campaigns for the Senate seat in an early start to the vote season more than a year away Graham in an appearance Sunday on NBC s Meet the Press did not discuss his reelection campaign but fielded questions on topics including his push to release as much as you can from the circumstance files on Jeffrey Epstein something a multitude of of Trump s supporters want the governing body to do Dans an attorney who worked in the first Trump administration as White House liaison to the office of personnel management stated he expects to have advocacy from Project allies as well as the ranks of Trump s supporters in the state who have publicly tired of Graham Related Articles How the US-EU commerce deal wards off more escalation but will raise prices and slow rise Trump says he s shortening the -day deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine US and China executives meet in Stockholm to discuss how to ease agreement tensions Vice President JD Vance is on the road again to sell the Republicans big new tax law Trump urges Israel s leader to take action as images of emaciated children emerge in Gaza conflict After Trump left the White House Dans now a father of four went to work at the Heritage Foundation often commuting on weekdays to Washington as he organized Project The nearly -page initiative blueprint with chapters written by leading conservative thinkers calls for dismantling the federal regime and downsizing the federal workforce among other right-wing proposals for the next White House To be clear I believe that there is a deep state out there and I m the single one who stepped forward at the end of the first term of Trump and really started to drain the swamp Dans noted noting he compiled much of the book from his kitchen table in Charleston Among the goals he explained was to deconstruct the administrative state which he stated is what the Trump administration has been doing pointing in particular to former Trump adviser Elon Musk s work at the Department of Leadership Efficiency shuttering federal offices Dans and Heritage parted options in July amid blowback over Project It catapulted into political way of life that summer during the presidential campaign season as Democrats and their allies showcased the hard-right procedures proposals from mass firings to budget cuts as a dire warning of what could come in a second Trump term Trump distanced himself from Project and his campaign insisted it had nothing to do with his own Agenda Dans is launching his campaign with a prayer breakfast followed by a kick-off event at a historic venue in Charleston Kinnard announced from Chapin South Carolina

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