Graham has served in the U.S. Senate since 2003 and was an early opponent of Trump’s, infamously saying in 2016 that if Republicans nominated Trump, the party would be destroyed. He has since fashioned himself into a top Trump booster and won the president’s endorsement earlier this year.

Paul Dans, the former director of the conservative Project 2025, is launching a bid to unseat Republican Senator Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, setting up an explosive MAGA showdown in the Palmetto State.