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Lindsey Graham Goes Off on Democratic Challenger in Tweetstorm For Requesting Negative Covid Test Before Next Debate

Sen. Lindsey Graham facing a tough battle for his South Carolina Senate seat from Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison, and took to Twitter Friday afternoon to complain about being asked to take a coronavirus test before Friday evening’s scheduled debate. According to late breaking news reports from South Carolina, the debate format has changed.

Graham, who was first elected to the Senate in 2002, has been virtually tied in the polls with first-time candidate Harrison for several months. The last debate matchup between the two candidates went viral for the plexiglass barrier that the Harrison campaign set up to protect their candidate, but that also drew attention to video clips of Harrison’s answers, winning the former South Carolina Democratic Party chair praise for his thoughtful answers.

The past week has featured a stream of stories about positive coronavirus tests for President Donald Trump, a growing list of people on his campaign and White House staff, and several Republican Senators, including some with whom Graham was in contact as a part of the Senate Judiciary Committee and recent events for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

On Thursday, Harrison tweeted that he was “excited for tomorrow’s debate” with Graham, “but we need real leadership in this pandemic.” Accordingly, Harrison continued, he and the debate moderators had agreed to be tested for the coronavirus before the debate, and he called for Graham to “do the same.”

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