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Then, during a high-stakes debate on Aug. 18, she said she was \u201cnot that informed on national security,\u201d setting off a frenzied effort to pick up the pieces.\n\n\n\nRepublicans in the state are clear-eyed about where the problem lies.\n\n\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s no question that there\u2019s a drag at the top of the ticket,\u201d one South Carolina GOP official told MS NOW, referring to Graham.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe official, who requested anonymity to speak candidly about the race, said Republicans weren\u2019t as united behind Graham as they should be this late in the campaign.\n\n\n\n\u201cThere are voters who are voting third party, there are the voters who are voting elsewhere, and there doesn\u2019t seem to be as much cohesion amongst the Republican electorate around her,\u201d the official said.\n\n\n\nThe polls suggest that it\u2019s not a South Carolina problem, but rather a Graham problem. 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Since the Aug. 18 debate, Republicans have spent more than $22.5 million on the race, compared with $17.1 million from Democrats, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.\n\n\n\nTo some Republicans, spending a single dollar in South Carolina is a waste in a year when control of both chambers of Congress is up for grabs.\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s political malpractice that we\u2019re even having to spend money in the state,\u201d the GOP official said.\n\n\n\nThat money, the official argued, belongs in battleground states, not a ruby-red one.\n\n\n\n\u201cSouth Carolina should not be a state where we have to spend money to shore up a Republican nominee,\u201d the official said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of worry that Darline isn\u2019t doing what she needs to do, or her campaign is not doing what they need to do to finish the race strong.\u201d\n\n\n\nTrump is the party\u2019s other big investment. Clemson sits in the state\u2019s Upstate region, territory Republican Rep. 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Despite his endorsement, Graham couldn\u2019t lock down the nomination early and was forced into a runoff.\n\n\n\n\nThere\u2019s also an awkward subplot to Wednesday\u2019s trip.\n\n\n\nWhen she arrived in Washington, Graham became the face of a bill imposing sanctions on Russia and Iran, picking up where her brother left off. Congress passed it, and Trump signed it into law. It was a major achievement for the new senator, and one she frequently cited as proof she could get things done, especially as she fielded questions about her qualifications after the debate.\n\n\n\n\n\nBut earlier this week, Trump signed an executive order exempting Russia from the sanctions, gutting her signature accomplishment.\n\n\n\nAsked about the move, Graham said the legislation was \u201cone of the tools he can use to do that,\u201d adding: \u201cIt\u2019s up to him whether or not he chooses to use it.\u201d\n\n\n\nShe also made it clear she disagreed.\n\n\n\n\u201cPersonally, I would choose to keep the pressure on Russia \u2026 because I don\u2019t trust Putin, and I don\u2019t trust Russia,\u201d Graham said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.\n\n\n\nMeanwhile, the campaign has reached a fever pitch. 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