{"id":2640238,"date":"2026-08-04T11:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/darline-graham-nordone-on-the-filibuster-i-differ-from-my-brother\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:05:16","slug":"darline-graham-nordone-on-the-filibuster-i-differ-from-my-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/darline-graham-nordone-on-the-filibuster-i-differ-from-my-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Darline Graham Nordone on the filibuster: &#8216;I differ from my brother&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdarline-graham-nordone-on-the-filibuster-i-differ-from-my-brother%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2640238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Darline Graham Nordone from South Carolina expressed support for President Donald Trump\u2019s proposal to eliminate the filibuster in the Senate during a debate. This stance marks a shift from her brother, the late senator Lindsey Graham, who traditionally opposed changing the filibuster rules. Nordone\u2019s support aligns with her backing of Trump\u2019s efforts to pass the SAVE America Act, including advocating for the Senate to cancel its summer recess to push election integrity legislation. During the primary to fill Lindsey Graham\u2019s Senate seat, Nordone competed against candidates like Ralph Norman, Russell Fry, Mark Lynch, and Mark Sanford. While some candidates supported reforming the filibuster, Nordone specifically supported removing it entirely, asserting that Democrats are likely to do so eventually. Her position on this procedural issue highlights a departure from her brother\u2019s long-standing defense of the filibuster, which he emphasized in past statements to uphold Senate traditions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/darline-graham-nordone\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"23139\">Darline Graham Nordone<\/a> (R-SC) backed President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> idea of terminating the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/filibuster\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1708\">filibuster<\/a> during a lively South Carolina Senate debate on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nordone\u2019s opinion on the Senate procedural rule marks the latest way she has sided with Trump after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4653799\/trump-endorses-darline-graham-nordone-full-term\/\">he endorsed her for a full term<\/a> in the U.S. Senate. By supporting Trump\u2019s quest to nuke the filibuster, Nordone is also breaking with the views of her brother, the late Sen.\u00a0Lindsey Graham, who consistently opposed bipartisan efforts to eliminate the rule requiring 60 votes to advance most bills.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4673831\/darline-graham-nordone-backs-trump-plan-nuke-filibuster\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Darline Graham Nordone backs Trump plan to nuke filibuster: \u2018I differ from my brother\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4673862\/trump-max-miller-abuse-allegation-winning-tough\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump told Max Miller winning after abuse allegations would be \u2018tough\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4673749\/james-talarico-ken-paxton-texas-senate-race-poll\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>James Talarico has the edge over Ken Paxton in Texas Senate race: Poll<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her latest break from her brother\u2019s stance came on Monday evening, during a GOP debate in the race to fill Graham\u2019s vacant spot on the November ballot. Nordone, who was sworn in to fill the remainder of Graham\u2019s unexpired term until Jan. 2027, will take on Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ralph-norman\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4637\">Ralph Norman <\/a>(R-SC), <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4655087\/russell-fry-announces-campaign-lindsey-graham-senate-seat\/\">Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC)<\/a>, businessman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4600485\/lindsey-graham-gop-primary-senate-south-carolina\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4600485\">Mark Lynch<\/a>, and former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4660958\/former-governor-mark-sanford-twice-in-congress-run-lindsey-graham-senate\/\">Gov. Mark Sanford<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4656578\/who-is-running-replace-lindsey-graham-senate\/\">Aug. 11 special primary election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The five candidates debated several topics on Monday, ranging from the filibuster to the war in Iran to the SAVE America Act. Though several of the candidates supported filibuster reform, it was during a conversation about the SAVE America Act that Nordone put her foot down on eliminating the filibuster entirely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am all for \u2014 this is where I differ from my brother \u2014 getting rid of the filibuster to get this done, because eventually the Democrats are going to get rid of it anyway,\u201d Nordone said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nordone has championed several of Trump\u2019s ideas to pass the SAVE America Act however the Senate can, including by canceling the upper chamber\u2019s<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4669549\/senators-support-cancelling-recess-save-america-act\/\"> summer recess<\/a> to do so. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4669549\/senators-support-cancelling-recess-save-america-act\/\">Along with 13 other senators<\/a>, Nordone made her stance clear in late July that she supports holding the chamber through August until the senators can pass the election-integrity legislation, which Trump has made a key part of his agenda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4656578\/who-is-running-replace-lindsey-graham-senate\/\">HERE\u2019S WHO IS RUNNING TO REPLACE LINDSEY GRAHAM IN THE SENATE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham had supported keeping the filibuster as is during his time in the Senate, touting during President Joe Biden\u2019s administration that he had not flip-flopped on the procedural matter based on who was president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI remember when Republicans controlled the White House, the House, and the Senate, and were being urged by President Trump to change the filibuster. Many people in our base supported changing Senate rules to pass our dream agenda. I also remember signing a letter with thirty-two Democrats pledging to keep the legislative filibuster in place to make sure the Senate stays the Senate. Those same Democrats, except for two, appear willing to blow up the Senate,\u201d Graham has said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lgraham.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2022\/6\/graham-opposes-biden-support-for-eliminating-the-senate-filibuster\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lgraham.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2022\/6\/graham-opposes-biden-support-for-eliminating-the-senate-filibuster\">2022 statement<\/a> on the rule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nordone backs Trump\u2019s filibuster end: breaks from brother<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2640239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26209666694012-e1785266883132.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[82672,3896,10130,5894,3740],"class_list":["post-2640238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-darline-graham-nordone","tag-debate","tag-filibuster","tag-politics","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26209666694012-e1785266883132.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2640238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2640241,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640238\/revisions\/2640241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2640239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2640238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2640238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2640238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}