>> I’M NOT A LAWYER, I ONLY PLAY
ONE ON TV, BUT I’M ALSO NOT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL, BUT IT’S NOT
LEGAL.
JOINING ME NOW FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA, DEMOCRATIC SENATE
CANDIDATE JAIME HARRISON WHO IS
CHALLENGING INCUMBENT SENATOR
LINDSEY GRAHAM FOR HIS SEAT.
JAIME, IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.
YOUR REACTION TO THAT, THE
PRESIDENT’S SUGGESTION THAT
PEOPLE VOTE TWICE.
>> LISTEN, ANDREA, SAID IT,
VOTING TWICE IS ILLEGAL.
AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO SAY
THIS, IT’S IRRESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
PUBLIC LEADER TO SO CASUALLY
TRIED TO UNDERMINE THE
CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS.
WE CAN’T HAVE THAT.
WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS, ALL
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE,
TO COME TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE
THAT VOTING IS SAFE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
THAT’S WHAT WE REALLY NEED.
AND IT’S SAD, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
YOU’VE GOT FOLKS LIKE ATTORNEY
GENERAL BARR, YOU HAVE FOLKS
LIKE SENATOR GRAHAM, ON THIS
ISSUE, WHO HAVE BEEN TALKING OUT
OF BOTH SIDES OF THEIR MOUTHS.
WHEN THEY NEED TO JOIN OUR
EFFORTS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT VOTING IS
SAFE, VOTING -- WE NEED FOLKS TO
GO AND VOTE.
AND YES, TENTATIVEAT THE END OF
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, I WOULD LIKE
FOLKS TO VOTE FOR ME.
BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS
PEOPLE NEED TO VOTE.
EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS, CHOOSE
THE LEADERS THEY BELIEVE REFLECT
THEIR VALUES.
THAT’S WHAT’S IMPORTANT RIGHT
NOW.
AND THAT’S WHAT WE NEED OUR
LEADERS TO EXPRESS EACH AND
EVERY DAY AS THEY GO OUT AND
TALK TO THE VOTERS.
>> NOW, I WANT TO POINT OUT THE
PRESIDENT WALKED IT BACK OR
TRIED TO IN A TWEET TODAY, IN
PART SAYING IN ORDER FOR YOU TO
MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS AND
IS COUNTED, SIGN AND MAIL IN
YOUR BALLOT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE
ON ELECTION DAY OR EARLY VOTING,
GO TO YOUR POLLING PLACE TO SEE
WHETHER OR NOT YOUR MAIL-IN VOTE
HAS BEEN TABULATED, IF IT HAS,
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE,
AND THE MAIL-IN SYSTEM WORKED
PROPERLY.
IF IT HAS NOT BEEN COUNTED,
VOTE, THEN YOU CAN VOTE.
ALL CONVOLUTED, BUT IN MANY
STATES THEY ACTUALLY CHECK THE
MAIL-IN BALLOT AGAINST THE
VOTING ROLLS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU
HAVEN’T ALREADY VOTED, AND WHEN
THEY TABULATE THE MAIL-IN VOLTST
THEY ALSO CHECK AGAINST THE
VOTER ROLLS, SO THERE ARE CHECKS
THAT ARE DONE.
JAIME, YOU’VE BEEN A LONG SHOT,
AT LEAST AT FIRST, AGAIN THE
VETERAN REPUBLICAN IN A
REPUBLICAN STATE, OBVIOUSLY, AN
ALL-RED STATE, LINDSEY GRAHAM IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE LAST QUINNIPIAC POLL WAS A
MONTH AGO AND YOU HAD HIM TIED
IN THAT POLL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INTERNAL
CAMPAIGN POLLS SINCE SHOWING HOW
YOU’RE DOING?
>> YES.
ANDREA, WE’RE DOING EXTREMELY
WELL.
WE JUST ANNOUNCED, I THINK AT
THE END OF AUGUST, THAT WE
RAISED A RECORD WELL OVER $10
MILLION JUST IN AUGUST ALONE.
I CAN TELL YOU ON THE GROUND
HERE, I’VE BEEN DOING CAMPAIGNS
SINCE I WAS 16 YEARS OLD HERE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA, AND I HAVE NEVER
SEEN THE TYPE OF ENERGY ON THE
GROUND THAT I’M SEEING RIGHT NOW
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED.
AND THEY’RE HOPEFUL.
WE’VE HAD A SENATOR LINDSEY
GRAHAM WHO HAS BEEN HERE FOR 25
YEARS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND
LINDSEY WAS SOMEONE THAT MANY OF
US HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA USED
TO RESPECT.
WE USED TO HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR
HIM BECAUSE WE THOUGHT HE WAS A
STATESMAN.
BECAUSE WHAT WE’VE COME TO
REALIZE IS THIS GUY IS ONLY IN
IT FOR HIMSELF.
HE’S ONLY ABOUT HIS OWN
POLITICAL RELEVANCE AND HIS
POLITICAL POWER.
AND HE’S NOT ADDRESSING THE
ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT.
WE NEED A SENATOR THAT’S GOING
TO FIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH
CAROLINA AND NOT FIGHT AGAINST
THEM.
AND RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SOMEONE
IN LINDSEY GRAHAM WHO HAS BEEN
DOING JUST THAT.
SO THIS MOVEMENT HAS BEEN
AMAZING.
I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO NOVEMBER,
BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN DOING THIS
FOR A WHILE, BUT IT’S SO AMAZING
TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE
