Sen.

Darline
Graham
(R-S.C.)
spent
part
of
her
victory
speech
on
Tuesday
night
going
after
her
Democratic
opponent’s
support
for
“government-run
health
care,”
while
sharing
a
personal
anecdote
that
inadvertently
undercut
her
point.

“Gun
control,
government-run
health
care,
abortion
until
the
moment
of
birth—bad
idea
after
bad
idea.
Annie
Andrews
backs
them
all,”
Graham
said.

Graham
then
went
on
to
detail
her
parents’
experiences
while
she
was
growing
up,
including
how
hard
they
worked
even
after
they
fell
ill.

“My
parents
worked
long,
hard
hours
to
make
ends
meet,”
Graham
told
the
crowd.
“We
didn’t
take
vacations.
If
they
were
sick,
they
had
to
get
up
and
go
to
work
because
if
the
doors
weren’t
open,
we
weren’t
making
money.
My
mother
passed
away
when
I
was
11,
and
my
father
just
over
a
year
later.”

Democrats
and
online
commenters
panned

Graham’s
statements
and
noted
that
they
effectively
highlight

how
important
health
care
access
is.

“She
complaining
about
the
Democrat
who
wants
everyone
to
have
health
care…
while
explaining
how
her
parents
died
young
because
they
couldn’t
see
doctors,”

Jeopardy!
champion
Hemant
Mehta
wrote
on
X.

“I’m
not
sure
that’s
the
winning
message
she
thinks
it
is,”
noted
Amy
McGrath,
a
former
Marine
fighter
pilot
and
former
Democratic
candidate
for
Kentucky
Senate,

in
a
post
on
X.

“Does
she
realize
she
just
made
the
argument
for
her
opponent?”
Democratic
strategist
and
radio
host

Leslie
Marshall
asked
in
a
post
on
X.

Andrews,
a
pediatrician
who
is
the
Democratic
nominee
for
South
Carolina
Senate,
also
called
out
Graham’s
remarks
in
a

CNN
interview
on
Wednesday.
Andrews,
who
has

criticized
Medicaid
cuts,
said
she
supports
a

public
option
as
part
of
her
policy
platform.

“So
what
she
said
there
was
that
her
health
care
plan
is,
‘You
should
work
hard
until
you
die,’”

Andrews
said,
reflecting
on
Graham’s
speech.
“…I
believe
that
we
deserve
better.
I
believe
that
Darline’s
parents
deserved
better.
I
believe
that
health
care
is
a
human
right.”