Proud husband, father & American. Son of a single mom. Fighting for working folks everywhere as Chair of
@TheDemocrats
.
@Marvel
,
@Lakers
, Costco, &
@WWE
fan.
🧵 The New Year provides an opportunity for evaluation and reflection.
I’m often asked about the DNC returning to a 50 states strategy. In evaluating our support for state parties over the past few years, we have taken that strategy to the next level.
Since I’ve been Chair…
I’m humbled and excited that
@JoeBiden
has chosen me to lead
@TheDemocrats
.
Together, we’ll organize everywhere, invest in state parties, expand the map, and elect Democrats who will be champions for the working people of this country.
Happy 65th birthday to
@LindseyGrahamSC
! As your Senator, I promise to protect your new retirement benefits from Medicare, the program you've been trying to gut for decades.
Received a thoughtful call from
@JoeBiden
last night to congratulate us on a race built on hope! His words and gesture touched me — I know once all of the ballots are counted he'll be our President. Let's keep pushing to build the country we deserve, y'all!
We didn't get the result at the ballot box that we wanted, but we showed courage and determination. We brought hope back to South Carolina. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
🚨 NOT A DRILL 🚨 New poll shows that we are BEATING
@LindseyGrahamSC
by two points!!!
Y'all know we can't stop now, but don't let ANYONE say we can't win. There are 18 days left. Let's win this thing.
Running against Senator Graham is a tough climb, but it's also a hill worth climbing.
I’ve faced things folks have deemed impossible my entire life, and this is yet another journey where I prove that in America, the impossible is always possible.
Today is a day that so many people believed would never come: a new poll has us BEATING
@LindseyGrahamSC
by two points.
My life is proof the American Dream is alive and well. This campaign is yet another example of that. In 37 days, we are going to make history. 💪🏻💪🏽💪🏾
No such luck, Lindsey. I'll be there.
Thank you to our hosts for accommodating Senator Graham's refusal to take a Covid test, and changing the debate format to keep everyone safe. 🙄
Appears
@harrisonjaime
is skipping tonights debate.
Mr. Harrision is ducking the debate because the more we know about his radical policies, the less likely he is to win. It's not about medicine, its politics.
His liberal views are a loser in South Carolina - and he knows it!
Sen. Graham said "hold the tape" when he declared that we should not be selecting a Supreme Court Justice in an election year.
Well, the tape was held. And I'm here to hold him accountable for the promise he made to the people of South Carolina.
Y'all, I am speechless. We have raised over $1 MILLION in the last 24 hours 😲
This campaign is powered by you. It is funded by you. It is inspired by you. Together, we are going to make history in 47 days. We are going to beat
@LindseyGrahamSC
.
In all due respect, sit this one out Senator. You’ve been in Congress for almost 20 years. You have only sponsored 3 bills that have become law: 2 were to rename post offices and the other to study a battlefield.
Senator, I hope you don’t think that’s governing.
#JustSaying
The word hero does not appropriately describe officer Eugene Goodman. His judgment & heroism may have saved our Republic. I hope
@SpeakerPelosi
@SenSchumer
@WhipClyburn
consider him for the Congressional Medal of Honor. It is the least we can do.
This moment in
@igorbobic
stunning footage. In front of the officer, coming up the stairs, is a mass of rioters. The USCP officer glances to his left. Between those two chairs is the entrance to the senate floor. He lured them to his right, away from their targets.
"Jaime Harrison Pulls Off Biggest Upset in South Carolina Political History, Defeats Sen. Lindsey Graham"
- Headlines on Nov. 4th. Speak it into existence, y'all.
My aunt died alone in a nursing home. She didn’t have family to hold her hand as she departed. There are so many families across the nation in despair because of this virus.
Folks- stop voting for these idiots who demonstrate that they don’t care about you or your loved ones!
CASES!!!!! OMG CASES!!!!! THERE ARE CASES!!! MORE CASES!!!! CASES ARE GOING UP!!!!!!!! CASESESESESESES!!!! CASES WENT UP!!!!! OMG!!!!!! THERES MORE CASES!!!!!!!! CASES!!!!!!!!!!! CASES INCREASED!!! THERE ARE CASES!!!! CASES CASES CASES—WOW CASES WENT UP!!!!!SCARY CASES! WOW
First, Lindsey Graham darkened my skin in an ad, but called it a “non-story.”
Now, looks like he deleted the ad in the middle of the night.
Yet again, we have to ask: where do you stand, Lindsey?
This is one of my favorite pictures... our President
@JoeBiden
with our oldest son (at his 1st political event). I’m sure he will forever treasure this picture and the beautiful note.
.
@LindseyGrahamSC
is scared, y'all.
We've given him 12 dates for our last debate, but he won't commit to any of them.
South Carolinians are tired of his games. He knows it and doesn't want to face the voters with me there to hold him accountable.
Stop making excuses, Senator.
Good morning to everyone except
@LindseyGrahamSC
, who spent the weekend at a fancy country club in New Jersey while working class South Carolinians had their benefits cut during a once-in-a-century pandemic.
You talk a big game on COVID relief,
@LindseyGrahamSC
. You're a sitting senator. Why haven't you done more to help South Carolina families struggling during this pandemic?
Yesterday, I marked my own name for US Senator on my ballot. Having Marie, the boys, and the spirit of my grandfather with me made this one of the most special days of my life.
Never let anyone tell you what you can't do. My life is proof that, in America, anything is possible.
🚨 Ballots are being tossed out in South Carolina 🚨
Thousands of ballots have been thrown out because of confusion around whether a witness signature was required.
Democrats and Republicans should be united on this. This is voter disenfranchisement.
Folks, I was looking forward to debating
@LindseyGrahamSC
tonight. But because of his refusal to take a basic COVID test, we weren't able to be on stage together, debating the issues that are so important to our state.
It's my hope that we'll be able to change this next time.
We started as a 17-point underdog. Today, I'm honored to accept the endorsement of the oldest newspaper in South Carolina,
@thestate
.
Change is coming, folks.
This campaign is about to pull off the impossible. We are beating Lindsey Graham in a new poll just released this week! We couldn't have gotten this far without all of you, and we can't get over the finish line without you either.
BREAKING NEWS: Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff files the first bill in U.S. history to ever GUARANTEE the voting rights of EVERY American, closing loopholes in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that continue to be exploited by Republicans. RT if you support it!
When it became clear I wasn't going to be successful, I immediately called Senator Graham and congratulated him.
Donald Trump should do the same. He and Lindsey know there is no path. Stop playing games & acting like toddlers.
“If Republicans don’t challenge and change the U.S. election system, there will never be another Republican president elected again. President Trump should not concede.”
This is the man SC elected over
@harrisonjaime
. Just disgraceful.
People say: you're running against Lindsey Graham, that's really tough... I know what tough is like. Tough is not knowing where your next meal is coming from.
This campaign isn't tough, it's the right thing to do.
The polls are now closed, but if you are in line, STAY IN LINE! You are entitled to vote.
We need every last one of y’all who are out to be patient just a little longer. Every vote matters.
We've got something even better than coffee to wake you up this morning.
A SECOND poll has us BEATING
@LindseyGrahamSC
!!! We are on the verge of history, y'all!
What if, and hear me out on this one, the problem is that we haven't raised the federal minimum wage in a decade, not that unemployment benefits are too high?
I want to make people whole who lost their job through no fault of their own.
But I don't want to pay people more NOT to work than to actually go to work.
Sen. Graham can try to twist my words, but I have been clear: I oppose defunding the police.
Too many South Carolinians often live in fear of the police, especially Black people and other people of color. We need real reforms to fix that.
I may not be a superhero, but I am a proud South Carolinian, and I'm ready to fight for a better future for our state and our country. I hope you are, too. Find out how you can
#JoinJaime
and get involved:
Folks none of us should be shocked that Justice Thomas would write an out of touch, radical & unhinged opinion. He and his wife showed us who they were a very long time ago.
I don’t know why folks try to come for
@staceyabrams
when they know damn well that they aren’t ready.
In terms of her intellect, experience, & knowledge of voting rights ... Cruz, Cotton, Kennedy and Graham aren’t qualified to carry her books let alone debate what is in them.
Republican Senator John Kennedy asks
@StaceyAbrams
to give him a list of provisions in Georgia’s new voter suppression law that she objects to.
It’s a long list.
Give it a listen:
I don't know why
@LindseyGrahamSC
has turned his back on South Carolina values, but he has.
I invite the Senator to join me on Friday at the ground-breaking of the African-American Museum in Charleston
for a refresh on the painful history of lynching in our state.
Sen. Lindsey Graham defended Pres. Trump's tweet comparing the impeachment process to a "lynching," saying, "This is a lynching in every sense. This is un-American."
Other Republicans have since criticized the president's use of "lynching."
I'm excited for tomorrow's debate with
@LindseyGrahamSC
, but we need real leadership in this pandemic.
The debate moderators and I have agreed to take a COVID test prior to debating. I've scheduled my test, and I am calling on Sen. Graham to do the same.
I do care, Senator Graham. And your apathy is disgusting. These are children and families seeking a better life. They deserve to be treated fairly and humanely.
I'm fired up! Since I took the debate stage yesterday, we've raised over $1.5 million 🔥🔥🔥
We spoke truth to power and y'all are lining up to help us win this fight. We've got 30 days.
Chip in below to keep it going. Let's do this 💪🏻💪🏽💪🏾
This is the first time Lindsey Graham has been outraised in two decades.
Thanks to all of you, he's in for the fight of his political career. Let's get this done, South Carolina!
.
@HarrisonJaime
: "My mom called me and said, 'Jaime, I thought I taught you better than that.'
I said, 'What are you talking about mom?'
She said, 'Why do you have Lindsey Graham on Fox News crying?'"
#TheReidOut
.
@LindseyGrahamSC
wants to scare you into voting for him. I want to inspire you into voting for me.
Together, we will make our dreams of a better South Carolina a reality.
People say: you're running against Lindsey Graham, that's really tough... I know what tough is like. Tough is not knowing where your next meal is coming from.
This campaign isn't tough, it's the right thing to do.
Lindsey Graham is refusing to read any impeachment docs or even watch today's hearings.
In other words, he's putting his fingers in his ears and pretending none of this is happening.
This is your job, Senator.
This movement has beaten fundraising records, polling records, and expectations.
Nobody thought a round-headed boy from Orangeburg could take on
@LindseyGrahamSC
, but with you by my side, we've done just that.
Let's bring it home.
The 🔥 words of Costco’s CEO Craig Jelinek to the GOP Chicken Little arguments against min wage increases:
"I can tell you in my past experience that wages usually don't put people out of business, how you run your business will put you out of business."
#FightFor15
#CostcoStan
We are fighting to take South Carolina from the first state to secede, to the first state with two Black senators serving at the same time.
We are making history.
Congratulations, Senator-elect
@ReverendWarnock
! Tonight, Georgia finally closed the book on the Old South, and opened the book on a New South — one where diversity & progress win. I can’t wait to see what you achieve in the Senate, my friend.
I don’t care what the excuse is. If you have to wait in these kinds of lines to simply vote, that is voter suppression. It is outrageous and we will not stand for it in South Carolina or anywhere in this country.
In 4 years:
* Lost the White House
* Lost the Senate
* Lost the House
And today, 13 Republicans in the US Senate and 140 in the House will attempt to thwart our Democracy.
Lindsey, you were right.
Nine million Americans have been infected with a deadly virus and the last time the Senate did anything to help was in March.
Vote them out, starting with
@LindseyGrahamSC
.