On Saturday (13), the U.S. Senate voted 57-43 to acquit former President Donald Trump (Trump) of all charges. Senator Lindsey Graham, the senior Republican from South Carolina, predicted that the biggest beneficiary of Trump’s victory in the impeachment trial would be his second daughter-in-law, Lara Trump.
“The biggest winner in this whole impeachment case is Lara Trump,” Graham said Sunday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Sunday,” adding that “if she runs, my dear old friend, North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who almost made Laura the sure nominee for North Carolina’s Senate seat. I will certainly support her because she represents the future of the Republican Party.
ICYMI: Lindsey Graham just endorsed Lara Trump for this Senate seat.
We aren’t going to take this lightly, and we hope that you won’t either.
This isn’t just a matter of policy and politics.
This isn’t just a matter of policy and politics. This is about our self-respect as a state.
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- Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) February 14,2021
Burr has announced he does not plan to run for re-election next year, and moreover, even if he wanted to, his hopes are slim because he has become a target of criticism from Republican voters for voting to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial.
Burr’s move has been widely criticized by Republicans in his state, and state Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley issued a formal condemnation: “It is shocking that North Carolina Republicans, who sent Senator Burr to the Senate to defend the Constitution, voted today to convict Trump in his impeachment trial, which he declared unconstitutional and disappointing.”
Multiple media outlets reported late last year that Trump’s second daughter-in-law Laura was considering running for the North Carolina Senate in the 2022 midterm elections. A poll conducted at the Time showed Laura as the favorite among possible Republican primary candidates to fill Burr’s vacant seat.
Born in the Wilmington, N.C., area and with a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina State University, Laura rose to prominence in politics in 2014 when she married Trump’s second son, Eric Trump, and served as a campaign adviser to Trump in 2016 and 2020. She also held a rally for Trump in North Carolina before Election Day.
Prior to her political career, Laura was a producer for the television news magazine “Inside Edition” and worked as a personal trainer and professional chef.
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