As we head into the fall, nearly every Republican is linking themselves to President Donald Trump in order to gain a leg up in their races.
Pamela Evette, the Republican lieutenant governor of South Carolina who is running for governor, has a new spot up in Columbia, Myrtle Beach and Florence, noting that she was with Trump from “day one.”
“Not after the primaries, not after the polls looked good, from the very beginning,” Evette says in a speech featured at the top of the ad. Evette is running against two House Republicans who will lay a claim to the Trump mantle: Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.).
In fact, Evette is running not one Trump ad, not two, but three.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who can credibly claim to be close to Trump, is also running an ad statewide about the president and the One Big Beautiful Bill. This spot has Trump speaking about the reconciliation package and thanking Graham. The spot ends with Trump saying, “Thank you, Lindsey.” This ad was running during college football games this weekend.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who voted to convict Trump in his post-Jan. 6 impeachment trial, is the subject of a new ad statewide in Louisiana, saying that the two are “delivering for Louisiana.” Louisiana Legacy Policy Solutions is running the ad.
“Cassidy stood with President Trump to pass One Big Beautiful Bill,” the ad says. “Providing historic investments in border security and tax relief for working families. Boosting American energy production and manufacturing. And Cassidy worked with President Trump to combat deadly fentanyl.”
