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Among the 1,200 delegates at today's @SCGOP state convention at River Bluff HS in Lexington is James "Sombrero Trump" Yates of Laurens. Yates says sombrero is to show Pres. Trump supports legal immigrants. "I must have 150 pictures taken already." #sctweets

Also here is Berkeley County resident & Brazilian immigrant Renata Dasilva. "I've seen what he has done, and I've never felt discriminated by him or anything he says" about immigrants or the black community; notes Brazilian president "is a replica of Trump." #sctweets

.@LindseyGrahamSC gets standing ovation at @SCGOP state convention. "Lindsey Graham had a good week," party chairman @DrewMcKissick says after reading headlines and quotes from Democrats that Graham has sold his soul and become a lackey of Trump. #sctweets

Crowd applauds video showing @LindseyGrahamSC erupt during confirmation hearing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as an "unethical scam." Someone from bleachers yells "Yeah, Lindsey." #sctweets #scpol

“I’m going to address the request for me to resign. Uh, go to hell," @LindseyGrahamSC tells 1,200 delegates at @SCGOP state convention in Lexington. #scpol #sctweets

Graham: "We are going to help this president and much as we can as often as we can. We are going to keep the military strong. We’re going to fix a broken border, starting next week." #scpol #sctweets

.@LindseyGrahamSC: "We’re going to keep the Senate, we’re going to re-elect this president. We’re going to kill this effort to make America a socialist country. … And we’re going to have fun along the way." #scpol #sctweets

SC Gov. @henrymcmaster: "I think Lindsey Graham & Donald Trump are identical twins. ... I shudder to think where we would be if Donald Trump were not our president. There is no one who will ... fight for things we believe in in South Carolina anymore or as much as" Trump. #scpol

SC Gov. @henrymcmaster says he will sign a six-week fetal heartbeat abortion ban, gets loud applause from @SCGOP delegates. "This is a pro-life state. When that heartbeat bill gets to my desk, I will sign it." #scpol #sctweets

Last month, the S.C. House passed a bill that would effectively ban most abortions in SC. The bill is now in the Senate, where it could be debated next year, and would make it illegal for an abortion to be performed once a fetal heartbeat is detected. thestate.com/news/politics-…

.@DrewMcKissick overwhelmingly re-elected as @SCGOP party chairman. #scpol #sctweets

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