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The unthinkable could be happening in SC's Senate race. And it's Trump's fault

Billy Ball · 11 Oct 2026

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Billy Ball is an award-winning journalist from North Carolina and senior editor at Cardinal & Pine, an online news site. He has bylines in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, MSNBC, and others.

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