{"id":77732,"date":"2026-08-21T21:42:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T02:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/trump-fires-back-after-protester-interrupts-myrtle-beach-rally-for-graham-mom-is-voting-for-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T21:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T02:42:43","slug":"trump-fires-back-after-protester-interrupts-myrtle-beach-rally-for-graham-mom-is-voting-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/trump-fires-back-after-protester-interrupts-myrtle-beach-rally-for-graham-mom-is-voting-for-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump fires back after protester interrupts Myrtle Beach rally for Graham: &#8216;Mom is voting for us&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> had a striking message for a protester who interrupted his South Carolina rally Friday night: Mom isn&#8217;t going to be happy.<\/p>\n<p>A protester stood up and interrupted Trump at about 7:28 p.m., before being escorted from the Myrtle Beach Convention Center by police and convention center staff, according to a White House pool report.<\/p>\n<p>As the protester was still being escorted out, Trump briefly paused his remarks and turned to the commotion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/russell-fry-endorses-ex-rival-darline-graham-failing-advance-special-gop-us-senate-primary-runoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RUSSELL FRY ENDORSES EX-RIVAL DARLINE GRAHAM AFTER FAILING TO ADVANCE TO SPECIAL GOP US SENATE PRIMARY RUNOFF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s all right. That person&#8217;s going home to mom. Gonna get scolded because mom is voting for us. You know, mom is voting for us,&#8221; Trump said before quickly continuing his speech.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was in Myrtle Beach to campaign for <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-backs-both-south-carolina-gop-rivals-runoff-tests-his-endorsement-grip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darline Graham<\/a> ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s South Carolina Senate runoff, urging his supporters to turn out even though his own name won&#8217;t be on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Trump isn&#8217;t actually on the ballot,&#8221; Trump said while discussing Republican turnout, before asking supporters to &#8220;pretend, please, that I&#8217;m on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just come and vote. It&#8217;s so important,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;So, just say that I&#8217;m on the ballot one more time. You got to say it, and you got to come out and vote.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-notches-another-endorsement-win-barry-moore-captures-alabama-republican-senate-nomination-runoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP NOTCHES ANOTHER ENDORSEMENT WIN AS BARRY MOORE CAPTURES ALABAMA GOP SENATE NOMINATION IN RUNOFF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump said he personally <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/media\/darline-graham-focuses-kitchen-table-issues-announces-full-term-senate-bid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">encouraged Graham to run<\/a> and laid out the case for sending her to Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With your support, Darline will defend common sense in our nation&#8217;s capital,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;She&#8217;ll fight for lower taxes, bigger paychecks, no amnesty for illegal aliens. And she&#8217;ll always protect your Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-pushes-lindsey-grahams-sister-run-us-senate-after-she-gets-appointment-finish-out-term\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP PUSHES LINDSEY GRAHAM&#8217;S SISTER TO RUN FOR US SENATE AFTER SHE GETS APPOINTMENT TO FINISH OUT TERM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump also said Graham would be a strong advocate for the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But as much as anybody in this Senate and maybe more, Darline will support our military,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Graham later joined Trump onstage, thanking him for his endorsement and his friendship with her late senator brother, Lindsey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for your endorsement. It has meant the world to me,&#8221; Graham said. &#8220;Thank you for your support. Thank you for coming to South Carolina. This is MAGA country, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump had a striking message for a protester who interrupted his South Carolina rally Friday night: Mom isn&#8217;t going to be happy. A protester stood up and interrupted Trump at about 7:28 p.m., before being escorted from the Myrtle Beach Convention Center by police and convention center staff, according to a White House &#8230; <a title=\"Trump fires back after protester interrupts Myrtle Beach rally for Graham: &#8216;Mom is voting for us&#8217;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/trump-fires-back-after-protester-interrupts-myrtle-beach-rally-for-graham-mom-is-voting-for-us\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump fires back after protester interrupts Myrtle Beach rally for Graham: &#8216;Mom is voting for us&#8217;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}