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特朗普称任命诺尔多内是“对林赛的绝佳致敬”，麦克马斯特将于周一宣布提名
作者：亚历克斯·米勒、亚当·帕克、保罗·施陶伊泽 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年7月13日美国东部时间下午1:41
特朗普支持林赛·格雷厄姆的妹妹参选参议院席位
《王牌陪审团》节目缅怀71岁因主动脉夹层离世的参议员林赛·格雷厄姆，华盛顿各界纷纷悼念。节目嘉宾同时讨论了唐纳德·特朗普总统提议由格雷厄姆的妹妹填补其参议院席位。
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悲剧让达琳·格雷厄姆·诺尔多内与兄长、南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆结下了深厚羁绊。
如今悲剧再次降临，她的兄长、亦父亦兄的亲人突然离世。而就在弟弟去世仅24小时后，她就被考虑接替他的参议院席位。
唐纳德·特朗普总统和南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员蒂姆·斯科特都希望她能出任该职位，消息人士告诉福克斯新闻，斯科特一直在与她商谈填补格雷厄姆剩余任期的事宜。
特朗普意外提名填补格雷厄姆参议院席位
2015年8月17日，周一，在爱荷华州得梅因市的爱荷华州博览会上，南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆与妹妹达琳·格雷厄姆·诺尔多内一同乘坐高尔夫球车前往接受电视采访时向参会者挥手致意。（丹尼尔·阿克/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
特朗普正在敦促南卡罗来纳州州长亨利·麦克马斯特任命她，他宣布已建议州长任命格雷厄姆“出色的妹妹”担任看守参议员，完成剩余任期。
“这将是对林赛的绝佳致敬，他深爱着她，”特朗普在Truth Social上写道。
参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党参议员约翰·图恩告诉美国有线电视新闻网，他已于周日与诺尔多内和麦克马斯特进行了交谈，他认为任命格雷厄姆的妹妹“当然非常合理”。
“我认为，在很多方面，这将是延续林赛政治遗产的方式，如果他们最终决定这么做，我认为会有很多人支持，”图恩说道。
麦克马斯特定于周一下午在新闻发布会上宣布提名，斯科特也预计将出席。
如果他确实选择诺尔多内，这将是一项临时性任命。与此同时，各方已在暗中角逐，争取成为南卡罗来纳州共和党提名候选人，接替格雷厄姆的席位。
接替格雷厄姆参选完整六年参议员任期的 filing 截止日期为7月21日，特别选举初选定于8月11日举行。众多南卡罗来纳州政界人士都对该职位表现出兴趣，将这个空缺席位视为一代人一次的进入参议院任职的机会。
与此同时，诺尔多内从未担任过公职，而她的兄长曾在国会参众两院任职长达三十年。诺尔多内是两个孩子的母亲，曾在南卡罗来纳州从事职业康复工作，专门帮助残疾人就业。
格雷厄姆之死引发共和党人争夺参议院席位，特朗普暗示已有心仪人选
她是否准备好接受这一职位仍不明朗。
“说实话，我现在只是感到万分悲痛，”特朗普宣布提名后不久，诺尔多内告诉《纽约邮报》。
诺尔多内与格雷厄姆的羁绊非同寻常。格雷厄姆20岁出头时，他们的父母在不到一年的时间里相继去世。这场悲剧让他成为了妹妹的主要法定监护人和照顾者，从此他既是兄长也是父亲，陪伴妹妹长大。
“在我人生中经历的所有事情里，她能成长得如此优秀，是迄今为止最让我感到自豪的事，”格雷厄姆2015年在接受C-SPAN采访时说道。
从“耻辱”到“家人”：特朗普与林赛·格雷厄姆的非凡关系
2026年1月4日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普与参议员林赛·格雷厄姆在前往华盛顿特区的空军一号专机上接受媒体采访。（乔·雷德尔/盖蒂图片社）
诺尔多内强调了格雷厄姆在父母去世后对她成长起到的巨大作用。成为她的法定监护人后，他参军入伍，让她能够享受军人家属福利。她后来称赞哥哥确保她完成了高中和大学学业。
“他就像把兄弟、父亲和母亲揉在了一起，”2015年她在接受《纽约时报》采访时说道。
在格雷厄姆数十年的从政生涯中，诺尔多内经常出现在他的竞选活动中。
“我的父母很爱我们，也很关心我们，但林赛一直是照顾我的那个人，还帮我辅导作业，”她在名为“达琳”的竞选广告中说道。“我生病的时候，是他给我喂药。他教我骑自行车。”
“他从未让我失望过，”她继续说道。“承担起抚养妹妹的责任——这是林赛发自内心的选择。”
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Who is Darline Graham Nordone? Lindsey Graham’s sister emerges as Trump’s Senate pick
2026-07-13T13:41:33-04:00 / Fox News
Trump called the possible Nordone appointment a ‘fabulous tribute to Lindsey’ as McMaster prepares to announce his pick Monday
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Published July 13, 2026 1:41pm EDT
Trump backs Lindsey Graham’s sister for Senate seat
‘Outnumbered’ discusses the passing of Sen. Lindsey Graham at 71 due to aortic dissection as tributes from around Washington pour in. The panel also discusses President Donald Trump suggesting Graham’s sister fill his Senate seat.
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Tragedy built a strong bond between Darline Graham Nordone and her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Tragedy is once again striking its bell, this time with the sudden passing of her brother and father figure. And now, she’s being considered to replace him in the Senate, just over 24 hours after his death.
President Donald Trump and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., both want her in the role, and sources have told Fox News that Scott has been speaking with her about filling in for the remainder of Graham’s term.
TRUMP MAKES SURPRISE PICK TO FILL GRAHAM’S SENATE SEAT
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., waves to attendees while riding in a golf cart to a television interview with his sister, Darline Graham Nordone, during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015.(Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump is pushing South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster to appoint her, announcing that he recommended the governor tap Graham’s “wonderful sister” to serve out his term as a caretaker.
“This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly,” Trump said on Truth Social.
And Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told CNN that he had spoken with Nordone and McMaster on Sunday, and that tapping Graham’s sister “certainly, in my view, makes a lot of sense.”
“I think, in many respects, it would be a way of extending Lindsey’s legacy here, and certainly something that, if that’s what they decide to end up doing, I think there’d be a lot of support for,” Thune said.
McMaster is slated to announce his pick Monday afternoon in a news conference that Scott is also expected to attend.
If he does tap Nordone, it would be a temporary selection. In the background, private jockeying is already happening to succeed Graham as the GOP nominee in the Palmetto State.
The filing deadline to succeed Graham and run for a full six-year Senate term opens July 21 and a special election primary is scheduled for Aug. 11. Many South Carolina politicians have expressed interest in the job, seeing the vacant Senate seat as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to serve in the upper chamber.
Meanwhile, Nordone has never held public office, unlike her brother, who served in Congress for three decades in both the House and Senate. Nordone is a mother of two and worked in a vocational rehabilitation role that specifically helped people with disabilities find employment in South Carolina.
GRAHAM’S DEATH IGNITES GOP SCRAMBLE FOR SENATE SEAT AS TRUMP HINTS HE ALREADY HAS A FAVORITE
And whether she’s ready to accept the position remains unclear.
“Actually, I’m just kind of like devastated right now,” Nordone told the New York Post shortly after Trump’s announcement.
Nordone and Graham shared a unique bond, too. Graham was in his early 20s when both their parents died within less than a year of one another. That tragedy pushed him to become her primary legal guardian and caretaker, thrusting him into the role of father and brother to his younger sister.
“Of all the things that have happened in my life, her turning out so well is the highlight of it by far,” Graham told C-SPAN in 2015.
FROM ‘DISGRACE’ TO ‘FAMILY’: TRUMP’S REMARKABLE JOURNEY WITH LINDSEY GRAHAM
President Donald Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham speak to the media aboard Air Force One en route to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 4, 2026.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Nordone highlighted the outsized role Graham played in raising her after the death of their parents. After becoming her legal guardian, he enlisted in the Air Force to allow her to qualify for his military benefits. She later credited him with ensuring that she completed high school and college.
“He’s kind of like a brother, a father and a mother rolled into one,” she told The New York Times in an interview in 2015.
Nordone was a frequent presence in Graham’s campaigns during his decades-long career.
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“My parents, they were loving people and cared about us, but Lindsey was always the one that took care of me and helped me with my homework,” she said in a campaign spot titled “Darline.” “If I was sick, he gave me my medicine. He taught me how to ride a bicycle.”
“He never let me down,” she continued. “To take on that responsibility of raising a little sister — that came from within for Lindsey.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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