'Beyond pathetic': Darline Graham under fire after 'weak' defense of her dead brother

Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) offered a mild objection to President Donald Trump’s decision to gut her late brother’s Russia sanctions law. Critics say that wasn’t nearly enough.Graham was appointed in July to finish the term of her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, and Trump has endorsed her to keep the seat. She talked about the waiver with South Carolina reporters on Saturday, a day after Trump put on hold the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act. Her brother had spent more than a year lining up votes for it before he died.“Personally, I would choose to put the pressure on Russia to end the war and get gas prices down,” Graham said, according to The New York Times. “Because I don’t trust Putin, and I don’t trust Russia.”But she stopped short of criticizing Trump directly. She said she’d raise the issue with him next week, when he’s...