Sen. Lindsey Graham challenger says the ‘2.0’ version is easier to beat

Democratic Senate candidate Jamie Harrison faces an uphill battle in defeating current South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. No Democrat has won statewide there since 2006, and Trump won the Palmetto State by 16 points in 2016.

Harrison, however, says that Graham is easier to beat now as voters are facing a “different” Graham than the one they originally elected.

“It may have been more difficult to beat Lindsey Graham 1.0. But this Lindsey Graham is a very different Lindsey Graham than the people in South Carolina sent to Washington D.C. over the years,” Harrison told ABC News Political Director Rick Klein Wednesday, on the Powerhouse Politics podcast.

“I woke up on Sunday and I looked at my Twitter feed, and I really wanted to jump up and scream when I saw that Mark actually wrote something,” Harrison said. “I would love to do an event with Mark.”

Powerhouse Politics podcast is a weekly program that posts every Wednesday and includes headliner interviews and in-depth looks at the people and events shaping U.S. politics. Powerhouse Politics podcast is hosted by ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl and ABC News Political Director Rick Klein.