2014 SC Senate debate: on Foreign Policy

Brad Hutto: Focus on state's needs, not foreign conflicts

"I grew up on a dairy farm in Orangeburg County. On that farm, I learned the value of hard work, family and community. I know how great the people of South Carolina really are," Hutto said. "It would be nice if Lindsey Graham would leave Washington and come home long enough to meet them. Maybe he'll have time for that after we win in November."

Brad Hutto: We should not act as the world's policeman

Hutto said that Graham spends too much time in the Washington D.C. bubble and not enough time working for his home state. "He cares more about foreign affairs than about South Carolina. We all see him on talk shows every Sunday pretending to be the junior Secretary of State. He's always talking about anything but us."

Hutto said that Graham's firm belief that the US should act as the world's policeman is wrong. "It's time for our allies abroad to take more responsibility for their own security," he said. Instead, Hutto said he would focus on job creation, public education, and infrastructure.

Thomas Ravenel: Opposed to foreign interventions

Lee Bright: Remove Russia from G-8 over Ukraine invasion

Nancy Mace Russia should be removed immediately from the G-8, and the U.S. "must also be prepared to go further by placing sanctions on Russia. If Russia wants to bully its neighbors, they cannot be treated as a legitimate player on the international stage," said Mace.

Obama warned of "costs" if Russia moved into Ukraine, calling Putin's actions a "clear violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity."

Lindsey Graham: Create a democratic noose around Putin's Russia

No one knows for sure how much Russian President Vladimir Putin cares about what the US says or does regarding troops in Ukraine, but Putin "does care about missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic," Graham said. Putin "very much cares about democracies on his borders," Graham said, and the US should increase that concern by helping Poland and the Czech Republic, and support Georgia's bid to become a member of NATO. I would like to create a democratic noose around Putin's Russia," said Graham.

Jay Stamper: Trillions on foreign engagements isn't fiscal conservatism

During a lunch with Spartanburg County Democrats, Stamper attacked Sen. Lindsey Graham's loyalty to conservative principles and said spending trillions of dollars on foreign engagements isn't fiscal conservatism, limiting abortion and marriage isn't limited government conservatism, and supporting the National Security Administration's data collection isn't constitutional conservatism.

"I will settle for their grudging and reluctant support," Stamper said of Republicans and independents he hopes to sway.

Nancy Mace: No foreign aid to Egypt & countries who are our enemies

"Our enemies are emboldened and we are not supporting our allies in the world by bankrolling corrupt governments in countries that hate our culture, burn our flag and train terrorists to kill Americans and our allies.

"Sen. Graham has stood side by side with our president to support a failed foreign policy. The American people want to know why we continue to send foreign aid to countries who prove time and time again that they cannot be trusted. It's wrong."