This is ultimately a steel-cage match for the future of MAGA,” said Dans, the former director of the right-wing blueprint that has informed Trump’s second term.

Dans, who is set to formally announce his campaign at an event Wednesday in Charleston, said Graham has spent most of his career in Washington and “it’s time to show him the door.”

Paul Dans will run in the South Carolina primary highlighting the work of Project 2025, a conservative blueprint that President Trump has employed during his second term.