A moving tribute. https://t.co/wrR81fX11Z
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 12, 2026
Trump on Lindsey Graham: "His moment on Brett Kavanaugh was one of the classics I think in the history of the Senate. When he defended Brett Kavanaugh so brilliantly. Brett might not have made it except for that. They were treating him very unfairly. Lindsey was so angry." pic.twitter.com/tfGq3DJhgk
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2026
Trump on Lindsey Graham's death: "This is a big blow to the SAVE America Act, let me tell you" pic.twitter.com/1b2Gnaa7R5
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2026
hours after Lindsey Graham's death, Trump says about his replacement, "I have somebody that I think would be great" pic.twitter.com/iaWge1VYJI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2026
"He was scheduled”?Trump: "I thought Lindsey was gonna be living forever. I said, 'Lindsey, you're gonna live forever.' And he was gonna have a big victory. He was scheduled to win by a lot. He was scheduled." pic.twitter.com/5H4fxXBsl9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2026
WELKER: What is the legacy of Sen. Lindsey Graham?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2026
TRUMP: He's got so many, but one is a Supreme Court justice who is excellent named Brett Kavanaugh ... I thought he was just going to live forever, and it didn't work out that way pic.twitter.com/auKZxXfrnT
Trump, talking to Jake Tapper, says about Lindsey Graham that "I wanted to see the war with Ukraine end very quickly. I think he was more into, you know, keeping it going, frankly." pic.twitter.com/SZnFYJTvsp
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2026
Trump on Lindsey Graham: "Where he was really becoming strong was the SAVE America Act. And I think he was gonna be there very strongly on the filibuster. He was against terminating the filibuster ... he was coming aboard I think for the filibuster, terminating the filibuster." pic.twitter.com/acEZpsNa67
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2026
Q: why was Trump the “go to” for producers to talk about Lindsey Graham on the day Graham died?Tim Scott pays tribute to Lindsey Graham: "They played golf together more than any other two folks in public office at any time I think in history" pic.twitter.com/Scl6G2EvnH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2026
When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.
— Hunter Biden (@HunterBiden) July 12, 2026
A time when senators from different…
When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.
A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”
That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.
I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.
It's a shame that Hunter Biden has no reasonable hope of having a political career because I'll bet if he had one he would be a really good one. That's the best comment on this I've seen from anyone on this, a lot better than mine. What can I say, I'm instinctively scrappy.
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