donald trumpthe answer of the sudden death of Lindsey Graham It has been, as expected, chaotic. The president has mostly praised the late South Carolina senator while also using his death to attack Democrats. rant about the SAVE America Actand pressure Congress to pass cryptocurrency-friendly legislation. “In honor of Lindsey Grahama strong supporter, the United States Senate should pass the Clarity Act,” he said. wrote Monday morning on Truth Social.
Trump has also taken some jabs at his longtime ally, who, like all of his longtime allies, could have been a little more loyal.
“He had a bad time, that was all. January 6 thing, when he stood up: “Okay, I’ve had it.” That’s all. I can’t do it anymore,’” Trump told Fox News on Mondays. “Then he called me about 40 minutes later and said, ‘Did I really say that? I can’t believe it,’ and he took it back. So I’m giving it a 99 instead of a 100.”
“I had nothing to do with it, so you understand,” Trump continued of the Jan. 6 riot, during which a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election. “People were horribly destroyed because of it, where they did absolutely nothing wrong. I felt very proud that I was able to forgive everyone.”
In fact, Graham resigned from Trump in the hours after the riot. “Count me in, that’s enough”, eh? saying in a speech on the Senate floor hours after the attack, before, according to Trump, crawling back toward him shortly after. Graham remained in Trump’s bag, but continued to denounce him on January 6, calling him a “Dark day in American history” on your anniversary last year before object Trump’s blanket pardons for rioters.
Trump also boasted about defeating Graham in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. “He was totally against me,” the president recalled. “He was fighting me… I was leading in the polls by a lot. He said, ‘I’ll catch you in South Carolina. I’ll catch you in South Carolina.’ That didn’t work out very well. I joke about it. It was awesome.”
In fact, Graham was famously against Trump during the 2016 primaries. writing: “If we nominate Trump, we will be destroyed… and we will deserve it.”
It’s been just over a decade since Graham foreshadowed the party’s demise. It’s an eternity in politics, of course, and Graham died as close an ally of the man he once vilified as Trump on Monday. called that Graham’s sister replace him in the Senate. “This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her so much!” wrote the president.
