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.
@HunterBiden My sister in law was childhood friends with your Mom. She and my brother are a bit older than me, but I heard wonderful stories over the years about your family. You have all the wonderful qualities I have always admired in your dear father. Wishing you well on recovery journey.
Tomatoes are the most patriotic plant. Because botanically, tomatoes are a fruit. But according to an 1893 Supreme Court ruling, they're a vegetable. And there's nothing more American than a legal decision that disagrees with science.
.@JonStewart: "I'm used to the hypocrisy…I'm used to the lies...I'm used to the cowardice...I'm used to all of it, but I am not used to the cruelty." #PACTAct
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@thehighway2020 @casualheart94 Hahahaha...wonder how much she paid for them? You know Yo yo is just DYING for the blue check. Who would follow her...and why?
@Wolfiesmom The logic that a 10-year-old will be too traumatized by having a drag queen read to them, but is alright to have a baby is downright mystifying.