I often criticized Lindsey Graham. But this weekend, I learned his full story:
- Orphaned young, he adopted & raised his little sister instead of letting her go into the system.
- Grew up dirt poor, racking balls in his parents’ pool hall.
- In search of opportunity, he joined the Air Force. Served 33 years. Retired a Colonel.
- Then spent decades in Congress, earning respect across the aisle.
- Bashed Trump hard in ~2016, then respected the will of the voters, and grew to become a loyal ally.
- Humble. Devoted to his constituents.
- Driven by patriotism (even when misguided). Never in it for the money. Could've cashed in any time like most of his colleagues.
- That Disney trip everyone mocked? Just a good uncle taking his beloved nieces. He smiled through (and ignored) the hate to protect his family.
RIP to a self-made American original.
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At the end of a particularly thrilling and rollicking meeting in the Oval Office, Lindsey Graham turned to the room and said: “I’ve never had this much fun in my life.”
I cannot describe to you how much joy President Trump’s leadership and friendship brought to Lindsey. Meetings with Graham at the White House were filled with camaraderie, kinship and uproarious laughter.
As heartbreaking as his sudden passing is, I hope it will bring some measure of comfort to those who cherished him to know just how much he was living his dream every day. Very rarely in life do you get to be exactly where you want to be, when you want to be there, with who you want to be with, doing precisely what you want to do — that was every moment for Lindsey.
When President Trump won in Nov 2024, Lindsey was exultant. Elated. And determined. He couldn’t wait to spearhead work, as the Budget Chairman, on the reconciliation bill that would cement President Trump’s most important campaign promises. I’ll never forget the senate lunch, when a couple Senators were a tad off the program, and Lindsey — in his inimitable way — made sure everyone was onside by the time we left. It was a glorious thing to witness. He knew how to move a room.
Lindsey was a senator’s senator. The job was everything to him. Truly did he believe in the splendor of the office and the noble lineage behind it, of which he was the worthy heir.
He was a senator in the mold of those who fashioned the institution, someone who still had the ability, in a heated exchange, to use rhetorical power to change the course of events.
Which is why we will never forget his legendary Kavanaugh moment. We rarely think that we are out of time with our friends, so while there is a lot more I wish I could have said to Lindsey, I am glad that more than once I told him what that moment meant to the whole nation and why he was the only Senator who could have done it with such utter perfection.
Most importantly, I had the chance to tell him on many occasions what his friendship meant to me and to us all. There was never once a time he didn’t answer a phone call and lend whatever assistance was required. It was never a question with Lindsey. He believed deeply in the code of friendship and loyalty.
The fact that Lindsey started out as a political opponent only to become one the President’s most steadfast and faithful supporters underscores that Lindsey believed emphatically in the voice of the people.
There is a lot more I would like to say. His passing, at a time when he had never been more dynamic, is as unexpected as it is shocking. In many respects, Lindsey was the last of a breed of American Senator whose like we may not yet see again for a long time.
He lived every minute in the arena, a political gladiator to the very last.
More than anything now, our thoughts are with his Sister, nieces and loved ones.
We pray that God will ease their sorrow and heal their pain.
Lindsey can never be replaced and will never be forgotten.
Godspeed, my friend.
Did you know that Lindsey Graham was only 21 years old when he lost both of his parents?
After his mother died of cancer and his father passed away from a heart attack about 15 months later, Lindsey was suddenly left to care for his 13-year-old sister, Darline, while he was still a college student.
He later legally adopted her so she could receive military benefits while he served in the Air Force.
Whatever your politics, that’s an extraordinary responsibility for someone so young to carry. Please say a prayer for his sister, Darline, as she mourns the loss of the brother who she described as, “kind of like a brother, a father and a mother rolled into one.”
I disagreed with Senator Lindsey Graham on a number of issues, but this is how I am going to choose to remember him.
Fighting for the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Lindsey 2.0 was something else. RIP.
Among conservatives there is a healthy amount of skepticism towards Big Pharma when it comes to vaccines, which is good and certainly warranted. But there isn’t nearly enough skepticism about the highly potent psychotropic drugs they’re giving to children as young as 4 years old to treat illnesses that the psychiatric industry invented out of whole cloth, like “ADHD.” This is an even bigger scandal than the COVID jab, in my opinion, because it’s a much longer running scam and it specifically targets children.
ADHD is one of the greatest scams in modern history. Millions of kids have been given mind-altering drugs on the basis of a lie. Now after decades — and after shouting down and defaming those of us who knew better — they’re finally starting to admit it. It’s infuriating.
The “chemical imbalance” theory of depression was a lie. ADHD was a lie. “Gender affirming care” was a lie. The psychiatric industry has lied about so many things and hurt so many people in the process. Why would you trust them about anything ever again?
An international fleet of tall ships arrived on the shores of New Jersey to celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary
It’s like going back in time
It was a historical location gathering, "Nearly 250 years ago, it was here at Sandy Hook that George Washington's army drove the British from New Jersey” - Gov. Mikie Sherrill, a former naval officer
“It was from this day that the last British ships of the Revolutionary War departed."
The site is also home to America’s oldest continuously lit lighthouse, which has guided maritime navigators since 1764
You believed. You filled stadiums. You brought the game into homes and communities across the country.
Most of all, you showed everyone what this crest means. Thank you.
🔥 HELL YES! The new Air Force One just did an EPIC flyover flanked by COUNTLESS fighter jets, as well as MULTIPLE B-2s, B-1 Lancers, and more
We have more military firepower in DC right now ALONE than 90% of countries have in their enter fleets 🇺🇸
As the US marks 250 years since its founding, the UAE reflects on the enduring ties that have defined our 🇦🇪🇺🇸 relationship — and looks forward to the chapters still to come.
Happy Independence Day to the American people! 🎆