I feel like a relic of a different era in American politics.
People can accuse me of making this personal, but it is personal. My father, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman were the three most significant men in my life. Lindsey and Joe weren’t just political figures to me. They were family. They were my uncles.
You can hear our full tribute to Senator Graham on today's episode of Citizen McCain 🧡https://t.co/FDmG26uSXK
The first time I met Lindsey Graham, I was 11 years old in a hotel lobby and he had just attended a political event with my Dad. He sat down next to me and told me that he loved my Dad. I remember liking his deep southern accent and smile and immediately felt comfortable around him - he somehow seemed younger, hipper and more interesting than most of the political figures that rotated around my Dads orbit.
From the time he met my Dad they were fast friends and political comrades. In fact there are few memories I have of my Dad's political career and my life accompanying it that don't somehow involve Lindsey. He and Senator Joe Lieberman spent decades of their lives traveling together, fighting for the same causes on the Senate floor, spending holidays together and fighting for their version of the American dream. Those who followed them know they affectionately referred to each other as "The Three Amigos". My Dad was the soul of the group, Joe was the heart of the group and Lindsey was the fire and humor. Their combination bonded them as friends throughout their lives. That friendship is something that is so rare in politics, it is nearly extinct but I got to witness it first hand. They spent their lives united as friends and allies. They were brothers.
The memories I will hold dear of Lindsey is that was always the person you hoped you sat next to at a dinner party. Charming, very, very, very funny - like so funny he truly could have had a career in stand up comedy. He had an acerbic quick wit and he could win over even his deepest distractors. He was always full of stories that were always engaging and entertaining. He was literally never, ever boring. At his best he was filled with light and was always the last person to leave any table for work or fun. In fact, I used to joke with my Dad that I couldn't go out to dinner with him and my Dad as an adult unless I didn't have work the next day because they would always stay so long at the table and shut down the restaurant. Lindsey and my dad were also both Hams and would take every selfie, talk to every waiter and person in the place. Life around them was a big and alive in every possible way humans can be.
Lindsey brought humor and loyalty to my Dad's political defeats and was a constant source of support for my mother after my Dad's passing. As a politician his skills were unmatched which is why he won so many elections and was well on his way to winning another. When he spoke to voters he was direct, straight and felt their pain. He also loved people. He wasn’t one of those politicians who had to fake it, he loved being in elected office and serving our country.
The news of his sudden passing is shocking and deeply saddening for me and my family. Like many relationships in life, mine with Lindsey was complex in later years. I choose to remember the endless laughter and joy he brought to my family so many times, in so many ways. These memories are some of the most precious of my life. I hope that he is at peace and I hope he is in heaven drinking a white russian and fishing with my Dad and Joe.
"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." — Philippians 1:21
A very lengthy report from Matthew Chance somehow failed to mention even one of the 220 rockets Hezbollah has fired at northern Israel in the last five days. Tonight, one million Israelis are under fire from Hezbollah. That is irresponsible journalism. CNN should be ashamed.
SCHIFF WALKS RIGHT INTO THE TRAP! - Bill Maher sets him up perfectly on the vague authority thing.
Maher quotes the statement: president can use force if it's in the national interest. Schiff calls it totally vague.
Then the hammer drops - that's from Obama on Libya, not Trump. Got him cold.
Schiff scrambles to dig out but it's too late. The hypocrisy shines through bright as day.
Maher just exposed the double standard the left lives by - rules for thee but not for me. Brutal and spot on.
Bill Maher on the war with Iran: “I’m cautiously optimistic unless he puts boots on the ground… I just don’t get what liberals don’t get about liberation. I see so much happiness. I see it in Venezuela. I see it here in Iran. Could we skip the part where we talk about they had so many different reasons to go to war: regime change, we got to get rid of the nukes, and they were supporters of terrorism. It’s all of it.”
“How about this? This was a fascist theocracy, and nothing in the Middle East was ever going to get better while they were still there f*cking everything up.”
Hillary Clinton is FINALLY asked by the media why Ghislaine Maxwell was at her daughter’s wedding in 2010 after she was implicated in Epstein’s crimes.
She claims Ghislaine was just a +1 GUEST of someone else’s who was invited.
No one believes this.
This is awful, cruel and beneath President Trump.
Many things in life are more important than politics. The Reiner family is in unfathomable pain - the son slit his parents throats in a grizzly double murder. Why add to the pain?! Let the entire family have peace and privacy.
MUST WATCH: Katie Miller absolutely NUKES CNN’s Abby Phillip:
Abby Phillip: “This isn't about whether he can speak freely. It's about whether someone like Tucker Carlson, who is a very powerful force in the conservative movement.”
Katie Miller: “You host people on your show all the time who call my husband and myself a Nazi. So, how is that any different from Tucker Carlson… having Nick Fuentes on his show.”
Bakari Sellers: “He's anti-Semitic. He's anti-Semite.”
Abby Phillip: “Nick Fuentes is actually a Hitler admirer.”
Katie Miller: “Excuse me, you have Jennifer Welch on your show very often and you've never pushed back as she has called my husband a white nationalist.”
“Nick Fuentes can espouse an opinion on Tucker's show. And he didn't push back, the same way you didn't say push back when someone called someone in my family a Nazi. It's not different, Abby.”
🚨 HOLY SMOKES! Stephen Miller's wife Katie UNLEASHES on Abby Phillip for letting DEFAMATION against Stephen go unchecked on CNN
"You had Jennifer Welch on your show and you've NEVER pushed back as she called my husband a WHITE NATIONALIST."
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HOLY SH*T 🚨 This 30 second clip from Fox News legend Bill O'Reilly is absolutely EPIC: "I dont care if you like Trump or not. He governed this nation in a responsible way, where everyone prospered”
“If you don’t believe it, you're a moron"
I LOVE THIS ENERGY 🔥
💥 Stephen A. Smith on President Trump:
“There’s no question that he’s done more than nearly any other administration in recent history when it comes to trying to end global conflicts. His willingness to take action on that front shouldn’t be overlooked — in fact, it deserves some acknowledgment and, dare I say, a bit of applause. You’ve got to give credit where it’s due.
President Trump is the greatest president ever and has demonstrated the most effective foreign policy of any U.S. leader.”
Kamala Harris claims she couldn't pick Pete Buttigieg as her VP because he's gay, so she settled for buffoon Tim Walz.
So to her, being gay is a bigger liability than endorsing taxpayer-funded sex changes for minors?!
This logic is incoherent. Voters made the right choice.
The conspiracy theories just aren’t true, never have been. It’s an honor to serve the President of the United States @realDonaldTrump — and I’ll continue to do so for as long as he calls on me.