Trump offers condolences after death of US Senator Lindsey Graham
Graham told CNN in 2015 that Trump was "a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot,
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US President Donald Trump offered his condolences for the death of Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday.
“Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, is dead! He was always working, and was a true American Patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed!!!,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Graham, a key Republican who went from a vocal critic of Trump to one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill, died at age 71.
During the 2016 campaign, in which Graham was among many Republicans who lost the presidential nomination to Trump, he posted on social media: “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it.”
Graham told CNN in 2015 that Trump was “a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot adding, “He doesn’t represent my party. He doesn’t represent the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for.”
Later, after becoming a loyal supporter and frequent golf partner, Graham still publicly disagreed with Trump’s decision upon returning to office last year to pardon about 1,500 of the president’s supporters who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, saying it could lead to more violence.
