president Donald Trump He commented on what he called “an unfortunate moment” for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in a call to “Fox & Friends” on Monday, specifically criticizing “the events of January 6,” in which he reflected on the late senator’s legacy, noting Graham He was called “40 minutes later” and asked to retract his statement.
Graham died on Saturday after a trip Ukrainepreliminary reports indicate “aortic dissection” caused by heart disease.
In an interview with Fox News, the president described Graham, the adversary turned close ally, as a “workaholic” and a “great guy,” recalling their shared golfing trips and humorously commenting on the late senator’s average skills on the golf course.
Trump opens up about Lindsey Graham’s ‘a bad moment’
back trump card He turned to a deep discussion of voter fraud and the need for the Save America Act (which he claimed Graham supported), recalling how the senator publicly criticized him after the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, when he declared to Congress that “enough is enough.”
“He had a bad moment, which was on January 6, when he stood up and said, ‘Okay, now I’ve had enough, that’s it, I can’t do this anymore.'” He called me 40 minutes later and said: ‘Did I really say that? I can’t believe it! And then he took it back,” the president said.
“So I gave him 99 points instead of 100 points, and a lot of people gave him 100 points, but he had that little moment,” he continued.
“It’s kind of funny, when he left – by the way, did you see that?” President of the United States explain. “He said, ‘Now I’ve had enough.’ He just, it was too much for him. He said, ‘This is it, I’ve had enough!’
“I had nothing to do with this, by the way, just so you understand, people were devastated by this and they did absolutely nothing wrong and I’m proud to pardon everybody,” he said.
Trump mocks Lindsey Graham
look back Graham”, Trump added, “But Lindsay stood up and he said, ‘Now I’ve had enough and that’s it’ — and that was his only bad moment. He said, I wish I had never said this. About 45 minutes later he called and said, ‘I made a big mistake, what do I do?’ ‘”
“So I gave him a 99.9 instead of a 100, you know? It’s one of those things.” trump card draw conclusions.
Lindsey Graham dies
In 2002, the politician from South Carolina was elected to the Senate and became one of the most important figures on foreign policy in Washington, often advocating for U.S. military involvement abroad.
A representative for Graham said the death certificate will remain pending until “all toxicology and microscopic testing” is completed.
