South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham endured a barrage of boos from the crowd Saturday while speaking at former President Donald Trump's rally in Pickens, South Carolina.
Wow, Lindsey Graham booed in South Carolina pic.twitter.com/7YlHZOIgxo
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 1, 2023
The onslaught began as soon as the senator was introduced and continued intermittently throughout his nearly 6-minute speech. In one particularly cringe moment that seemed to draw the loudest boos, Graham made a joke about finding "common ground" with Trump because "I came to like President Trump and he likes himself so we have that in common."
The South Carolina senator described Trump as "the most pro-life president in mylifetime," and gave the former president credit for securing the border because "Mexico was afraid of Donald Trump."
"We need him back in the White House right now," Graham said, claiming that Trump is the "only" person who can accomplish conservative goals.
The South Carolina senator, long despised by many conservatives dating back to his days of supporting endless wars and allying himself with former Republican Sen. John McCain, got a brief respite when he mentioned his defense of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.
"Let me tell you how you win an election, folks," Graham said. "You get people together that don't agree all of the time to agree on the most important things."
Many took to Twitter to mock the South Carolina senator:
Lindsey Graham opened for Trump at his rally today in SC, and the people were quite unhappy about it.
— Jaimee Michell (@thegaywhostrayd) July 1, 2023
Why is Trump still aligning himself with globalist neocon RINOs like Graham? Honestly gross. pic.twitter.com/3AUnHqyALJ
LOL - Swamp Fighter Trump has Swamp Rat Lindsey Graham at the podium.
— therealarod1984 (@therealarod1984) July 1, 2023
MAGA says no to RDS cuz he's "a RINO," yet oblivious to the fact that now 77 year old Trump loves him some butt-kissers, regardless of what party or swamp they come from. There's 7 years of evidence on that. https://t.co/QHKqc49uqt
Lindsey Graham was introduced at Trump’s rally in his home state of South Carolina & the crowd viciously booed him
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 1, 2023
Humiliating
There are many reasons why they did, but #1 is due to his support of the War in Ukraine
We’re done with NeoCon Warmongerspic.twitter.com/kAskD5flTR
Lindsey Graham, gets the RINO treatment at Trump’s rally today
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) July 1, 2023
pic.twitter.com/nJk3raNDzA
RINO warmonger Lindsey Graham booed ferociously by the Trump Rally in South Carolina 😂🇺🇸 #Trump2024 pic.twitter.com/kowsPUkU6l
— Paul Golding (@GoldingBF) July 1, 2023