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Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) took a moment on Sunday to reflect on his friendship with his late colleague, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC).<\/p>\n

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Graham\u2019s office had announced his passing overnight, stating that his death had been the result of a \u201cbrief and sudden illness\u201d \u2014 and later reports confirmed that EMTs had been called to his Capitol Hill residence to assist with a man in his 70s who was suffering from cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n

While many of Graham\u2019s fellow senators shared their thoughts via social media, Booker spoke directly to the camera to tell a behind-the-scenes story about his colleague and friend.<\/p>\n

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I am stunned by Senator Graham\u2019s passing, and thinking back this morning about some of the work we did together. My prayers are with his family and all who cherished him. Rest in Peace. pic.twitter.com\/cPUXDQxk1B<\/p>\n

\u2014 Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) July 12, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Booker dove right in with a story about his first real interaction with Graham, saying that when he was elected to the Senate, his first priority was to get something done on mass incarceration \u2014 and when he talked to colleagues like Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), they all told him that Graham was the guy he wanted on board.<\/p>\n

The New Jersey senator said that when he approached Graham, he was initially told to come back later \u2014 Graham was in the middle of a contested primary against an opponent he described as \u201cbat-sh*t crazy,\u201d and needed to get that behind him before he could do the next thing. So Booker waited, and Graham won his primary \u2014 and then Booker came back to see him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI laughed, and came back to him after the primary,\u201d Booker said. \u201cAnd true to his word, he rolled up his sleeves and we went to work. And thanks to him and Dick Durbin and some other Senate heroes, our bill became The First Step Act \u2014 after years, two presidents, two Congresses, it became law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Booker went on to describe the scene as the bill was going through final revisions, when he was trying to get one last provision squeezed in about \u201cchildren being put in solitary confinement\u201d \u2014 and a White House official assured him that it was not going to happen. The official then proceeded to get Graham on the phone, thinking that the South Carolina senator would give a similar response.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo he gets the White House operator to connect Lindsey Graham on the phone, and Lindsey Graham listens for maybe a hot second and then interrupts the guy,\u201d Booker explained. \u201cAnd says, \u2018Are you kidding me? We need Cory Booker to get this bill done. We can\u2019t do it without him, give him what he wants.\u2019 And it\u2019s in the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Booker quoted one of the White House negotiators who told him early on in the process that Graham was the political equivalent of \u201can unguided missile.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat, God, you never knew which way he was going to go \u2014 whether he would come back and hit you \u2014 but when he was aligned, when he would be in the right place at the right time, man, he could get things done that other people couldn\u2019t and bring a lot of light and new possibilities to the efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am stunned at Lindsey Graham\u2019s death,\u201d Booker concluded. \u201cBut I pray that he is reunited with his friend [the late Arizona Republican senator] John McCain, that they both are experiencing God\u2019s love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness \u2026 I will miss my \u2014 perhaps most unexpected \u2014 friend in the Senate, someone with whom I got some good things done.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) took a moment on Sunday to reflect on his friendship with his late colleague, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC).Graham\u2019s office had announced his passing overnight, stating that his death had been the result of a \u201cbrief and sudden illness\u201d \u2014 and later reports confirmed that EMTs had been called to his Capitol Hill residence to assist with a man in his 70s who was suffering from cardiac arrest.While many of Graham\u2019s fellow senators shared their thoughts via social media, Booker spoke directly to the camera to tell a behind-the-scenes story about his colleague and friend.WATCH:I am stunned by Senator Graham\u2019s passing, and thinking back this morning about some of the work we did together. My prayers are with his family and all who cherished him. Rest in Peace. pic.twitter.com\/cPUXDQxk1B\u2014 Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) July 12, 2026Booker dove right in with a story about his first real interaction with Graham, saying that when he was elected to the Senate, his first priority was to get something done on mass incarceration \u2014 and when he talked to colleagues like Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), they all told him that Graham was the guy he wanted on board.The New Jersey senator said that when he approached Graham, he was initially told to come back later \u2014 Graham was in the middle of a contested primary against an opponent he described as \u201cbat-sh*t crazy,\u201d and needed to get that behind him before he could do the next thing. So Booker waited, and Graham won his primary \u2014 and then Booker came back to see him.\u201cI laughed, and came back to him after the primary,\u201d Booker said. \u201cAnd true to his word, he rolled up his sleeves and we went to work. And thanks to him and Dick Durbin and some other Senate heroes, our bill became The First Step Act \u2014 after years, two presidents, two Congresses, it became law.\u201dBooker went on to describe the scene as the bill was going through final revisions, when he was trying to get one last provision squeezed in about \u201cchildren being put in solitary confinement\u201d \u2014 and a White House official assured him that it was not going to happen. The official then proceeded to get Graham on the phone, thinking that the South Carolina senator would give a similar response.\u201cSo he gets the White House operator to connect Lindsey Graham on the phone, and Lindsey Graham listens for maybe a hot second and then interrupts the guy,\u201d Booker explained. \u201cAnd says, \u2018Are you kidding me? We need Cory Booker to get this bill done. We can\u2019t do it without him, give him what he wants.\u2019 And it\u2019s in the bill.\u201dBooker quoted one of the White House negotiators who told him early on in the process that Graham was the political equivalent of \u201can unguided missile.\u201d\u201cThat, God, you never knew which way he was going to go \u2014 whether he would come back and hit you \u2014 but when he was aligned, when he would be in the right place at the right time, man, he could get things done that other people couldn\u2019t and bring a lot of light and new possibilities to the efforts.\u201d\u201cI am stunned at Lindsey Graham\u2019s death,\u201d Booker concluded. \u201cBut I pray that he is reunited with his friend [the late Arizona Republican senator] John McCain, that they both are experiencing God\u2019s love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness \u2026 I will miss my \u2014 perhaps most unexpected \u2014 friend in the Senate, someone with whom I got some good things done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nDem Senator Praises Friend, Colleague, And \u2018Unguided Missile\u2019 Lindsey Graham - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1184\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dem Senator Praises Friend, Colleague, And \u2018Unguided Missile\u2019 Lindsey Graham - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) took a moment on Sunday to reflect on his friendship with his late colleague, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC).Graham\u2019s office had announced his passing overnight, stating that his death had been the result of a \u201cbrief and sudden illness\u201d \u2014 and later reports confirmed that EMTs had been called to his Capitol Hill residence to assist with a man in his 70s who was suffering from cardiac arrest.While many of Graham\u2019s fellow senators shared their thoughts via social media, Booker spoke directly to the camera to tell a behind-the-scenes story about his colleague and friend.WATCH:I am stunned by Senator Graham\u2019s passing, and thinking back this morning about some of the work we did together. 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