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WASHINGTON \u2014 Vice President JD Vance eulogized the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) from the United States Capitol on Tuesday, describing Graham as a \u201ctrue American original\u201d and a great statesman who deeply loved his fellow Americans.<\/p>

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Vance spoke in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday morning as he and his fellow Republicans honored the life of the late senator, who suddenly died earlier in July at the age of 71.<\/p>

The vice president offered his deep sympathy and condolences to Graham\u2019s family and staff, telling them, \u201cI know so many of you loved Lindsey like I did. So many of you argued with Lindsey, laughed with Lindsey, relied on Lindsey.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cLindsey Graham loved people from all walks of life,\u201d he reflected. \u201cI think in part because of the way that he grew up, because of the fact that he wasn\u2019t handed everything. He was fascinated in everybody. He was fascinated in the wait staff in the Senate dining room. He was fascinated in the people who made the food. He was fascinated in the lowest staffer who had been hired three days earlier. He was fascinated by, of course, the very leadership of our country.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI think he was fascinated in people because he loved people and he was interested in them,\u201d he added, describing Graham as the kind of person who \u201ctreated everybody the same because he was fascinated and he loved every single person in this chamber.\u201d<\/p>

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Vance shared that he first met Graham when he was on the campaign trail for his Senate race in 2022. He recalled driving in the back of the car with Graham, heading from campaign event to campaign event with the late senator, seeing firsthand how invested Graham was in his fellow Americans, and experiencing Graham\u2019s \u201cworld-class sense of humor.\u201d<\/p>

On the campaign trail, ahead of one of Graham\u2019s hits on Fox News, Vance asked the South Carolina senator to direct people to his website. Vance joked: \u201cOver a four-minute interview, he must have mentioned JDVance.com close to a dozen times. The host would ask, \u2018How was the weather?\u2019 And Lindsey would say, \u2018Well before I check the weather, I always go to JDVance.com.\u2019 And in a four- or five-minute TV appearance, Lindsey Graham raised us over $100,000.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cThat swashbuckling, infectious laugh, that attitude, that passion that so many others have talked about,\u201d Vance shared. \u201cLindsey Graham was impossible not to like as a human being and, of course, as a United States senator.\u201d<\/p>

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Vance recalled getting into a huge argument with Graham about a funding bill for Ukraine during a Senate lunch. Afterwards, he said, he went back to his staff and told them he had probably lost Graham\u2019s vote on important rail legislation he was working on. Later on, he found out that the \u201cfiercest advocate of that bill behind the scenes was Senator Lindsey Graham.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI went to Lindsey and I said, \u2018Why are you helping me? Why are you helping this legislation?\u2019 And I expected him to do what so many politicians would do. I expected him to lie and say, \u2018Well, I really care about rail legislation.\u2019 And he said, \u2018I don\u2019t care about that at all.\u2019 I said, \u2018Why are you helping me?\u2019 And he said, \u2018Well, I don\u2019t care about it, but you do.’\u201d<\/p>

\u201cAnd that was the kind of colleague he could be,\u201d Vance added. \u201cA person you argued with and fought with in one minute but behind the scenes, without collecting an ounce of credit, was working for you and working for the things that you cared about in the next. That was who Lindsey Graham was.\u201d<\/p>

Vance credited Graham with helping Justice Brett Kavanaugh make it through his Supreme Court confirmation, describing the late senator as a \u201cfierce\u201d advocate for the embattled Supreme Court justice nominee, swaying other senators with his passionate defense of Kavanaugh.<\/p>

\u201cI believe he saved that nomination,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>

\u201cHe saw that the Senate at its very worst could be a venue for character assassination,\u201d the vice president said. \u201cBut because he loved people, he saw that the Senate at its very best could be a deliberative body geared towards persuading people. And that\u2019s what Lindsey Graham did in that case and in so many others.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI choose to remember Lindsey Graham as a man who could disagree with you without being disagreeable,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI choose to remember Lindsey Graham as a person who could fight with you on one issue but fight for you on another issue. I remember Lindsey Graham as a man who loved people. And because he loved people, he was willing to reason with them, to respect them, and ultimately to persuade them.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cMay God comfort all of those who loved Lindsey Graham, particularly his beautiful family,\u201d Vance concluded. \u201cA<\/span>nd may God rest the soul of Senator Lindsey Graham, a true American original.\u201d<\/p>

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WASHINGTON \u2014 Vice President JD Vance eulogized the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) from the United States Capitol on Tuesday, describing Graham as a \u201ctrue American original\u201d and a great statesman who deeply loved his fellow Americans.Vance spoke in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday morning as he and his fellow Republicans honored the life of the late senator, who suddenly died earlier in July at the age of 71.The vice president offered his deep sympathy and condolences to Graham\u2019s family and staff, telling them, \u201cI know so many of you loved Lindsey like I did. So many of you argued with Lindsey, laughed with Lindsey, relied on Lindsey.\u201d\u201cLindsey Graham loved people from all walks of life,\u201d he reflected. \u201cI think in part because of the way that he grew up, because of the fact that he wasn\u2019t handed everything. He was fascinated in everybody. He was fascinated in the wait staff in the Senate dining room. He was fascinated in the people who made the food. He was fascinated in the lowest staffer who had been hired three days earlier. He was fascinated by, of course, the very leadership of our country.\u201d\u201cI think he was fascinated in people because he loved people and he was interested in them,\u201d he added, describing Graham as the kind of person who \u201ctreated everybody the same because he was fascinated and he loved every single person in this chamber.\u201d Photographer: Win McNamee\/Getty Images\/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesVance shared that he first met Graham when he was on the campaign trail for his Senate race in 2022. He recalled driving in the back of the car with Graham, heading from campaign event to campaign event with the late senator, seeing firsthand how invested Graham was in his fellow Americans, and experiencing Graham\u2019s \u201cworld-class sense of humor.\u201dOn the campaign trail, ahead of one of Graham\u2019s hits on Fox News, Vance asked the South Carolina senator to direct people to his website. Vance joked: \u201cOver a four-minute interview, he must have mentioned JDVance.com close to a dozen times. The host would ask, \u2018How was the weather?\u2019 And Lindsey would say, \u2018Well before I check the weather, I always go to JDVance.com.\u2019 And in a four- or five-minute TV appearance, Lindsey Graham raised us over $100,000.\u201d\u201cThat swashbuckling, infectious laugh, that attitude, that passion that so many others have talked about,\u201d Vance shared. \u201cLindsey Graham was impossible not to like as a human being and, of course, as a United States senator.\u201dVance recalled getting into a huge argument with Graham about a funding bill for Ukraine during a Senate lunch. Afterwards, he said, he went back to his staff and told them he had probably lost Graham\u2019s vote on important rail legislation he was working on. Later on, he found out that the \u201cfiercest advocate of that bill behind the scenes was Senator Lindsey Graham.\u201d\u201cI went to Lindsey and I said, \u2018Why are you helping me? Why are you helping this legislation?\u2019 And I expected him to do what so many politicians would do. I expected him to lie and say, \u2018Well, I really care about rail legislation.\u2019 And he said, \u2018I don\u2019t care about that at all.\u2019 I said, \u2018Why are you helping me?\u2019 And he said, \u2018Well, I don\u2019t care about it, but you do.'\u201d\u201cAnd that was the kind of colleague he could be,\u201d Vance added. \u201cA person you argued with and fought with in one minute but behind the scenes, without collecting an ounce of credit, was working for you and working for the things that you cared about in the next. That was who Lindsey Graham was.\u201dVance credited Graham with helping Justice Brett Kavanaugh make it through his Supreme Court confirmation, describing the late senator as a \u201cfierce\u201d advocate for the embattled Supreme Court justice nominee, swaying other senators with his passionate defense of Kavanaugh.\u201cI believe he saved that nomination,\u201d Vance said.\u201cHe saw that the Senate at its very worst could be a venue for character assassination,\u201d the vice president said. \u201cBut because he loved people, he saw that the Senate at its very best could be a deliberative body geared towards persuading people. And that\u2019s what Lindsey Graham did in that case and in so many others.\u201d\u201cI choose to remember Lindsey Graham as a man who could disagree with you without being disagreeable,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI choose to remember Lindsey Graham as a person who could fight with you on one issue but fight for you on another issue. I remember Lindsey Graham as a man who loved people. And because he loved people, he was willing to reason with them, to respect them, and ultimately to persuade them.\u201d\u201cMay God comfort all of those who loved Lindsey Graham, particularly his beautiful family,\u201d Vance concluded. \u201cAnd may God rest the soul of Senator Lindsey Graham, a true American original.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nJD Vance Eulogizes Lindsey Graham: \u2018A True American Original\u2019 - 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=1740\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JD Vance Eulogizes Lindsey Graham: \u2018A True American Original\u2019 - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON \u2014 Vice President JD Vance eulogized the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) from the United States Capitol on Tuesday, describing Graham as a \u201ctrue American original\u201d and a great statesman who deeply loved his fellow Americans.Vance spoke in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday morning as he and his fellow Republicans honored the life of the late senator, who suddenly died earlier in July at the age of 71.The vice president offered his deep sympathy and condolences to Graham\u2019s family and staff, telling them, \u201cI know so many of you loved Lindsey like I did. So many of you argued with Lindsey, laughed with Lindsey, relied on Lindsey.\u201d\u201cLindsey Graham loved people from all walks of life,\u201d he reflected. \u201cI think in part because of the way that he grew up, because of the fact that he wasn\u2019t handed everything. He was fascinated in everybody. He was fascinated in the wait staff in the Senate dining room. He was fascinated in the people who made the food. He was fascinated in the lowest staffer who had been hired three days earlier. 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Vance joked: \u201cOver a four-minute interview, he must have mentioned JDVance.com close to a dozen times. The host would ask, \u2018How was the weather?\u2019 And Lindsey would say, \u2018Well before I check the weather, I always go to JDVance.com.\u2019 And in a four- or five-minute TV appearance, Lindsey Graham raised us over $100,000.\u201d\u201cThat swashbuckling, infectious laugh, that attitude, that passion that so many others have talked about,\u201d Vance shared. \u201cLindsey Graham was impossible not to like as a human being and, of course, as a United States senator.\u201dVance recalled getting into a huge argument with Graham about a funding bill for Ukraine during a Senate lunch. Afterwards, he said, he went back to his staff and told them he had probably lost Graham\u2019s vote on important rail legislation he was working on. 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That was who Lindsey Graham was.\u201dVance credited Graham with helping Justice Brett Kavanaugh make it through his Supreme Court confirmation, describing the late senator as a \u201cfierce\u201d advocate for the embattled Supreme Court justice nominee, swaying other senators with his passionate defense of Kavanaugh.\u201cI believe he saved that nomination,\u201d Vance said.\u201cHe saw that the Senate at its very worst could be a venue for character assassination,\u201d the vice president said. \u201cBut because he loved people, he saw that the Senate at its very best could be a deliberative body geared towards persuading people. And that\u2019s what Lindsey Graham did in that case and in so many others.\u201d\u201cI choose to remember Lindsey Graham as a man who could disagree with you without being disagreeable,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI choose to remember Lindsey Graham as a person who could fight with you on one issue but fight for you on another issue. 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