Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) faced a hostile reception during President Donald Trump’s rally in South Carolina, with the crowd booing him off the stage.
Despite being from the area, Graham struggled to make himself heard over the chorus of boos from the packed crowd.
Attempting to find common ground, Graham addressed the crowd, saying, “Well, you want to find something in common? Just calm down a second. This is the place where people pay the taxes, fight the wars, and tell you what they believe. I found common ground with President Trump. I came to like President Trump, and he likes himself, so we got that in common. We got a lot of good people running. But there’s nobody our enemies are afraid of like Donald Trump.”
Some attendees expressed their dissatisfaction with Graham. Easley resident Michael Propes, 60, stated, “I voted for him years ago, I voted for him last year, but we need to vote him out.” William Billew, 74, remarked, “Graham doesn’t need to use Trump to get where he needs to go again.” Mike Turnick of Pickens criticized Graham’s speech as “the low point of the day,” feeling that it focused too much on himself rather than Trump.
During Trump’s speech, the former president offered a lukewarm defense of Graham, saying, “We’re going to love him. He’s half and half. When we need those liberal votes, we need him. We know the good ones. We know the bad ones too.”