Tim Scott Remembers Lindsey Graham: America‘s Lost a True Statesman, We Don‘t Have Many Left, I’ve Lost a Friend
RUSH EXCERPT:
SCOTT: "Well, Jake, gosh, America‘s lost a true statesman. We don‘t have many left. But he was a true statesman. But I‘ve lost a friend. It is a mourning of mourning for me. It‘s a powerful reminder that life is fleeting, that we are not here very long. If I were to tell stories about Lindsey Graham, one of the most important stories about Lindsey Graham is that when I was a new senator, he welcomed me in. He knew that my path was different. He understood the the power of change in South Carolina and how much our state had changed. But he was one of the first folks in the Senate to welcome me in with open arMs. And I will say that I do a South Carolina prayer breakfast every year in D.C.. And I called Lindsey the first time, and Lindsey says, Tim, if this thing starts before 10 A.M., I‘m not coming because I‘m not going. Even if Jesus comes back before 10 A.M.. and I just laughed out loud. And of course, it started at 830. And he walked in the door at 831. Lindsey Graham, he was just the kind of committed person that you don‘t really appreciate how much, how how committed he was to America. I can‘t think of a more committed public servant to this country. His family was his sister that he adopted when he was 19, and she was 13 because their parents died within 15 months. And America, he spent every single day, every weekend going somewhere trying to make America a safer country. And I‘ll say this, Jake, because of the pain of his past, his father dying of a massive heart attack, I think it was 69 years old, his mother dying of cancer. Lindsey Graham had a passion for so many of the important issues around cancer research and around taking care of people. He didn‘t want anyone to feel invisible in his presence, and he used levity and wit to help people go through really hard times. And I got to tell you, it‘s just a devastating loss for our state of South Carolina. And frankly, for me as an individual."
