“Use My Words Against Me: The Best of Lindsey Graham”
“Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and a onetime opponent turned stalwart ally of President Trump…died on Saturday evening. He was 71.” – The New York Times, July 12th, 2026
The biggest hits from and about the late senator from South Carolina on one compilation!
1. “I want you to use my words against me.”
2. “Because I’m pro-life doesn’t mean I won’t kill you.”
3. “It’s one thing to shoot yourself in the foot. Just don’t reload the gun.”
4. “If you make me your president, I’m going to put the country ahead of the party.”
5. “That’s the first thing I’m going to do as president: We’re gonna drink more.”
6. “We’re talking about a guy who, if he could, would have American troops everywhere on the planet engaged in some kind of war.” – Congressman Joe Walsh
7. “Unleash the American military with Israel on Hezbollah tonight…finish these bastards off, Mr. President. Do it and do it now. They’re weak.”
8. “To our friends in Israel, finish the job. Do what you have to do to bring about the regime change that will allow your children [to] sleep through the night.”
9. “To all who are sacrificing in Iran, God Bless. Help is on the way.”
10. “Everything I learned about Iranians I learned working in the pool room…I met a lot of liars, and I know the Iranians are lying.”
11. “The Senator’s repulsive remarks are racist, period…nothing says ‘I’m stereotyping’ more than basing judgment on an entire people solely on a handful of interactions in a pool room.” – Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council
12. “To young people, young people of color…you just have to share our values. If you’re a young, African American or an immigrant, you can go anywhere in this state, you just need to be conservative, not liberal.”
13. “Even if you debate [immigration], you’re wrong. Even if you’re open-minded about compromise, you’re wrong. It’s a very simple answer to a complex problem. Send them all back. End of discussion, end of debate. Now that to me is not a realistic approach to a real problem.”
14. “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed…and we will deserve it.”
15. “Finally, a president willing to take on this absurd policy of birthright citizenship.”
16. “Well, some days I’m one hundred percent. Some days I may be zero.” – Referring to his support of Donald Trump
17. “I’m not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here.” – Referring to Trump’s first impeachment
18. “He’ll be maybe the best person to have [as president], right? I mean, how mad can you get at Joe Biden?”
19. “You’ve got guns, use them. We give you guns for a reason, use them…How come you didn’t protect us? It’s doing your job.” – to Capitol Police officers on January 6th, 2021.
20. “Trump and I, we’ve had a hell of a journey. I hate to end it this way…All I can say is count me out, enough is enough.”
21. “I don’t want to reinforce that defiling the Capitol was okay. I don’t want to do anything that would make this more likely in the future.”
22. “I’m for Donald Trump, because I know what I’m going to get…I want him to have another shot.”
23. “I just want to say, I feel good about the Republican Party. I feel good about where we’re going as a nation…We’re killing all the right people…”
24. “This is the party of Donald Trump.”
25. “We usually don’t know what the fuck we’re doing.”
26. “I blame myself for Lindsey Graham.” – Donald Trump
27. “What the hell’s wrong with you, Lindsey Graham?” – Tucker Carlson
28. “Shut the fuck up, Lindsey!” – Unattributed, January 6th, 2021