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Sen. Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin GrahamGOP lawmaker: Every white suburban district in the country will be a swing district this year The Hill's Morning Report — Trump to GOP: I will carry you GOP senator: 'Real likelihood' Dems win the House 'by 10 or 12 more seats than they need' MORE (R-S.C.) said Tuesday he believes Donald Trump
Donald John TrumpKobach agrees to recuse himself from vote counting in Kansas GOP primary NFL players kneel during national anthem before first preseason game Schiff blasts GOP for Russia probe conduct: 'That's how you obstruct an investigation, not how you conduct one' MORE will lose in November because the GOP nominee is out of touch with the country's demographics.
"If we do lose ... [it] is because the demographic meltdown that came from harsh rhetoric and policies by Mr. Trump," Graham told WABC, a New York radio station. "It’s not about me not voting for Donald Trump, I’m not voting for Hillary Clinton
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"Nobody is going to vote for you when you tell them you are going to deport their grandmother. And there is a difference between a meth dealer, a gang member and a grandmother who has been here 30 years," Graham said.
Trump sparked backlash after he said in mid-2015 that immigrants from Mexico are "bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists" and pledged to deport undocumented immigrants currently in the country.
Graham, who has predicted for months that Trump will lose, reiterated Tuesday that he won't vote for the billionaire, and could write in Sen. John McCain
John Sidney McCainMan arrested for threatening ICE agents on Twitter Planned Parenthood launches six-figure Supreme Court ad campaign Trump’s endorsements cement power but come with risks MORE (R-Ariz.) or former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.).
John Sidney McCainMan arrested for threatening ICE agents on Twitter Planned Parenthood launches six-figure Supreme Court ad campaign Trump’s endorsements cement power but come with risks MORE (R-Ariz.) or former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.). Graham's remarks were first reported by BuzzFeed.
