During an appearance on Fox News, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said he would be with Israel until “our dying day.”

“To all the antisemites to all the isolationists, forget it. I’m not with you. I’m with Israel,” Graham said.

“I will be with Israel until our dying day. They’re the best ally we could hope for,” he continued.

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“This is an insane thing for a United States senator to say. Totally indefensible,” Matt Walsh commented.

Mediaite shared further:

Graham has been a leading advocate of war with Iran for years. Days after the U.S. and Israel began a massive bombing campaign against the country, The Wall Street Journal reported that Graham traveled to Israel several times in the weeks before to coach Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on how to make the case for war to President Donald Trump.

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The U.S and Israel began bombing Iran last weekend. It was the joint second bombing campaign of Iran since last summer. In each case, the U.S. and Iran were engaged in ongoing talks regarding the latter’s nuclear program.

Graham also pleaded with “Arab friends” to “up their game” in the regional conflict.

“To our Arab friends, I’ve tried to help you construct your new Mid East. You need to up your game here,” Graham said.

“I can’t go to South Carolina and say we’re fighting and you won’t publicly fight. What you’re doing behind the scenes, that has to stop. The double dealing of the Arab world, when it comes to this stuff, needs to end,” he continued.

“I go back to South Carolina, and I’m asking them to send their sons and daughters over to the Mid East,” Graham added.

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Newsweek noted:

Several MAGA supporters have spoken out against Graham and his comments, and others he has made recently, with one calling him “traitorous” and conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly calling him a “homicidal maniac.”

Graham’s remarks come amid already-widening rifts inside the MAGA-aligned right over the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran, with influential conservatives arguing the war conflicts with “America First” promises.

A call by the Republican senator for U.S. partners to “step forward” and his pledge to back Israel “to our dying day” feeds an ongoing dispute over the scope of American involvement and the political costs of escalation with Tehran.

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