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00:00:00FAR. AND IT FALLS ON ALL OF US
00:00:02TO MAKE SURE IT CARRIES HER
00:00:05THROUGH TO THE NEXT 250 AND
00:00:08BEYOND. PRESIDENT TRUMP, I'VE COVERED YOU FOR A LONG TIME, AND
00:00:10SO HAVE MANY REPORTERS IN THIS
00:00:12ROOM. WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS, YOU
00:00:15PUSH BACK. YOU GIVE US ANSWERS,
00:00:18AND WE PUSH BACK. YOU HAVE
00:00:20ALWAYS BEEN A DEAL, GUY. WELL,
00:00:24THAT'S THE DEAL. AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS A DONE DEAL. AND
00:00:27THAT'S WHAT WE TOAST TONIGHT. THE FREEDOMS THAT BROUGHT US
00:00:30BACK TOGETHER, EVEN AFTER THEY
00:00:32WERE THREATENED. SO LET'S RAISE
00:00:36A GLASS TO WHAT MAKES OURS A
00:00:40BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. >> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
00:00:45>> MORE OF OUR MARATHON COVERAGE OF KEY MOMENTS FROM THE YEAR THUS FAR. UP NEXT, WITH SENATOR
00:00:49LINDSEY GRAHAM'S MEMORIAL SERVICE AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL
00:00:51CATHEDRAL, THE LATE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR WAS REMEMBERED
00:00:54BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. FOX NEWS
00:00:57HOST SEAN HANNITY AND NIECE EMILY BOGGS ROBERTS, AMONG
00:01:01OTHERS. SENATOR GRAHAM DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS CAPITOL HILL HOME IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ON
00:01:05JULY 11th.
00:01:57>> FOR. OUR. ALL.
00:02:34>> I AM RESURRECTION, AND I AM.
00:02:37LIFE, SAYS THE LORD. WHOEVER HAS
00:02:40FAITH IN ME SHALL HAVE LIFE,
00:02:42EVEN THOUGH HE DIE. AND EVERYONE
00:02:45WHO HAS LIFE AND HAS COMMITTED
00:02:47HIMSELF TO ME IN FAITH, SHALL.
00:02:52>> I'LL NOT DIE FOREVER. AS FOR ME, I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER
00:02:56LIVES, AND THAT AT THE LAST HE
00:02:58WILL STAND UPON THE EARTH. AFTER
00:03:01MY AWAKING, HE WILL RAISE ME UP.
00:03:04AND IN MY BODY I SHALL SEE GOD.
00:03:06I MYSELF SHALL SEE, AND MY EYES
00:03:11BEHOLD HIM WHO IS MY FRIEND, AND
00:03:13NOT A STRANGER. FOR NONE OF US
00:03:17HAS LIFE IN HIMSELF, AND NONE
00:03:18BECOMES HIS OWN MASTER WHEN HE
00:03:21DIES. FOR IF WE HAVE LIFE, WE
00:03:23ARE ALIVE IN THE LORD. AND IF WE
00:03:26DIE, WE DIE IN THE LORD. SO
00:03:30THEN, WHETHER WE LIVE OR DIE, WE
00:03:33ARE THE LORD'S POSSESSION.
00:03:36HAPPY FROM NOW ON ARE THOSE WHO
00:03:39DIE IN THE LORD. SO IT IS, SAYS
00:03:41THE SPIRIT, FOR THEY REST FROM
00:03:46THEIR LABORS.
00:05:03GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL.
00:05:07MY NAME IS RANDY HOLLERITH. I'M THE DEAN OF THE CATHEDRAL. AND
00:05:11ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US WHO SERVE GOD IN THIS PLACE, PLEASE KNOW
00:05:14THAT WE ARE A HOUSE OF PRAYER
00:05:16FOR ALL PEOPLE, AND YOU ARE
00:05:21ALWAYS WELCOME HERE. TODAY, WE BID FAREWELL TO A MAN MUCH
00:05:24BELOVED BY MANY, AND I KNOW IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO SENATOR
00:05:28DARLINE GRAHAM AND TO THE ENTIRE GRAHAM FAMILY. TO HAVE ALL OF
00:05:31YOU HERE TODAY. LINDSEY GRAHAM
00:05:35WAS A MAN OF FAITH, A LONG TIME PUBLIC SERVANT WHO DEVOTED HIS
00:05:38LIFE TO THIS COUNTRY AND TO HIS
00:05:41CHERISHED SOUTH CAROLINA. HIS
00:05:45UNTIMELY DEATH LEAVES A VOID IN
00:05:48BOTH PLACES, AND WE GATHER THIS
00:05:50AFTERNOON TO HONOR HIS LIFE AND
00:05:52COMMEND HIS SOUL TO GOD IN FIRM
00:05:54AND ABIDING FAITH THAT HE NOW
00:05:56RESTS IN THE LIFE HEREAFTER. LET
00:06:00US PRAY TODAY THAT GOD'S LOVE
00:06:02AND PEACE MAY ABIDE WITH HIM
00:06:07THIS DAY AND FOREVERMORE. NOW, WOULD YOU JOIN WITH ME AS WE GIVE PRAISE TO GOD AND SING, HOW
00:06:11GREAT THOU ART?
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00:12:53>> MUCH. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE,
00:12:56MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, MEMBERS
00:12:58OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
00:13:01DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. DARLENE
00:13:04AND THE ENTIRE GRAHAM FAMILY. WE
00:13:08LOVE YOU ALL. TODAY, WE GATHER
00:13:11IN THE DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND
00:13:15PROFOUNDEST SORROW TO HONOR A
00:13:18BELOVED FRIEND, A DEVOTED
00:13:21BROTHER, A RESPECTED STATESMAN,
00:13:23A GIANT OF THE UNITED STATES
00:13:26SENATE, AND A TRUE AMERICAN
00:13:28ORIGINAL WHO LEFT US MUCH TOO
00:13:33SOON. AND THAT CAN ONLY BE THE
00:13:35ONE AND ONLY LINDSEY GRAHAM. BY
00:13:41THE STRENGTH OF HIS STEADFAST CONVICTIONS, THE FORCE OF HIS
00:13:44MAGNETIC PERSONALITY, AND THE GOODNESS OF HIS NOBLE SOUL,
00:13:49LINDSEY ROSE FROM A SMALL TOWN
00:13:51IN RURAL SOUTH CAROLINA, A PLACE
00:13:53HE LOVED SO MUCH TO BECOME A
00:13:58CONSTANT FIXTURE OF AMERICAN POLITICS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL,
00:14:01AND A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH
00:14:03ALL OVER THE WORLD. FOR MORE
00:14:05THAN 30 YEARS, NOTHING OF
00:14:08CONSEQUENCE HAPPENED IN THIS CAPITOL WITHOUT LINDSEY GRAHAM
00:14:11KNOWING ABOUT IT. NOTHING OF
00:14:15SIGNIFICANCE HAPPENED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WITHOUT LINDSEY
00:14:18GRAHAM HAVING A VIEW ON IT. AND
00:14:21NO BILL BECAME LAW IN THE MOST
00:14:24EXCEPTIONAL REPUBLICAN HUMAN HISTORY WITHOUT LINDSEY GRAHAM
00:14:27HAVING A SAY IN IT. HE WAS A MAN
00:14:30WHO GAVE AMERICA THE FULL MEASURE OF HIS GOOD AND MIGHTY
00:14:34HEART UNTIL THAT HEART ITSELF
00:14:39JUST GAVE OUT. BUT EVEN THOUGH
00:14:41LINDSEY'S LIFE WAS STILL SO
00:14:46FULL OF VIM AND VIGOR, THERE CAN
00:14:49BE NO DOUBT THAT HE LIVED
00:14:52ABSOLUTELY TO THE FULLEST. HE
00:14:54DIED DOING THE WORK HE WAS BORN
00:14:56TO DO. HE WAS TRULY A GREAT
00:14:59POLITICIAN, SERVING THE COUNTRY.
00:15:01HE LOVED TO SERVE SO DEEPLY. HE
00:15:05WENT OUT AT THE PEAK OF HIS CAREER AND THE TOP OF HIS GAME
00:15:09AS A LEGEND THAT EVERYONE OF US,
00:15:12MANY OF US HERE TODAY, BLESSED
00:15:16TO KNOW HIM, AND A FRIEND THAT
00:15:17NONE OF US WILL EVER FORGET.
00:15:21THERE WAS TRULY NOBODY LIKE
00:15:23LINDSEY GRAHAM. IT WAS HIS
00:15:27HOMETOWN OF CENTRAL SOUTH
00:15:30CAROLINA THAT LINDSEY FIRST LEARNED. THE ART OF POLITICS.
00:15:34HIS PARENTS RAN A BAR AND POOL
00:15:38HALL ON MAIN STREET WITH A ROOM IN THE BACK, WHERE THE FAMILY
00:15:42SPENT AND SLEPT, AND DID
00:15:43EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAD TO DO.
00:15:46AS LINDSEY SAID, HIS FATHER TAUGHT HIM THE KEY TO BEING A
00:15:50SUCCESSFUL BAR OWNER IS THAT YOU
00:15:52HAVE TO BE FUNNY ENOUGH THAT
00:15:54PEOPLE WILL KEEP COMING BACK,
00:15:56AND THAT YOU HAVE TO BE TOUGH
00:15:58ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN STAY IN
00:16:00BUSINESS AND THRIVE. A VERY
00:16:03DIFFICULT COMBINATION. FOR HIS
00:16:05ENTIRE STORIED CAREER. THAT'S
00:16:07EXACTLY WHO LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO MAKE
00:16:10YOU LAUGH. AND ONE OF THE LAST
00:16:13PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE REALLY EVER
00:16:16WANTED TO FIGHT THESE WERE THE
00:16:18TRAITS THAT MADE HIM INTO ONE OF
00:16:21THE GREAT FIGURES IN SENATE
00:16:23HISTORY. IF YOU LIKE HIM AS A BOY. LINDSEY ALSO LEARNED HIS
00:16:27FIRST LESSONS IN DIPLOMACY. WHEN
00:16:30THE WIFE OF ONE REGULAR PATRON
00:16:32CALLED THE BAR, ASKING FOR HER
00:16:34HUSBAND. SHE DEMANDED TO KNOW,
00:16:37WHERE IS HE? THE MAN INSTRUCTED
00:16:39LINDSEY, TELL HER I'M NOT HERE.
00:16:43AND YOUNG LINDSEY NODDED AND
00:16:44SAID INTO THE PHONE TO THE WIFE,
00:16:48HE SAID TO TELL YOU THAT HE'S
00:16:49NOT HERE. THAT WAS LINDSEY. WHEN
00:16:54LINDSEY WAS JUST 20 YEARS OLD, HE LOST HIS MOM TO CANCER. 15
00:16:58MONTHS LATER, HE LOST HIS DAD.
00:17:01THEIR DEATHS LEFT HIS 13 YEAR
00:17:04OLD SISTER, DARLENE, AN ORPHAN.
00:17:07BUT IN GOD'S MERCY, SHE HAD HER WONDERFUL BROTHER TO TAKE CARE
00:17:09OF HER. ON TOP OF IT ALL,
00:17:12LINDSEY BECAME HER GUARDIAN
00:17:14WHILE STILL IN COLLEGE AND HELPED RAISE HER. HE LATER SAID
00:17:17THAT FOR ALL HIS ACHIEVEMENTS
00:17:19AND HE HAD MANY. HIS SINGLE,
00:17:23PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN LIFE
00:17:23WAS HOW WELL DARLENE TURNED OUT.
00:17:28HE HAD TOTAL RESPECT AND LOVE
00:17:33FOR DARLENE. NOTHING COULD BE
00:17:36MORE FITTING THAN THAT WOMAN WHO
00:17:37WAS LINDSEY'S PROUDEST LEGACY.
00:17:40NOW CONTINUES HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE IN THE U.S. SENATE, A
00:17:44PLACE THAT HE CHERISHED. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE IS LOOKING
00:17:48DOWN TODAY, BEAMING WITH PRIDE
00:17:51AT HIS SISTER, SENATOR DARLINE
00:17:55GRAHAM. THANK YOU, SENATOR.
00:17:58LINDSEY FIRST STORMED INTO
00:18:00WASHINGTON WITH THE REPUBLICAN
00:18:03REVOLUTION OF 1994, BECOMING THE
00:18:05FIRST REPUBLICAN TO WIN HIS
00:18:08HOUSE DISTRICT IN 120 YEARS.
00:18:09THAT WAS LINDSEY IN 2002. HE RAN
00:18:15FOR THE SENATE IN WHAT SHOULD
00:18:16HAVE BEEN A LOSS, AND HE SWEPT
00:18:21TO AN EASY VICTORY. LINDSEY QUICKLY BECAME A MASTER AT MANEUVERING IN ONE OF THE
00:18:25WORLD'S GREAT LEGISLATIVE BODIES. HE SECURED RECORD
00:18:29FUNDING FOR OUR MILITARY AS A
00:18:31BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. HE
00:18:34DELIVERED THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN BORDER SECURITY IN HISTORY,
00:18:36AND LAST YEAR, HE SHEPHERDED THE PASSAGE OF THE LARGEST TAX CUTS
00:18:40IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE GREAT,
00:18:45BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL, AND A LOT OF LINDSEY GOODIES IN THERE,
00:18:49TOO, I CAN TELL YOU. AND OF COURSE, HE WAS ALSO A GREAT
00:18:52CHAMPION OF THE UNITED STATES
00:18:54SUPREME COURT. HIS IMPASSIONED
00:18:58DEFENSE OF A WONDERFUL PERSON, A
00:19:00GREAT GENTLEMAN JUSTICE
00:19:02KAVANAUGH ENDED A DISGRACEFUL
00:19:05ATTACK ON THIS VERY GOOD MAN AND
00:19:07GAVE US ONE OF THE GREATEST
00:19:11MOMENTS THE SENATE HAS EVER
00:19:13SEEN. IT WAS A TRULY MONUMENTAL
00:19:15MOMENT IN SENATE HISTORY. I
00:19:20BELIEVE IT WAS LINDSEY'S PERHAPS
00:19:22FINEST HOUR, BUT NO MATTER HOW
00:19:24HEATED THINGS GOT IN WASHINGTON,
00:19:26VIRTUALLY EVERYONE, REPUBLICAN
00:19:29OR DEMOCRAT, LIKED LINDSEY.
00:19:31WELL, NOT EVERYBODY, BUT IT HE
00:19:36WAS A TOUGH COOKIE. OKAY, I HAVE TO BE. I HAVE TO VEER FROM THIS
00:19:39FOR A SECOND. HE WAS A TOUGH COOKIE. DARLENE, BUT HE WAS
00:19:42BEAUTIFUL. BUT HE WAS ALSO READY
00:19:45WITH A JOKE AND A GLEAM IN HIS
00:19:48EYE. AFTER BEING LECTURED ON THE
00:19:51EXCRUCIATING DETAILS OF PATENT
00:19:53LAW BY A FELLOW SENATOR DURING A
00:19:57FLIGHT, LINDSEY DECLARED THAT HE HAD DISCOVERED A NEW FORM OF
00:20:01ENHANCED INTERROGATION AND
00:20:04TORTURE FOR THE GUANTANAMO BAY
00:20:08AREA. HE SAID, THIS IS REALLY
00:20:11BAD STUFF AND BORING. AND WHILE HE WAS AN INCREDIBLY HARD
00:20:15WORKER, HE WAS NOT EXACTLY AN
00:20:16EARLY RISER. AS MANY OF YOU
00:20:20KNOW, WHEN SENATOR TIM SCOTT, A
00:20:22GREAT GENTLEMAN IN HIS OWN
00:20:24RIGHT, I CAN TELL YOU, INVITED
00:20:27HIM TO PRAYER BREAKFAST AT 8:30
00:20:28A.M.. LINDSEY TOLD HIM, TIM, IF
00:20:31JESUS HIMSELF COMES BACK BEFORE
00:20:3310 A.M., I AIN'T GOING YET.
00:20:38WELL, HE WAS ALWAYS QUICK TO LAUGH, AND NO ONE EVER DOUBTED
00:20:41THE GRAVITY OF HIS MISSION. ABOVE ALL, LINDSEY GRAHAM
00:20:45BELIEVED IN A STRONG AMERICA,
00:20:48WANTED A STRONG AMERICA. HE HAD
00:20:51UNWAVERING FAITH IN THE
00:20:54RIGHTEOUSNESS OF AMERICAN POWER
00:20:56AND PRAYER, AND HE WAS EXTREMELY HAWKISH. I WILL TELL YOU, HE
00:20:59NEVER SAW A WAR THAT HE DIDN'T
00:21:02LIKE, ONLY HIS TRUE FRIENDS WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT HE
00:21:05WANTED IT FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY. HE FELT IN HIS BONES
00:21:08THAT OUR DESTINY IS TO WIN, AND
00:21:11THAT HIS JOB WAS TO DO EVERYTHING HE COULD TO ENSURE
00:21:14OUR ENEMIES WOULD LOSE. IT WAS
00:21:17THIS CONVICTION THAT LED HIM TO
00:21:19SERVE 33 YEARS IN UNIFORM IN THE
00:21:25AIR FORCE AND AIR FORCE RESERVES, AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD. EVEN WHILE HE WAS IN
00:21:29OFFICE. AND IT WAS THIS CONVICTION THAT TOOK HIM AS A
00:21:32SENATOR TO ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY
00:21:34ON EARTH, CONFRONTING AMERICA'S
00:21:37ADVERSARIES AND STANDING UP FOR AMERICA'S FRIENDS. HE HAD
00:21:40TREMENDOUS FRIENDSHIPS ALL OVER
00:21:43THE WORLD. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HIS TOWERING IMPACT THAT AMONG
00:21:47THOSE MOURNING HIM HERE TODAY
00:21:48ARE LEADERS, PRESIDENTS, PRIME
00:21:51MINISTERS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE. THEY'RE SITTING RIGHT
00:21:54HERE BEFORE YOU, LINDSEY, MET
00:21:57COUNTLESS WORLD LEADERS. YET WHEREVER HE WENT, HE WAS ALWAYS
00:22:01THE SAME. LINDSEY GRAHAM, WHEN
00:22:03HE MET LIBYAN DICTATOR MUAMMAR
00:22:08GADDAFI IN A TENT IN THE DESERT. HE TOLD HIM, I EXPECTED
00:22:11SOMETHING OUT OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. THIS LOOKS MORE LIKE A
00:22:14WINNEBAGO. THAT WAS NOT A GOOD STATEMENT TO MAKE AT THE TIME,
00:22:18AND WHEN HE MET THE DALAI LAMA, LINDSAY LOOKED HIM STRAIGHT IN
00:22:22THE EYES AND SAID, SO, CAN YOU
00:22:27REALLY LEVITATE? DALAI LAMA WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT. BUT NO
00:22:31MATTER HOW HIGH HE ROSE, HE
00:22:34NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME FROM. THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A SINGLE
00:22:38TOWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE LINDSEY DID NOT HELP REPAIR A
00:22:41BRIDGE OR EXPAND A SCHOOL,
00:22:43IMPROVE A HOSPITAL, OR RECOVER
00:22:46FROM A DISASTER. HE WAS A FORCE
00:22:48OF NATURE, AND I WILL MISS HIM
00:22:52GREATLY. AS YOU REMEMBER, LINDSEY AND I DID NOT EXACTLY
00:22:55GET OFF TO THE BEST OF STARTS
00:22:58RUNNING AGAINST EACH OTHER BACK
00:23:03IN 2016, LINDSEY SAID SOMETHING
00:23:04RATHER NASTY ON HIS FLIGHT TO BECOMING THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF
00:23:08THE UNITED STATES. SO NATURALLY,
00:23:12I DID SOMETHING THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE. I SHARED
00:23:16HIS PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBER WITH THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAPPEN TO BE WATCHING THAT
00:23:20PARTICULAR DAY, AS I MADE A
00:23:21SPEECH, A VERY IMPORTANT SPEECH.
00:23:24AND I REMEMBER THE NUMBER 202) 228-0292. IF ANYBODY WANTS
00:23:28TO GIVE IT A SHOT, HIS PHONE
00:23:32EXPLODED. HE SAID, I HAD THAT NUMBER FOR 20 YEARS. HIS PHONE TOTALLY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE
00:23:36DID WITH IT, BUT IT EXPLODED.
00:23:39THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A FRIENDSHIP, IN A WAY, BUT IT WAS
00:23:43LINDSEY WHO HAD THE LAST LAUGH, BECAUSE WHILE I BLEW UP HIS
00:23:46PHONE ALL FOR ONE DAY, WE BECAME
00:23:50GREAT FRIENDS. AND LINDSEY DID NOT STOP CALLING ME FOR THE NEXT
00:23:54TEN YEARS. IT WAS NOT EASY. I
00:23:58ALWAYS CHERISH THE MEMORIES OF
00:24:00OUR GOLF GAMES, AND ONLY BECAUSE
00:24:03OF HIS REALLY, UH. AND I WILL SAY THIS MEMORIAL SERVICE. IT'S
00:24:07SO HARD TO SAY. A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR LINDSEY. IT'S HARD
00:24:10TO SAY, BUT I'LL ADMIT THAT ONE
00:24:12TIME, LINDSEY GRAHAM AND ANNIKA
00:24:15SORENSTAM ACTUALLY BEAT ME AND
00:24:18GARY PLAYER TOGETHER. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? ANNIKA PLAYED VERY
00:24:21WELL THAT DAY. ACTUALLY. BUT
00:24:26RIGHT TO THE END, LINDSEY CARRIED IN HIS GOLF BAG THE PUTTER THAT ONCE BELONGED TO HIS
00:24:30DAD, AND HE CARRIED IT WITH HIM,
00:24:33WITH CLASS AND WITH A RING THAT
00:24:35WAS SO BEAUTIFUL OF HIS MOTHER.
00:24:39AND THEY WERE LAYING RIGHT AT HIS BEDSIDE THE NIGHT HE DIED.
00:24:42THEY WERE THERE. HE HAD THEM
00:24:44WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES. FROM THAT
00:24:47POOL HALL WHERE HIS PARENTS RAISED HIM TO THE HALLS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, WHERE HE
00:24:51WAS RESPECTED AND LOVED. THE SON
00:24:56OF SOUTH CAROLINA BECAME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MEN IN THE
00:25:00MOST IMPORTANT COUNTRY ON EARTH. IN A CITY WHERE POLITICIANS
00:25:03OFTEN BECOME JADED AND CYNICAL,
00:25:05LINDSEY GRAHAM NEVER LOST THE
00:25:08OLD FASHIONED AMERICAN IDEALISM
00:25:11THAT BROUGHT HIM TO THE HIGHEST
00:25:14LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND LIFE.
00:25:16HE TOOK HIS DUTY SERIOUSLY WITHOUT TAKING HIMSELF TOO
00:25:19SERIOUSLY. HE WAS UNWAVERING IN HIS PRINCIPLES, BUT ALWAYS
00:25:22WILLING TO LISTEN. HE ALWAYS
00:25:25WANTED TO LISTEN. AND ONE THING
00:25:27ABOUT LINDSEY THAT WE ALL KNOW,
00:25:30HE NEVER QUIT. YOU WANTED HIM TO QUIT. YOU WAITED FOR HIM TO
00:25:34QUIT. BUT HE WOULD NEVER QUIT. ABOVE ALL, LINDSEY GRAHAM LOVED
00:25:37AMERICA, AND HE BELIEVED IN THE
00:25:39AMERICAN PEOPLE. IF YOU SHARED
00:25:42THAT VIEW, YOU HAD A FRIEND IN
00:25:43LINDSEY. IF YOU DIDN'T SHARE IT,
00:25:46THERE WAS NO FIERCER OR MORE
00:25:49CONSTANT OPPONENT. OUR NATION
00:25:52NEEDS MORE MEN AND WOMEN LIKE
00:25:54THAT. GREAT PERSON, SITTING,
00:26:00LAYING, WHEREVER HE MAY BE. I THINK I KNOW WHERE HE IS, AND I THINK HE'S UP THERE. I THINK
00:26:03HE'S WATCHING US. I'M PRETTY
00:26:04SURE OF IT SCRIPTURE TELLS US
00:26:09THAT BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO
00:26:13REMAINS STEADFAST UNDER TRIAL,
00:26:14FOR WHEN HE HAS STOOD THE TEST,
00:26:21HE WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE. FOR 71 YEARS, LINDSEY
00:26:22GRAHAM WAS STRONG AND STEADFAST
00:26:26AS A BROTHER, A SENATOR, A
00:26:28WARRIOR, AND A PATRIOT. HE
00:26:31WITHSTOOD EVERY LAST TEST, EVERY SINGLE TEST THAT YOU CAN GO
00:26:34THROUGH. AND EVERY TRIAL. AND NOW HE WEARS THE CROWN OF LIFE
00:26:38IN HEAVEN, REUNITED WITH HIS
00:26:41PARENTS AND REUNITED WITH HIS
00:26:43LORD I END BY SAYING SOMETHING
00:26:49VERY, VERY SPECIAL. LINDSEY, WE
00:26:51LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. WE WILL
00:26:55ALWAYS BE WITH YOU. AND YOU WERE VERY, VERY SPECIAL. THANK YOU.
00:26:58THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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00:27:41>> MORE
00:28:27ISLAND.
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00:28:37>> SHALL ALL. PYSHER
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00:29:21>> BRENT.
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00:29:38>> IN. JESUS . SHALL BE.
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00:29:54>> MICHELE REINER. LUMMIS SHALL.
00:30:10ALL. SHALL.
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00:31:28>> I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. ON BEHALF OF
00:31:31LINDSEY, DARLENE, AND HIS FAMILY
00:31:35THAT LOVED HIM SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, UM, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT
00:31:38I SPEAK FOR A LIVING, AND
00:31:41PRESIDENT TRUMP OFTEN REMINDS ME
00:31:45THAT I KIND OF NEVER STOPPED
00:31:46TALKING. WHETHER ON AIR OR OFF
00:31:50AIR. AND WHILE IT IS AN HONOR TO
00:31:51BE STANDING IN THIS PLACE TODAY,
00:31:55UM, I SIMPLY WISH THAT OUR DEAR FRIEND LINDSAY, WERE HERE WITH
00:31:59US, AS ALL OF YOU DO. HE WOULD
00:32:01HAVE BEEN SO PROUD. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SO HONORED, MR.
00:32:04PRESIDENT, THAT YOU WERE HERE. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, THAT YOU
00:32:07WERE HERE. I SEE THE SECRETARY
00:32:09OF STATE IS HERE. I SEE THE
00:32:12ENTIRE CABINET IS HERE. UM, THANK YOU. ALL OF YOU. EACH AND
00:32:15EVERY ONE OF YOU. CHIEF OF STAFF IS HERE. STEVE WITKOFF IS HERE.
00:32:18I SEE EVERYBODY. WE ARE HERE TO
00:32:23SAY GOODBYE. AS THE PRESIDENT
00:32:25SAID TO A TRUE ORIGINAL. THERE
00:32:28WAS NOBODY LIKE LINDSEY GRAHAM,
00:32:30NOBODY. HE LOVED BEING A US SENATOR. HE LOVED REPRESENTING
00:32:34THE GREAT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. HE WORKED HARDER. HE
00:32:38TRAVELED MORE THAN ANY SENATOR I
00:32:40EVER KNEW. I COULDN'T BELIEVE
00:32:44HIS TRAVEL SCHEDULE, AND HE WAS JUST A FORCE OF NATURE, IN A
00:32:47GOOD WAY, FOR GOOD REASONS.
00:32:52NOBODY VISITED MORE WAR ZONES. NOBODY MET WITH MORE ACTIVE DUTY
00:32:55TROOPS. NOBODY LOVED, WITH THE
00:32:58EXCEPTION, PERHAPS, OF OUR PRESIDENT, OUR MILITARY, MORE.
00:33:02AND THAT INCLUDED THE DECADES OF
00:33:04SERVICE THAT HE SERVED HIMSELF,
00:33:06BOTH ON ACTIVE DUTY AND IN THE
00:33:09RESERVES TO OUR NATION'S WARRIORS. I HAVE A MESSAGE TO
00:33:12YOU TODAY. HE WAS SO, SO
00:33:17GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR LIVES ON THE LINE
00:33:20FOR YOUR COUNTRY. NOBODY ADMIRED YOU MORE. NOW, I WANT TO SAY,
00:33:24FOR THE RECORD, LINDSEY AND I
00:33:26DID NOT ALWAYS AGREE. NOT ON EVERYTHING, BUT WE COULD
00:33:30DISAGREE, AND WE COULD REMAIN FRIENDS. AND WE REMAIN FRIENDS
00:33:33FOR DECADES. WE HAD SIMILAR
00:33:37BACKGROUNDS. THIS MAY SHOCK SOME
00:33:39OF YOU. WE BOTH IN DIFFERENT
00:33:41WAYS. WE BOTH GREW UP IN A BAR.
00:33:43YOU KNOW, I STARTED WORKING AT
00:33:4512, WASHING DISHES TILL TWO THREE IN THE MORNING. THEN I WAS
00:33:49A COOK AT 13. AT 17, I WAS
00:33:54TENDING BAR LINDSAY, AS THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED, AND A
00:33:56BARTENDER AT 17, AND HIS FATHER,
00:34:00DARLINE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW,
00:34:03HE RAN A BAR. HE RAN A LIQUOR
00:34:05STORE, HE RAN A POOLROOM. AND
00:34:08IT'S AMAZING WHAT, WHAT LIFE LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN IN THAT
00:34:12ENVIRONMENT. BY THE WAY, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE REALLY GOOD LESSONS.
00:34:15UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE DID
00:34:19LAUGH ABOUT IT CONSTANTLY. WE
00:34:20SHARED STORIES ALWAYS. AND YES, WE, I SHOULDN'T ADMIT THIS. IN
00:34:24THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL. WE COULD
00:34:28STILL CURSE LIKE WE WERE BEHIND
00:34:30THE BAR. LINDSAY DOES HOLD A COUPLE OF RECORDS THAT I DON'T THINK WILL EVER BE BROKEN ON THE
00:34:34FOX NEWS CHANNEL. UM, AND NUMBER
00:34:38ONE WAS HOW FREELY HE WOULD USE CERTAIN WORDS ON MY SHOW IN
00:34:42PARTICULAR. NOW, IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL, I WILL NOT
00:34:46REPEAT THEM. BUT HIS FIRST
00:34:49RECORD WAS ON HOW MANY DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THOSE WORDS WOULD COME
00:34:53FLYING OUT OF HIS MOUTH. THAT WAS RECORD ONE. RECORD NUMBER
00:34:56TWO WAS, HOW MANY TIMES COULD HE
00:34:58SAY IT IN A SINGLE APPEARANCE? I
00:35:00DID SHOW A MONTAGE ON MY SHOW
00:35:02ABOUT THIS, AND, YOU KNOW, I
00:35:05WILL SELFISHLY ADMIT THAT WHEN A
00:35:07U.S. SENATOR UTTERS CERTAIN WORDS ON NATIONAL TV, IT IS
00:35:11REALLY, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU'LL APPRECIATE THIS. IT IS GREAT FOR
00:35:15RATINGS. AND SENATOR GRAHAM WAS
00:35:17GREAT FOR RATINGS BECAUSE PEOPLE
00:35:20LISTENED TO HIM. HE DREW YOU IN.
00:35:22HE, HE, HE HAD THAT PASSION TO
00:35:27DRAW YOU IN. SO FOR THAT, I WAS
00:35:29VERY GRATEFUL. LINDSAY ALSO IS WELL KNOWN ON MY TV SHOW. HE WAS
00:35:33A SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTER. I DON'T THINK ANY ONE PERSON EVER, SAID LINDSEY GRAHAM.COM.
00:35:37MORE THAN LINDSEY GRAHAM. AND
00:35:41THEN HE'D CALL ME HOURS LATER AND TELL ME HOW MUCH MONEY HE
00:35:44RAISED ON MY SHOW THAT NIGHT.
00:35:48AND OVER AND OVER. IF HE WERE HERE TODAY, I'M SURE HE WOULD
00:35:51NOT MISS A CHANCE TO SAY DARLINE
00:35:54GRAHAM .COM. I'LL SAY IT FOR
00:35:56HIM. FOR THE RECORD, IT WAS ALWAYS A BIT RISKY TO HAVE
00:36:00LINDSEY ON YOUR TV SHOW. MY FOX
00:36:02COLLEAGUES, THEY WOULD
00:36:04UNDERSTAND THIS, AND I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN FIRED FOR ANY
00:36:08OF THESE OCCASIONS. AND I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO MY BOSS,
00:36:12LACHLAN MURDOCH. HE IS WITH US
00:36:14TODAY, UH, AND HIS FATHER,
00:36:16RUPERT, THE FOUNDER OF THE FOX
00:36:19NEWS CHANNEL, AND THEY NEVER HELD ME ACCOUNTABLE. DARLENE,
00:36:22FOR WHAT YOUR BROTHER SAID. AND
00:36:25I'M ABOUT TO FINISH MY 30th YEAR AT FOX, IN PART BECAUSE I
00:36:28GOT TO INTERVIEW WONDERFUL
00:36:30LEADERS LIKE YOUR BROTHER,
00:36:33LINDSEY. I WANT EVERYBODY TO
00:36:35KNOW. WAS SO PROUD TO BE A
00:36:38SENATOR. HE WAS SO PROUD TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH
00:36:42CAROLINA, FOR THE PEOPLE OF THAT
00:36:43GREAT STATE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW,
00:36:47WITH NO AMBIGUITY, THAT YOU GAVE
00:36:50LINDSEY GRAHAM THE HONOR OF A LIFETIME. THANK YOU. AT HIS
00:36:53CORE, LINDSEY WAS A MAN DRIVEN
00:36:56BY PRINCIPLE. GOD, FAMILY,
00:37:00COUNTRY. HE WAS A FRIEND'S FRIEND. HE WAS A GREAT PATRIOT.
00:37:03HE FOUGHT WITH EVERY OUNCE OF STRENGTH HE HAD IN HIS BODY FOR
00:37:06THE THINGS THAT HE DEEPLY
00:37:08BELIEVED IN. HE WAS ALSO, AS MY
00:37:11FRIEND, ONE OF THE FUNNIEST
00:37:13PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD EVER KNOW.
00:37:15WE LAUGHED NONSTOP. WE LAUGHED
00:37:17OFTEN ABOUT MANY OF YOU IN THIS
00:37:22ROOM. WITH ME, HE NEVER HELD
00:37:27BACK. AND THAT WAS THE BASIS OF OUR DEEP FRIENDSHIP. I WILL
00:37:30MISS, I WILL MISS HIM SO MUCH.
00:37:35MR. PRESIDENT. HE WOULD BE SO
00:37:39HONORED, SO HONORED THAT YOU ARE
00:37:40HERE TODAY. HE LOVED YOU. YOU AS
00:37:46HE LOVED HIS COUNTRY. HE LOVED THE TIMES YOU PLAYED GOLF. I
00:37:49HEARD ABOUT EVERY SINGLE
00:37:51SOLITARY HOLE. HE LOVED THE MEALS THAT YOU SHARED. HE LOVED
00:37:55THE LATE NIGHT CONVERSATIONS YOU
00:37:57HAD. AND MR. PRESIDENT, YOU GAVE
00:38:00HIM THE GREATEST GIFT OF HIS
00:38:02LIFE. AND THAT WAS A FRONT ROW
00:38:06SEAT AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF
00:38:08HISTORY IN THE MAKING. IT MEANT THE WORLD TO HIM. THANK YOU,
00:38:11SIR, FOR THAT. I SEE PRIME
00:38:16MINISTER NETANYAHU IS HERE. MR. PRIME MINISTER, YOU TWO HAVE
00:38:19BEEN A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE FOR
00:38:2030 YEARS. IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE
00:38:24YOU AND LINDSAY WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN AWAY THAT YOU TOOK THIS
00:38:28LONG JOURNEY WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL BRIDE. TO BE HERE TODAY. HE
00:38:32LOVED YOU. HE LOVED THE STATE OF
00:38:35ISRAEL. HE LOVED THE PEOPLE OF
00:38:36ISRAEL. UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP,
00:38:39ISRAEL HAS BEEN ONE OF
00:38:41AMERICA'S MOST CONSISTENT AND
00:38:43LOYAL ALLIES. HE WAS NEVER SHY
00:38:46TO SAY IT TO THE DAY HE PASSED,
00:38:49AND JUST AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
00:38:53BEEN ISRAEL'S STRONGEST FRIEND IN THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE
00:38:56HOUSE, YOU KNOW, THE TWO
00:38:59PARTNERS ALIGNED TOGETHER.
00:39:02LINDSAY WAS THAT FRIEND TO
00:39:05ISRAEL IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. AS LONG AS I'VE KNOWN
00:39:08THIS MAN LINDSAY, HE WAS OFTEN
00:39:12UNFAIRLY CHARACTERIZED AS A WARMONGER. I'VE HEARD THAT
00:39:16FALSE CRITICISM A LOT. IT'S NOT
00:39:19TRUE. THE TRUTH WAS THE
00:39:21OPPOSITE. LINDSAY DESPERATELY
00:39:23WANTED AND TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT A LASTING PEACE
00:39:27IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HE WANTED
00:39:29EVERY REGION, EVERY COUNTRY IN THE REGION, ON THAT PATH TO
00:39:33PEACE. THAT WAS LINDSAY'S DREAM.
00:39:37IF PEOPLE WOULD ONLY LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD BEEN SAYING HIS
00:39:40GREATEST GIFT IN LIFE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WAS LINDSAY HAD
00:39:44MORAL CLARITY. HE UNDERSTOOD
00:39:45RIGHT FROM WRONG, GOOD FROM
00:39:49EVIL. AND HE KNEW, AS PRESIDENT
00:39:52TRUMP KNOWS, AS ISRAEL KNOWS, AS
00:39:56I KNOW, THERE CAN BE NO PATH TO
00:39:58PEACE UNTIL EVIL IS DEFEATED.
00:40:01EVIL, IN THIS CASE, EMBODIED IN
00:40:05A DEATH CULT, AN IDEOLOGY. THE
00:40:07WORLD'S NUMBER ONE STATE
00:40:10SPONSOR OF TERROR. THANKS TO THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE PRESIDENT,
00:40:13THE PRIME MINISTER, AND MANY
00:40:15OTHER ALLIES, I PRAY THEIR DAYS
00:40:18ARE NUMBERS, AND I PRAY THAT
00:40:20LINDSAY'S DREAM OF A LASTING
00:40:22PEACE BECOMES REAL. I SOON I SEE
00:40:26PRESIDENT ZELENSKY IS HERE. PRESIDENT ZELENSKY, I KNOW THAT
00:40:30LINDSAY WOULD HAVE BEEN DEEPLY MOVED AND HONORED THAT YOU MADE
00:40:34THIS LONG JOURNEY TO BE HERE TODAY. GOD. GOD, OUR FATHER
00:40:37CALLED HIM HOME NOT LONG AFTER
00:40:40HE RETURNED FROM YET ANOTHER
00:40:43PERILOUS TRIP TO KYIV TO MEET WITH YOU AND OUR PRIVATE
00:40:46CONVERSATIONS. HE OFTEN MARVELED AT YOUR STRENGTH AGAINST THE
00:40:49WORLD, ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST BRUTAL REGIMES. HE SAW YOU, AND
00:40:53HE SAID IT TO ME ONCE AS A
00:40:56WARRIOR, POET OR WARRIOR
00:40:57COMEDIAN. HE USED THOSE TERMS
00:41:00AND ON PAPER, I THINK EVERYBODY
00:41:04WOULD AGREE. ON PAPER, UKRAINE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEFEATED IN
00:41:08MONTHS. AND HERE WE ARE, NEARLY FIVE YEARS LATER, AND YOUR
00:41:12COUNTRY HAS SHOWN A FIGHTING SPIRIT THAT NO ONE EVER
00:41:16PREDICTED. NOW, HE WAS PROUD OF
00:41:17YOU, AND THE COURAGE OF YOUR
00:41:22COUNTRYMEN. THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, WHO
00:41:25I SEE HERE WITH US TODAY, JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, IN AN
00:41:29UNFORTUNATE WAY, YOU BROUGHT OUT
00:41:32THE VERY BEST IN LINDSAY FOR THE
00:41:35ENTIRE COUNTRY TO SEE. NOW, HE
00:41:39SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AS A GRAVE
00:41:42INJUSTICE. AND THE WORLD GOT TO WITNESS, MY FRIEND, THE PERSON
00:41:46THAT I KNEW IN ACTION. AND THEY
00:41:48GOT TO SEE HIM AT HIS ABSOLUTE
00:41:53BEST. HE UNLOADED ON THOSE THAT WERE BEING UNFAIR AND BRUTAL TO
00:41:57YOUR FAMILY AND TO YOU. AND I BELIEVE IT WAS HIS FINEST
00:42:00MOMENT, AS THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED, AS A U.S. SENATOR.
00:42:03AND JUST AS WITH JUSTICE THOMAS
00:42:07BEFORE HIM AND BEFORE YOU AND BEFORE ROBERT BORK, BEFORE YOU,
00:42:10HE HAD HAD ENOUGH. HE'D HAD
00:42:15ENOUGH. HE LET THE WORLD KNOW IT. THANK YOU, JUSTICE
00:42:18KAVANAUGH, FOR BEING HERE. TO
00:42:21THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE, LED BY MAJORITY LEADER THUNE, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE MIKE
00:42:25JOHNSON, ALL THE MEMBERS OF
00:42:28CONGRESS PRESENT. YOU ALL KNOW HE LOVED HIS JOB. HE LIVED IT.
00:42:31HE BREATHED IT, AND HE LEFT
00:42:34EVERY SINGLE BIT OF ENERGY HE HAD ON THE FIELD, FIGHTING FOR
00:42:38WHAT HE BELIEVED IN. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT, I'LL SAY IT
00:42:41FOR HIM. YOU WERE HIS SECOND
00:42:44FAMILY. I SEE MY FRIEND, SENATOR TIM SCOTT, MY OTHER DEAR SOUTH
00:42:48CAROLINA FRIEND. I HAVE ONE MORE THAT IS HERE WITH ME TODAY.
00:42:51THAT'S REALLY EXTRA SPECIAL.
00:42:59SENATOR SCOTT LINDSAY LOVED YOU.
00:43:02YOUR UNWAVERING LOYALTY MEANT THE WORLD TO HIM. EVEN BEFORE
00:43:04HIS LAST PRIMARY. WHEN YOU CAME
00:43:07ON MY SHOW THE NIGHT BEFORE THAT PRIMARY, AND YOU ADVOCATED FOR
00:43:11HIM BETTER THAN HE COULD EVER ADVOCATE FOR HIMSELF, IT TOUCHED
00:43:15HIM DEEPLY. HE ALWAYS KNEW. HE ALWAYS KNEW AND UNDERSTOOD THAT
00:43:18YOU HAD MUCH HIGHER POLLING NUMBERS THAN HE DID. HE WAS
00:43:21NEVER JEALOUS, EVER. HE WAS
00:43:24PROUD OF YOU. AND YOU DEFINE
00:43:26WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A MAN OF CHARACTER AND A TRUE FRIEND. I
00:43:30SEE MY FRIEND TREY GOWDY, MY FELLOW FOX HOST, IS HERE,
00:43:33ANOTHER DEAR AND LOYAL FRIEND.
00:43:35HE LOVED PLAYING GOLF WITH YOU. HE LOVED WHEN YOU MADE FUN OF
00:43:38HIM, WHICH, BY THE WAY, WAS
00:43:42USUALLY VERY JUSTIFIED. YOU ARE
00:43:44CONFIDANT. YOU WERE A MENTOR IN
00:43:47WAYS THAT PEOPLE WILL NEVER
00:43:49KNOW. I SEE GOVERNOR MCMASTER IS HERE. YOU ARE LINDSAY'S FRIENDS
00:43:53IN LIFE, AND AN EVEN GREATER
00:43:55FRIEND AFTER HIS PASSING. YOU
00:43:58UNDERSTOOD THE DEEP LOVE THAT HE HAD FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. AND YOU
00:44:02RECOGNIZE WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO
00:44:04APPOINT HIS YOUNGER SISTER, DARLENE, TO FINISH THE WORK OF
00:44:07HER BIG BROTHER. THAT DECISION
00:44:12REFLECTED THE BEST OF SOUTH
00:44:16CAROLINA VALUES. GOVERNOR, THANK
00:44:18YOU. LAST AND MOST IMPORTANT, MY
00:44:20DEAR FRIEND, SENATOR DARLINE
00:44:22GRAHAM YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT
00:44:27YOU'RE HERE WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL
00:44:29HUSBAND, YOUR FAMILY, ALL THE
00:44:31PEOPLE THAT LOVE YOU, LOVE
00:44:34LINDSEY. AND AS YOU HAVE SAID
00:44:36YOURSELF, LINDSEY WAS YOUR
00:44:38BROTHER, YOUR FATHER, AND YOUR
00:44:43MOTHER. AND YOU WERE ONLY, AS THE PRESIDENT POINTED OUT, YOU
00:44:45WERE ONLY 13 YEARS OLD WHEN YOUR
00:44:48PARENTS PASSED AWAY, AND HE WAS
00:44:50ONLY 21 YEARS OLD. AND HE LEFT
00:44:53SCHOOL, AND HE TOOK OVER THE
00:44:55FAMILY BUSINESS, AND HE MADE IT
00:44:58HIS BUSINESS TO RAISE HIS LITTLE
00:45:01SISTER. POLITICS WAS POLITICS. LINDSEY AND I TALKED A LOT OF
00:45:04POLITICS, BUT YOU, DARLENE, YOU
00:45:08WERE HIS LIFE. YOUR FAMILY WAS
00:45:12HIS LIFE. YOU WERE HIS GOD GIVEN
00:45:14PURPOSE. HE LOVED YOU WITH ALL
00:45:17OF HIS HEART. AND HE TOLD ME
00:45:20OFTEN, NOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT HE
00:45:23WAS A TRUE BELIEVER. WE KNOW
00:45:25THAT HE IS IN PARADISE TODAY,
00:45:29AND WE KNOW THAT HE IS SO PROUD
00:45:30OF YOU. WE ALL KNOW IN THIS ROOM
00:45:34TODAY, THIS BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL, THAT THESE PAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BEEN THE HARDEST TWO WEEKS OF
00:45:38YOUR LIFE. AND MOST PEOPLE COULD
00:45:41NOT IMAGINE LOSING THE BROTHER
00:45:44THAT RAISED THEM. AND THEN
00:45:48ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, YOU GOT A CALL FROM
00:45:52THE PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY.
00:45:55YOU GOT A CALL FROM THE GOVERNOR
00:45:57OF YOUR STATE. THEY ASKED YOU IF
00:46:01YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO STEP UP
00:46:03AND FINISH THE WORK OF THE BROTHER THAT WE HONOR HERE
00:46:07TODAY. YOUR BROTHER, LINDSEY,
00:46:10YOU BARELY HAD TIME TO MOURN, IF
00:46:14ANY. YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU ASKED
00:46:17YOURSELF. THE ONE QUESTION THAT
00:46:20MATTERED. WHAT WOULD LINDSEY
00:46:23WANT ME TO DO? THAT WAS THE ONE
00:46:28QUESTION YOU PUT YOUR PERSONAL TRAGEDY ASIDE FOR THE STATE, FOR
00:46:31THE STATE THAT YOU LOVE, AND FOR
00:46:34THE COUNTRY THAT YOU LOVE. WITHIN TWO DAYS, YOU WERE SWORN
00:46:37IN AS THE FIRST FEMALE SENATOR
00:46:40FROM THE GREAT STATE OF SOUTH
00:46:42CAROLINA. AND BY THE WEEKEND,
00:46:46YOU WERE IN SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT
00:46:48ON YOUR HANDS AND KNEES WITH
00:46:51YOUR DAUGHTER, PAINTING HER
00:46:55PARKING SPACE AT HER SCHOOL THAT
00:46:58WAS THE WEEK THAT YOUR BROTHER
00:46:59PASSED AWAY. NOW, TO ME, THAT TELLS US EVERYTHING WE NEED TO
00:47:03KNOW ABOUT YOU, YOUR BROTHER
00:47:07LOVED YOU WITH ALL HIS HEART I
00:47:11WOULD BE NEGLIGENT IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE LINDSAY STAFF.
00:47:14THERE'S TOO MANY TO MENTION THE
00:47:15HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO TO THIS
00:47:20SERVICE TODAY, AND THE SERVICE THAT WILL BE IN COLOMBIA
00:47:23TOMORROW. HIS EXTRAORDINARY SENATE STAFF. I KNOW HOW HARD
00:47:25YOU ALL WORKED, RICHARD PERRY,
00:47:28VAN CARTO, TARA, I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORKED. KEVIN TAYLOR, THERE
00:47:32ARE SO MANY OTHERS, TOO MANY TO
00:47:34NAME THE FACT THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOU ARE STAYING ON
00:47:38TO WORK FOR DARLENE WOULD HAVE MADE HIM GRATEFUL BEYOND WORDS
00:47:42AND ON HIS BEHALF. I WANT TO SAY
00:47:45THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. THANK
00:47:49YOU. MY CHRISTIAN FAITH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME IN MY
00:47:52LIFE I LIKE LINDSAY, GOD,
00:47:55FAMILY, COUNTRY, AND I BELIEVE
00:47:59THAT WITH ALL MY HEART, WE WILL
00:48:00SEE HIM AGAIN. TO MY DEAR
00:48:04FRIEND, TO OUR FEARLESS WARRIOR, I WILL MISS OUR LATE NIGHT
00:48:08CALLS. I WILL MISS OUR STRATEGY,
00:48:12STRATEGIZING TOGETHER. I WILL MISS OUR DINNERS. I WILL MISS
00:48:13OUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND THE COUNTRY WE
00:48:17BOTH LOVED. I'LL MISS THE
00:48:19GOSSIP. I'LL BE HONEST. I'LL MISS TALKING ABOUT HOW TO DEFEAT
00:48:23EVIL IN OUR TIME, AND HOW TO
00:48:24FIND A PATH TO PEACE SO THAT
00:48:28PEACE MAY 1st DAY REIGN AROUND
00:48:31THE WORLD. MANY PEOPLE ASK ME IF I KNOW AT THE END OF MY
00:48:34TELEVISION SHOW THAT I'M QUOTING
00:48:36SCRIPTURE. WHEN I SAY THE WORDS,
00:48:40LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED.
00:48:42WHILE I AM. THE ANSWER IS YES.
00:48:46JOHN 14. LET NOT YOUR HEART BE
00:48:48TROUBLED. YOU BELIEVE IN GOD.
00:48:52BELIEVE ALSO IN ME, AND MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS. IF IT WERE NOT SO, I
00:48:55WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. I GO TO
00:48:59PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR
00:49:02YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND
00:49:04RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF. THAT
00:49:06WHERE I AM, THERE YE MAY BE ALSO
00:49:15LINDSAY MR. PRESIDENT, I ARGUE
00:49:16IN MY MIND, PROBABLY HAS A
00:49:22HEAVENLY VERSION OF MAR-A-LAGO. IT MAY EVEN BE A LITTLE BIGGER.
00:49:25HE MAY HAVE A LITTLE MORE GOLD THAN IN THE OVAL OFFICE, IN HIS
00:49:28MANSION IN HEAVEN, AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF HE
00:49:32ADDED ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM AND AN ARCH SOMEWHERE
00:49:34ON THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE HE
00:49:38WOULD WANT TO OBVIOUSLY DUPLICATE HIS DEAREST FRIEND IN
00:49:41LIFE. YOU, MR. PRESIDENT
00:49:44LINDSAY, MY FRIEND, GOODBYE FOR
00:49:48NOW. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN. WE WILL FINISH THE WORK THAT YOU
00:49:52STARTED. WELL DONE. GOOD AND
00:49:57FAITHFUL SERVANTS. SERVANT,
00:50:00ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY
00:50:05LORD. GODSPEED. LINDSEY GRAHAM.
00:51:10>> ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
00:51:14THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE HAS BEEN
00:51:16UNBELIEVABLE. FAITH RESTORING AND DEEPLY HEALING. IN A SENSE,
00:51:20IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE GOTTEN
00:51:24ADDITIONAL TIME WITH LINDSEY THROUGH ALL THE STORIES THAT
00:51:25HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH US. I KNOW
00:51:29LINDSEY WOULD BE SO THANKFUL FOR THE KINDNESS THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN
00:51:33TO HIS FAMILY LINDSEY WAS,
00:51:37WITHOUT A DOUBT, A FAMILY MAN.
00:51:39HIS WORLD REVOLVED AROUND MY
00:51:41MOTHER, HIS FAMILY, AND THOSE HE
00:51:44CONSIDERED SUCH. LIKE HIS
00:51:46LIFELONG FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES,
00:51:50STAFF, AND THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH
00:51:53CAROLINA. LINDSEY WAS A VERY BUSY MAN. THERE IS NO QUESTION
00:51:57ABOUT THAT. HOWEVER, WHEN MY MOM
00:52:02CALLED, HE ANSWERED, IT DIDN'T MATTER IF HE WAS ABOUT TO WALK
00:52:04INTO A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OR ANOTHER WORLD
00:52:07LEADER, HE WOULD ASK, IS EVERYTHING OKAY? SHE WOULD SAY
00:52:11YES, AND HE WOULD ASK, IS
00:52:16EVERYBODY OKAY? THAT WAS
00:52:18LINDSEY, ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT OTHERS. THAT IS WHY HE DEDICATED
00:52:22HIS LIFE TO BEING A CIVIL
00:52:24SERVANT WHILE WRITING THIS
00:52:26EULOGY, I SAT AND I RELIVED A
00:52:30LIFETIME OF MEMORIES WITH
00:52:31LINDSEY. I LAUGHED, I CRIED, BUT
00:52:36MOSTLY I IMMEDIATELY FELT OVERWHELMED. THERE WERE SO MANY
00:52:40MOMENTS FILLED WITH LAUGHTER,
00:52:41LOVE, AND IMMENSE JOY THAT I FOUND IT SO HARD TO PICK THE
00:52:45ONES TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. HOW TO LET THE WORLD SEE A GLIMPSE
00:52:49OF THE LINDSEY THAT HIS FAMILY
00:52:51KNEW AND LOVED FROM FAMILY
00:52:56VACATIONS TO HOLIDAYS, PROMS, GRADUATIONS, MY SISTER'S
00:52:59VOLLEYBALL GAMES, HE WAS THERE FOR ALL OF IT. HE EVEN MADE A
00:53:03FEW SONGS AT MY HUSBAND AND I'S
00:53:05WEDDING NOT VERY WELL, BUT FOR
00:53:10THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE EVER UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GO ON
00:53:14VACATION WITH LINDSEY, I'M SORRY
00:53:17LINDSEY NEVER SLOWED DOWN, AND THAT APPLIED TO VACATIONS AS
00:53:21WELL. ON DISNEY TRIPS, WE HAD TO
00:53:25BE THE FIRST ONES, AND WE TOOK
00:53:27THE LAST BUS OUT. I REMEMBER
00:53:30WAITING FOR THE RESORT BUS, THINKING, FINALLY! AND
00:53:32LINDSEY'S BEHIND ME, PRACTICING
00:53:34HIS GOLF SWING. LINDSEY HAD TO
00:53:40SQUEEZE EVERY SECOND OF JOY OUT
00:53:42OF THOSE TRIPS. SEE IT ALL, AND
00:53:45DO IT ALL. I JOKE. BUT THOSE
00:53:47TRIPS REALLY ARE SOME OF MY
00:53:52BEST, MOST AUTHENTIC MOMENTS OF HIM. AND THEN THERE WERE THE
00:53:55HOLIDAYS FROM CHRISTMAS SHOPPING FOR THE AUNTS TO EASTER EGG
00:53:59HUNTS, WHICH LINDSEY MADE A
00:54:01SPORT OF HE WOULD JOKINGLY,
00:54:04MOSTLY YELL, CHEATER! WHEN WE WOULD GIVE MY LITTLE SISTER
00:54:07HINTS ON WHERE TO FIND THE EGGS.
00:54:11LINDSEY MAY NOT HAVE LIVED A LIFE AS LONG AS WE WOULD HAVE
00:54:15LIKED, BUT IT WAS A FULFILLED
00:54:17ONE. HE MADE SURE OF THAT MY
00:54:22MOTHER AND LINDSEY LOST THEIR
00:54:24PARENTS WHEN MY MOTHER WAS 12 AND 13 YEARS OLD, AND LINDSEY
00:54:28WAS IN COLLEGE. LINDSEY BECAME
00:54:31BROTHER, FATHER, AND MOTHER TO MY MOTHER. OVERNIGHT. IT IS A
00:54:35STORY THAT HAS BEEN SHARED OVER
00:54:37AND OVER. I GREW UP HEARING THAT STORY, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL A
00:54:41FEW YEARS AGO THAT I REALLY PROCESSED WHAT IT MEANT. MY
00:54:45MOTHER SAID LINDSEY WOULD COME HOME TO VISIT EVERY WEEKEND FROM
00:54:48THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN COLUMBIA. WHILE SHE WAS
00:54:52LIVING WITH THEIR AUNT AND UNCLE IN SENECA. THAT IS, OVER A TWO
00:54:55HOUR TRIP. ONE WAY EVERY
00:55:00WEEKEND. AS A YOUNG MAN IN
00:55:02COLLEGE, AND THAT WAS ONLY THE
00:55:04BEGINNING. WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT, LINDSEY MADE SURE THAT
00:55:08HE WAS THERE FOR HIS LITTLE SISTER, AND HE NEVER STOPPED.
00:55:11LINDSEY WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ALL
00:55:13OF US. HE HELD MORE THAN ONE
00:55:17ROLE FOR EACH OF US. HE WASN'T JUST AN UNCLE, A BROTHER, A
00:55:21NEPHEW. HE WAS THE FOUNDATION OF
00:55:25OUR FAMILY AND OUR FAMILY. WHEN YOU NEEDED ADVICE, A PROBLEM
00:55:28SOLVED, OR A HELPING HAND, YOU
00:55:31TURNED TO LINDSEY. BUT HOPEFULLY THE HELP DIDN'T INVOLVE CLEANING OR MANUAL LABOR,
00:55:35BECAUSE IF SO, YOU WERE OUT OF
00:55:39LUCK. LINDSEY WAS THERE THE DAY I WAS BORN. HE HELD MY SON IN
00:55:42THE HOSPITAL THE DAY HE WAS BORN, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT
00:55:46HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE AND WILL STILL BE THERE IN SPIRIT.
00:55:49THE DAY MY SECOND CHILD IS BORN,
00:55:52MY HUSBAND AND I SHARED WITH MY MOTHER THAT WE WERE PREGNANT.
00:55:55THE EVENING OF LINDSEY'S PASSING, THE FIRST THING SHE DID
00:55:59WAS PICK UP THE PHONE TO CALL HIM, TO TELL HIM THE GREAT NEWS.
00:56:02JUST LIKE I KNEW SHE WOULD. SHE
00:56:05NEVER GOT TO TELL HIM, BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE KNOWS AND
00:56:09IS THRILLED. LINDSEY WAS ALWAYS
00:56:13SO SUPPORTIVE OF ME. THAT IS JUST HOW HE WAS. FIERCELY
00:56:16SUPPORTIVE, FIERCELY PROTECTIVE
00:56:20UNFORTUNATELY, OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE HAD A LONG LINE OF HEALTH ISSUES, AND LINDSEY WAS THERE
00:56:24EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. HE WAS BY
00:56:28MY BEDSIDE WITH MY MOTHER FOR
00:56:29EVERY MAJOR SURGERY. IN 2011,
00:56:33AFTER MY FIRST SURGERY, WHEN MY BRAIN STARTED TO SWELL, I
00:56:36GRABBED FOR LINDSEY AND SAID, MY
00:56:38HEAD HURTS. BEFORE LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS. MOST PEOPLE
00:56:42PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, WELL, YEAH, OF COURSE YOUR HEAD HURTS. YOU JUST HAD BRAIN
00:56:45SURGERY. MAKES SENSE. BUT WITH
00:56:48MY MOM HAVING STEPPED DOWN THE HALL FOR A BREAK, HE JUMPED INTO
00:56:52ACTION AND IMMEDIATELY GOT THE NURSE. NO DOUBT PREVENTING A
00:56:56CATASTROPHE AND LIKELY SAVING MY
00:56:58LIFE. HOWEVER, AS MUCH AS HE DID TO SAVE MY LIFE THAT DAY, HE
00:57:02ALSO PUT IT IN DANGER MANY A
00:57:03TIMES WITH HIS DRIVING. THOSE OF
00:57:08YOU WHO DID NOT HAVE THE
00:57:09PRIVILEGE OF RIDING WITH LINDSEY
00:57:12GRAHAM. CONSIDER YOURSELF
00:57:14BLESSED. BMW MUST MAKE ONE HECK OF A TANK FOR A CAR. I'LL SAY
00:57:18THAT. BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS,
00:57:21NOTHING WAS HAPPENING TO ME ON HIS WATCH, AND I BELIEVE THAT TO
00:57:25MY CORE, WE ALL DID. NO MATTER
00:57:30THE SITUATION WITH LINDSEY AROUND. AT THE END OF THE DAY,
00:57:32IT WOULD ALL BE OKAY TO BE LOVED
00:57:36BY LINDSEY WAS TO BE TRULY
00:57:39BLESSED. IT IS THE CIRCLE OF LIFE THAT WE MUST ALL RETURN
00:57:43HOME TO OUR CREATOR ONE DAY. BUT IN MY MIND, LINDSEY WAS
00:57:46INVINCIBLE. HE WAS SO STRONG,
00:57:51CONFIDENT, WITTY, AND FULL OF LIFE. HOW LUCKY WERE ALL OF US
00:57:55TO HAVE KNOWN LINDSEY. HE WAS A
00:57:58HUMBLE MAN FROM HUMBLE
00:58:00BEGINNINGS, AND HE NEVER FORGOT THAT HE TOOK CARE OF PEOPLE IN
00:58:04NEED. HE DEFENDED THE
00:58:06DEFENSELESS. HE PUT EVERYONE
00:58:08ABOVE HIMSELF. HE WAS THE MOST SELFLESS PERSON I HAVE EVER
00:58:12KNOWN. AS THEY SAY, HE WOULD
00:58:15HAVE GIVEN SOMEONE THE SHIRT OFF
00:58:19OF HIS BACK. HE WAS STRONG WILLED, HARD WORKING, AND HIS
00:58:22LOYALTY WAS UNWAVERING. YOU
00:58:24COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON LINDSEY,
00:58:28BUT MOST OF ALL, LINDSEY WAS A
00:58:30GODLY MAN. SO WHILE WE GRIEVE
00:58:33OUR LOSS HERE ON EARTH, I FIND
00:58:37GREAT COMFORT KNOWING THAT HE IS
00:58:39GONE HOME TO REUNITE WITH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER. THAT HE LOST
00:58:42FAR TOO YOUNG. SO I COUNT MY
00:58:49MANY BLESSINGS TO HAVE KNOWN HIM
00:58:50AND LOVED HIM. AND I REJOICE IN
00:58:56HIS MEMORY. TODAY, WE CELEBRATE
00:58:57A LIFE WELL LIVED, A LIFE WELL
00:59:02LOVED. THANK YOU.
00:59:17>> HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR LIVE COVERAGE COMING UP FRIDAY
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01:00:52>> I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW
01:00:55GRATEFUL I AM TO MY COLLEAGUE, SENATOR MCMORROW, CHAIRMAN HERTEL,