South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham has spent more than two decades in the U.S. Senate, and in June 2026 he won his primary campaign, setting him up for an expected fifth term.
Graham, once known as a champion of moderate bipartisanship, gained additional national attention during President Donald Trump's first term for transitioning from a staunch critic to an ally of the president. Snopes has fact-checked claims about his previous positions, including the fact that the senator called Trump a "race-baiting xenophobic bigot" in 2015 but in 2018 claimed he had never heard the president "make a single racist statement."
Graham's long-standing support for interventionist policies supporting war abroad has also made him the subject of rumors, including a true claim that he said the Republican Party was "killing all the right people." As a bachelor, Graham has also been targeted with rumors and deepfakes making claims about his sexuality and gender.
