Trump ally’s Israel comments spark MAGA fury: ‘Homicidal maniac’
An ally of President Donald Trump sparked fierce backlash from MAGA supporters for his comments on Israel.
During an interview with Fox News on Monday, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he was loyal to Israel and was asking Americans to send their sons and daughters to war in the Middle East.
"To our friends in Israel, God bless you. I'm with you in every way. To all the antisemites, to all the isolationists ... I'm not with you, I'm with Israel," Graham said. "I will be with Israel to our dying day. They're the best ally we could hope for."
Graham later said he was returning to South Carolina to ask "them to send their sons and daughters into the Mideast."
Following the interview, several MAGA supporters spoke out against Graham, including conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly, who called him a "homicidal maniac."
"Let's get real," Kelly said on X . "The problem with Lindsay Graham isn't (just) that he's a homicidal maniac, it's that Trump likes and is listening to him, and Trump's favorite channel is parading him around like a Hefner bunny in stockings on every show."
National security analyst David T. Pyne, a former U.S. Army officer, said in a post on X : "Traitor Lindsey Graham (R-Israel) now says Trump should move the entire US military to Israel instead of protect and defend the country he was elected to represent. Can we send him to Guantanamo yet for his seditious statements?"
Conservative political commentator Matt Walsh reposted Graham's interview and said, "This is an insane thing for a United States senator to say. Totally indefensible."
Graham's comments were made as U.S. military strikes on Iran continue to escalate as part of Operation Epic Fury .
Since the joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Feb. 28, seven American service members have been killed, and 140 service members have been injured, including eight who have been seriously wounded, according to CNN .
Oil prices have dropped 11.28% to $87.80 per barrel as of Tuesday, the media outlet reported. Early on Monday, oil prices surged above $100 a barrel.
Americans have also expressed fears of a military draft. The Trump administration declined to rule one out, Karoline Leavitt said during an interview with Fox News on Monday.
Nearly three-quarters of Americans said in a recent Quinnipiac University survey that they would be against a ground invasion in Iran.
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