Senator Lindsey Graham is facing fury from his fellow Republicans after expressing support for the U.S. seizing Iran’s Kharg Island in an interview on Sunday.
Speaking on Fox News Sunday, the South Carolina Republican, who is one of the leading advocates for the war, said: “This has been an amazing military operation. God bless the fallen.”
He added: “I trust DOD [Department of Defense]. We got two Marine expeditionary units sailing to this island. We did Iwo Jima. We can do this. The Marines—my money is always on the Marines.”
The battle of Iwo Jima, which lasted from February 19 to March 26, 1945, was one of the bloodiest of World War II. Nearly 7,000 U.S. troops were killed and around 20,000 more were wounded, while more than 21,000 Japanese troops were killed.
Graham’s remarks sparked anger from other Republicans, with Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina, saying he “needs to be removed from the Situation Room.”
She wrote on X: “I don’t want to hear one word from a guy with no kids, desperately sending our sons and daughters into war on the ground in Iran.”
Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna also slammed Graham for the remarks, saying in a post on X that she is “deeply upset at the lack of respect for life Senator Lindsey Graham is displaying when talking about our troops. He is acting as if they are expendable cattle. This is unacceptable and dark. There were over 26,000 American casualties at Iwo Jima.”
Paul Dans, a chief architect of the controversial Project 2025 who has launched a Republican primary challenge against Graham, said on X that Graham is “drunk on war and power,” adding that he “will send your kids to die so he can line his pockets with money.”
This is a developing story. More to follow.
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