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Lindsey Graham Does 'Damage Control' For Disney Visit Using Not-Safe-For-Mickey Accessory
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is steering clear of the backlash over his reported Walt Disney World trip by picking up an item you can’t find at the parks’ gift shops: a shotgun. Graham, who was spotted by TMZ carrying a bubble wand and brunching with Mickey Mouse at “The Most Magical Place On Earth” over the weekend, claimed on social media that he “spent some time breaking clays” in Edgefield County, South Carolina, on Monday. “Doesn’t get much better than that,” Graham wrote alongside a snap of him wearing a Trump International Golf Club hat and a shooting vest while raising and aiming a shotgun. The image is a stark contrast from those from his reported three-day vacation at Disney World, where he was seen getting ready to ride Space Mountain in the Magic Kingdom, holding a “Little Mermaid”-themed bubble wand for a friend’s child and dining at Chef Mickey’s. Graham, a cheerleader of President Donald Trump’s Iran war who has described the estimated cost of the conflict as the “best money” the U.S. “ever spent,” told TMZ that he met with Trump officials in South Florida on Friday before heading to Orlando to “meet up with some friends” the next day. “I voted seven times to fully fund the government. Call a Democrat,” said Graham who, like Democrats, is on a two-week congressional recess after failing to reach a funding deal. Graham’s Disney trip comes as taxpayers continue to pay his $174,000 annual salary as the partial government shutdown — which continues to leave many federal workers without pay — marches on. Critics clowned the MAGA senator for trying to do “damage control” with the shotgun snap, with one X user joking that the flood of comments on the picture left him “ratio’d all of the way back to Magic Mountain.” damage control https://t.co/OOn6gKiI3z He’s getting ratio’d all of the way back to Magic Mountain. https://t.co/AVDlAfVwXH We all saw the bubble wand. https://t.co/NZuI19KGiC Let me guess – it fires bubbles. Was that before or after his visit to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique? “Hey, look at me, I traded the Disney bubble wand for a shotgun!” Fire your social media team. They made everything worse with this. Insecurity crept in so he decided to post something that he considers manly. Fragility on full display. Be very, very quiet. We're hunting bubbles. A “Bang!” flag came out of the barrel. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
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