Dear Friends:
Like so many, I am deeply saddened by the unexpected passing of Sen. Lindsay Graham. His death is a huge loss to South Carolina and our nation. He was a statesman who played a pivotal role in settling strategy for America.
His last visit to Aiken was March 31 for a primary campaign rally at Newberry Hall. It was my privilege to introduce “The Kid from Central.” Rather than the standard political intro, I started by focusing on his childhood.
Growing up in Central, SC, he lived above his parents’ restaurant-bar-pool hall-liquor store. His mother died of cancer when he was 19, and his father passed a year later. As a college student, he became his younger sister’s guardian. Those years laid the foundation for Sen. Lindsay Graham’s determination to protect America and become the national leader he became. I told those gathered that he was still “The Kid from Central.”
I join with others in mourning his passing.
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