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During the 2016 GOP Presidential primary contest when he was a candidate, he was as anti-Trump as any of the GOP establishment figures who were seeking the nomination.
Among the things Graham said about Trump during the Presidential Primary season starting in 2015 was the following:
“Well, Donald Trump’s plan on immigration is stupid. I find him offensive. His solution is just constitutionally flawed. It’s not practical. I don’t think there’s 10 votes in the United States Senate for this plan. I promise you no Democrat’s going to vote for this, I certainly wouldn’t vote for it. You’re not going to get 11 million people out of this country. That’s just not practical, that’s going to kill the Republican Party.”