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Cameras Catch Lindsey Graham In Unexpected Place Amid Government Shutdown

The South Carolina senator was spotted in the Happiest Place on Earth, amid the continuing government shutdown.

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Since Ted Cruz was spotted getting on a plane to Cancun during a weather emergency a few years ago, a lot of politicians have been cognizant of bad optics when it comes to going on vacation.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) doesn’t seem to have such concerns.

The Trump loyalist, who has been one of the most vocally hawkish elected officials when it comes to the war in Iran, was spotted by TMZ vacationing at Walt Disney World, amid the continuing partial government shutdown.

Per TMZ’s report, Graham was spotted at the theme park this week, and while Graham “said he was doing business in Florida, and just made a short pit stop at Disney World, but based on this new photo … he was a full-blown tourist.”

TMZ had called on its readers to shoot photos of members of Congress on vacation during the shutdown, and a correspondent responded with a photo of Graham, in the Magic Kingdom, “carrying a bubble wand.” TMZ added that of the wand, the senator was “holding it for a little girl while she was in the bathroom.”

Congress is on recess this week.

It’s not clear who Graham, a lifelong bachelor who does not have children, was with on his trip to Orlando. Graham told TMZ that he was “at a meeting Friday with Trump officials in South Florida, and he went to Orlando afterwards to meet up with some friends.” Disney World, though, is more than 170 miles away from Mar-a-Lago.

“The area is like a fantasyland, which is on the nose — Congress is living in one, with each side blaming the other for its failure to reach a compromise that would reopen the government … believing voters are buying what they’re selling,” TMZ wrote.

Social media users had some amused reactions to the pictures of the South Carolina senator at Disney World.

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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