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'Party of Donald Trump': Lindsey Graham reminds the GOP who runs the show, even though he once said 'count me out' on Trump on the Senate floor

Graham said Republicans who oppose Trump or block his agenda risk losing.

'Party of Donald Trump': Lindsey Graham reminds the GOP who runs the show, even though he once said 'count me out' on Trump on the Senate floor
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Lindsey Graham said the Republican Party is now “the party of Donald Trump” after Trump-backed Julia Letlow advanced to a runoff while incumbent Bill Cassidy lost Louisiana’s primary. The article presents Cassidy’s defeat and Trump’s campaign against Thomas Massie as signs of Trump’s influence over Republican politics.

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Lindsey Graham
Former U.S. Senator (R-SC)

Senator whose remarks characterize the Republican Party as aligned with Donald Trump

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose endorsements and campaigning are presented as shaping Republican primaries

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Pete Hegseth
R · Secretary of Defense

Defense secretary reportedly sent by Trump to campaign against Massie

Thomas Massie
R · KY-4

Kentucky representative facing a Trump-backed primary challenge

Bill Cassidy
R · LA · SEN

Louisiana senator who lost his primary

Julia Letlow
R · LA-5

Trump-endorsed representative who advanced to the Louisiana Senate primary runoff

Former transportation secretary who criticized the Republican Party’s direction under Trump

Louisiana Senate candidate who advanced to the primary runoff

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Lindsey Graham Says Republicans Opposing Trump Risk Losing Elections

Lindsey Graham cited Bill Cassidy’s Louisiana primary loss as a warning that Republicans who oppose Donald Trump or his agenda risk losing. Left-leaning outlets cast the warning as pressure on Republican dissent. Center outlets recount the warning with additional political voices or frame Cassidy’s loss as evidence of Trump’s influence; one article instead covers Graham’s Senate-race prospects. Right-leaning outlets largely center Graham’s claim that opposing Trump risks electoral defeat.

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