President Donald Trump revealed Sunday that he may have been among the last people to speak with Sen.Lindsey Graham, recounting a phone call shortly before the South Carolina Republican died Saturday at 71 after what his office called a "brief and sudden illness.""It could have been his last call.
I don't know exactly, but I got a message about one o'clock in the morning from one of the people at his office that he had passed away.I said, you got, I just can't believe it," Trump said on NBC's "Meet the Press."President Donald Trump told Kristen Welker that Sen.
Lindsey Graham may have made one of his final phone calls to him before his death.(Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images; Ron Sachs/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)TRUMP'S SAVE AMERICA ACT SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE IN THE SENATE DESPITE REPUBLICAN REVOLTTrump told host Kristen Welker that Graham called him in the early evening after returning to Washington from Ukraine and immediately turned the conversation to the SAVE America Act, a Republican election bill Graham had co-sponsored that would require voter identification in federal elections and proof of citizenship to register."He called, and he said, 'We're all set for the SAVE America Act.' He was pushing the SAVE America Act like crazy.
He got back, said he just landed from Ukraine.I said, 'That's a long trip to make.' He said he sounded a little tired, but perfect, but a little bit tired," Trump said."This is a big blow to the SAVE America Act, let me tell you," he added later.The president said Graham told him he felt well despite being tired from the trip.
Trump said authorities were called to Graham's home not long after their conversation, while Welker noted that initial reports involved a cardiac arrest.Trump said Graham called him after returning from Ukraine to discuss the SAVE America Act and told him he felt tired but otherwise well.(LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)SEN.
LINDSEY GRAHAM DEAD AT 71 AFTER 'BRIEF AND SUDDEN' ILLNESS, OFFICE SAYS"He told me, ...