The Huffington Post reports:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) drew fierce blowback on Sunday over his social media post about 22-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Graham shared a news article about Thunberg’s presence on a flotilla that is headed to Gaza and whose occupants want to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, amid the monthslong, starvation-inducing Israeli blockade.
“Hope Greta and her friends can swim!” the top ally of President Donald Trump, who is a staunch supporter of Israel, wrote on X.
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Hope Greta and her friends can swim!https://t.co/Noab4QyJtV
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) June 1, 2025
A sitting United States Senator threatening a convoy full of nonviolent activists – including Greta Thunberg – with a bombing.
It’s difficult to describe how sociopathic, unhinged, and criminal some of the pro-Israel folks have become. https://t.co/SBVbmFtp1E
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) June 1, 2025
Americans are on that boat, but support for genocide is so normal in US politics that a Senator can joke about it being attacked and face no consequences. https://t.co/dBI8l9JnPQ
— Read Starting Somewhere (@JPHilllllll) June 1, 2025
You are truly a shitty person.
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) June 2, 2025