lindsey graham said he respects evan mcmullin's "views on a strong america and the need to rebuild our military." | getty by daniel strauss 11/08/16 04:43 pm est sen. lindsey graham voted for independent conservative presidential candidate evan mcmullin instead of donald trump. i voted @evan_mcmullin for president. i appreciate his views on a strong america and the need to rebuild our military. #3 story continued below <u+2014> lindsey graham (@lindseygrahamsc) november 8, 2016 graham<u+2019>s decision to back mcmullin, a former house republican staffer who jumped into the presidential race in august, underscores the tense relationship he<u+2019>s kept with trump. graham was one of the most outspoken critics of trump in the republican presidential primary. trump, during a rally in july 2015, even gave out graham<u+2019>s personal cell phone number after graham called the real estate mogul a <u+201c>jackass.<u+201d> mcmullin<u+2019>s strategy centers on winning utah and splitting the electoral college vote so neither trump or hillary clinton makes it to 270. that<u+2019>s a heavy lift, though, and recent polling has shown him trailing trump in utah, the state where mcmullin<u+2019>s focused his campaign efforts the most. in response to the vote, rick wilson, one of the mcmullin campaign<u+2019>s top advisers, thanked graham. thank you, senator! https://t.co/03r9a4eony <u+2014> rick wilson (@therickwilson) november 8, 2016 by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
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