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Sun Jul 12, 2026, 09:26 AM 14 hrs ago

"I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump." [View all]

Hunter Biden @HunterBiden
When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.

A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”

That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.

I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.

9:01 AM · Jul 12, 2026

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YES! We need more of this!!! marble falls 14 hrs ago #1
Imagine Uday or Qusay Trump making such a statement. Hunter Biden is a good man. OGBuzz 14 hrs ago #2
That last line!!! niyad 14 hrs ago #3
A mantra for our time...nt Wounded Bear 14 hrs ago #9
That's a humdinger for sure! calimary 2 hrs ago #34
I will never forgive him for the way he turned on Joe Biden. Walleye 14 hrs ago #4
Well, that was a much needed statement. yardwork 14 hrs ago #5
fwiw bigtree 14 hrs ago #8
That's interesting. Thanks for that link. yardwork 14 hrs ago #11
K&R betsuni 14 hrs ago #6
Ftw SuzyandPuffpuff 14 hrs ago #7
You are a better BlueMTexpat 13 hrs ago #13
Hunter continues to make... Wuddles440 14 hrs ago #10
Nice statement, but I will always picture Graham with a brown nose, NH Ethylene 14 hrs ago #12
Hunter Biden is turning out to be a great man; clearly his father's son, imbued with a sense of decency. NNadir 13 hrs ago #14
Someone who survives the darkness does LuvLoogie 12 hrs ago #22
That is what true ethics looks like Grim Chieftain 13 hrs ago #15
Well, shoot, man. Tears were NOT on my agenda for today..... ColoringFool 13 hrs ago #16
Had to cry also for Joe and for our country's loss. efhmc 8 hrs ago #30
Not sure he ever was honourable. Look up his statements as the niyad 2 hrs ago #36
hunter biden has a wonderful way with words -- k&r nt orleans 12 hrs ago #17
Classic!!!! hamsterjill 12 hrs ago #18
"where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh" relogic 12 hrs ago #19
We'd Better Pass Laws Mr.Bee 12 hrs ago #20
I like Hunter a good bit like most here Cosmocat 12 hrs ago #21
Like the way you included the link... Pluvious 12 hrs ago #23
What is the difference between a convicted felon and someone else? A decision that takes one second of your life AZLD4Candidate 12 hrs ago #24
The GOP has been mostly worthless my whole life Johonny 12 hrs ago #25
What a class act Hunter is. Trump must have had something BAD on Graham. Joinfortmill 12 hrs ago #26
Death isn't a free pass to excuse your actions. nini 12 hrs ago #27
They say that just before death, your life flashes before your eyes. 70sEraVet 5 hrs ago #32
I hope so and that he was terrified nini 5 hrs ago #33
And They Tried to Tell Us Graciousness and Civility Are Dead! The Roux Comes First 10 hrs ago #28
Hunter Biden just needs to go ahead and run for office. The republicans have already dug up everything they can about LT Barclay 9 hrs ago #29
Hunter is, after all, his father's son 💕 Hekate 7 hrs ago #31
Graham was never worth a shit. McCain made him passable. rickyhall 2 hrs ago #35
Hunter Biden, REALLY??? a kennedy 2 hrs ago #37
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