“Hope You Can Swim!”: Lindsey Graham Proudly Becomes First Senator to Mock a Humanitarian Aid Mission

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Lindsey Graham cemented his reputation as America’s premier empathy vacuum this week, openly mocking Greta Thunberg and a dozen activists sailing symbolic aid to Gaza.

“Hope Greta and her friends can swim!” Graham posted on social media, apparently believing death by drowning is an appropriate punchline for people delivering food and medical supplies to children.

The remark marks a historic first: no other U.S. senator has managed to weaponize sarcasm against humanitarian volunteers mid-voyage. “It’s bold,” one analyst noted. “Politicians usually just underfund the aid itself—they don’t add death jokes on top.”

Unrepentant, Graham defended his words as “good-natured ribbing” before clarifying he “absolutely hopes they drown.”

Asked whether he’d apologize, Graham refused: “Apologize? For what? If they do actually drown, no one can say I didn’t warn them…”