WASHINGTON — Republican presidential contender Lindsey Graham says his party has room for transgender people like Caitlyn Jenner.
The South Carolina senator calls himself a “traditional marriage kind of guy.” But he says he “can only imagine the torment that Bruce Jenner went through” before becoming a transgender woman. He hopes that, now, she’s “found peace.”
The underdog Republican candidate is campaigning on the need to counter threats from terrorists and Islamic State militants. He shares the opposition to same-sex marriage expressed by his rivals but says the Supreme Court is settling that question.
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He spoke Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
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