--- title: Full Text of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham's Campaign Launch description: South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham launched his presidential campaign with a speech in his hometown of Central. Here is a transcript. canonical: https://time.com/3903377/lindsey-graham-campaign-launch-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-01T15:18:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:17.159Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Full Text of Sen. Lindsey Graham's Campaign Launch og:description: Here's what he told supporters in his hometown of Central. og:url: https://time.com/3903377/lindsey-graham-campaign-launch-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6559adbc8bdadcda/698852655f570ffb82b1bbd3/lindsey-graham1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US Senator Lindsey Graham talks to the press during a press conference in Jerusalem on May 27, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Full Text of Sen. Lindsey Graham's Campaign Launch twitter:description: Here's what he told supporters in his hometown of Central. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6559adbc8bdadcda/698852655f570ffb82b1bbd3/lindsey-graham1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Transcript: Read Full Text of Sen. Lindsey Graham's Campaign Launch by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 1, 2015 3:18 PM UTC  US Senator Lindsey Graham talks to the press during a press conference in Jerusalem on May 27, 2015. US Senator Lindsey Graham talks to the press during a press conference in Jerusalem on May 27, 2015.Menhem Kahana—AFP/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 1, 2015 3:18 PM UTC South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham [launched his presidential campaign](http://time.com/3903030/lindsey-graham-presidential-run/) Monday morning in his hometown of Central. Here is a transcript of the full remarks, as prepared for delivery. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3903377/lindsey-graham-campaign-launch-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3903377/lindsey-graham-campaign-launch-transcript/"},"headline":"Transcript: Read Full Text of Sen. Lindsey Graham's Campaign Launch","datePublished":"2015-06-01T15:18:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:17.159Z","description":"South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham launched his presidential campaign with a speech in his hometown of Central. Here is a transcript.","url":"https://time.com/3903377/lindsey-graham-campaign-launch-transcript/","keywords":["Lindsey Graham","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6559adbc8bdadcda/698852655f570ffb82b1bbd3/lindsey-graham1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6559adbc8bdadcda/698852655f570ffb82b1bbd3/lindsey-graham1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Senator Lindsey Graham talks to the press during a press conference in Jerusalem on May 27, 2015.","caption":"US Senator Lindsey Graham talks to the press during a press conference in Jerusalem on May 27, 2015.","creditText":"Menhem Kahana—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/lindsey-graham/","name":"Lindsey Graham"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3903377/lindsey-graham-campaign-launch-transcript/","name":"Transcript: Read Full Text of Sen. Lindsey Graham's Campaign Launch"}}]}] ```