--- title: Senator Lindsey Graham: I Don't Email description: "I don't email" canonical: https://time.com/3736775/lindsey-graham-senate-politics-email/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-08T23:54:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:21.046Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sen. Lindsey Graham Admits He's Never Sent an Email og:description: "I don't email" og:url: https://time.com/3736775/lindsey-graham-senate-politics-email/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95d35cb06b54bed3/698782b92dce018baa9ddefb/lindsey-graham.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Sen. Lindsey Graham og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sen. Lindsey Graham Admits He's Never Sent an Email twitter:description: "I don't email" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95d35cb06b54bed3/698782b92dce018baa9ddefb/lindsey-graham.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sen. Lindsey Graham Admits He's Never Sent an Email > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: August 2026. ## TIME D.C. Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition D.C. Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. Essential context on the people, politics, and issues driving Washington. D.C. Brief goes beyond the Washington headlines to explain the politics, personalities and power dynamics shaping what happens next. 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Bill Clark—CQ Roll Call/Getty Images by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Mar 8, 2015 11:54 PM UTC He’s been a U.S. senator for 12 years, and was a Congressman for eight more before that, but South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham says he has never sent an email. In a [discussion on NBC’s Meet the Press](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/sen-feinstein-clinton-emails-silence-going-hurt-her-n319491) about the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a home-based email server while she was secretary of state, moderate Chuck Todd asked Graham, “Do you have a private e-mail address?” Graham’s surprising answer: “I don’t email. No, you can have every email I’ve ever sent. I’ve never sent one.” As Todd chuckled at the incredible notion that someone in 2015 could have never sent… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/lindsey-graham-ive-never-sent-email-n319571) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3736775/lindsey-graham-senate-politics-email/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3736775/lindsey-graham-senate-politics-email/"},"headline":"Sen. 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