--- description: Here's what the South Carolina Senator said on Friday about not supporting presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump for president title: Read Lindsey Graham's Interview Saying He Won't Vote Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9492c2d6c87a5769/6988924c428a9e1cbacd287e/lindsey-graham-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Lindsey Graham's Interview Announcing He Won't Vote for Donald Trump  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2016 9:42 PM CUT  Sen. Lindsay Graham speaks during a panel at the 2016 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California on May 3. Sen. Lindsay Graham speaks during a panel at the 2016 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California on May 3.Frederic J. Brown—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2016 9:42 PM CUT South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a [former Republican candidate](http://time.com/4156847/lindsey-graham-drops-out-presidential-race/ "undefined") in the current presidential race, [said Friday that he would not vote](http://time.com/4321514/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-gop-convention/ "undefined") for presumptive GOP nominee [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4317397/donald-trump-presumptive-nominee-indiana-primary-november-hillary-clinton/ "undefined") or likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Here are Graham’s complete remarks from his [CNN interview](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/politics/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-not-vote/ "undefined") announcing the decision. --- > “” --- **Read more:** [Donald Trump Celebrates Cinco de Mayo With a Taco Bowl: ‘I Love Hispanics!’](http://time.com/4320045/donald-trump-hispanics-tweet-taco-bowl-cinco-de-mayo/ "undefined") --- > “” --- **Read more:** [Paul Ryan Says He Can’t Support Donald Trump—Yet](http://time.com/4320139/donald-trump-paul-ryan-republican-party/ "undefined") --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4321926/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-interview-comments-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4321926/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-interview-comments-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Lindsey Graham's Interview Announcing He Won't Vote for Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-05-06T21:42:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:21:46.657Z","description":"\"I think embracing Donald Trump is embracing demographic death\"","url":"https://time.com/4321926/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-interview-comments-transcript/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9492c2d6c87a5769/6988924c428a9e1cbacd287e/lindsey-graham-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9492c2d6c87a5769/6988924c428a9e1cbacd287e/lindsey-graham-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-MILIKEN-CONFERENCE","caption":"US-MILIKEN-CONFERENCE","creditText":"Frederic J. Brown—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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4321926/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-interview-comments-transcript/","name":"Read Lindsey Graham's Interview Announcing He Won't Vote for Donald Trump"}}]}] ```