The Minnesota Democrat posted a tweet: "They got to him, he is compromised," with a retweeted post featuring a 2015 CNN interview in which Graham called candidate Trump a "race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot." Omar then backtracked, explaining, "My tweet was just an opinion based on what I believe to be visible."
Omar made no reference to Graham's sexuality, but many conservatives denounced her for homophobia, saying her tweet about Graham being compromised was a reference to rumors that he is gay.
Anderson Cooper added in a follow-up tweet that "as an openly gay man myself, I couldn’t care less about Lindsey Graham's sex life (gay, straight or otherwise). However, Graham is the Senate Judiciary Chair and there’s a strong likelihood that he's being blackmailed by the Russians. If so, that needs to be revealed."
Graham's office declined to comment when asked by USA TODAY.
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