Reverend Graham supports Vance after the profane reprimand of VP senators
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The Reverend Franklin Graham, one of the most eminent Christian voices in the country, is behind the vice-president JD Vance after his profane reprimand of senators in a stormy social media position on the Secretary of Health and Social Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital, Graham recognized that even if he admired the Vance stand, the choice of the “salty” words of the vice-president could have been better.
“We had many vice-presidents that used salty language, but the vice-president of point vance was correct,” Graham said in the press release.
“Could he have used a better choice of words? In my opinion, yes; but I appreciate that the vice-president defended secretary Kennedy, who tries to overthrow a very corrupt system and try to improve the health of the American people. May God bless secretary Kennedy and vice-president Vance.”
VP vance cursed the senators after a heated Kennedy hearing: “ full of s — and everyone knows it ”
The exchange followed the viral x of Vance declaring the senators was “full of s —“. Kennedy approved the message, one day after more than 1,000 current and former HHS employees called for Kennedy’s resignation.
Franklin Graham, President and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelisc Association, is expressed on the last day of the National Republican Convention 2024 at the Firerv Forum in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)
The confrontation took place during a disputed audience of the Senate Finance Committee Thursday where Senator Ron Wyden put pressure on Kennedy on health policies and the accusations of promoting conspiracy theories. Kennedy has rejected, defending his file and his policies aimed at questioning pharmaceutical companies.
Vance quickly jumped into Kennedy’s defense on X.
“When I see all these senators trying to make conferences and ‘Gotcha’ Bobby Kennedy today, all that I can think is: you all support” hormonal therapies “not tested and irreversible for children, mutilating our children and enriching Big Pharma. You are full of S — and everyone knows it,” wrote Vance.
Kennedy republished the comment, thanking him.
“Thank you @jdvance. You put your finger outright on the pre -eminent problem,” wrote RFK.
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Vice-president JD Vance sits with “The Ingraham Angle” for an exclusive interview on August 20, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)
This defense has extended beyond Vance. The press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, also argued Kennedy, supervising the criticisms of the Democrats as proof that the secretary is “on the target” in rooted interests.
This is not the first time that Graham has weighed on the language of political leaders. He previously urged President Donald Trump to reduce his blasphemy.
“Your narration is great, but it could be so much better if you don’t use coarse language,” wrote Graham in a letter to Trump, citing Matthieu 12:36: “I tell you, the day of judgment, people will report for each imprudent word they speak.”
The Secretary of Health and Social Services, Robert Kennedy Jr., arrives to testify to the Senate finance committee at the Dirksen Senate Board on September 4, 2025 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik)
Graham then shared with the Deseret News that Trump often remembered the writing of his speeches.
“It seems that when he slides temporarily, my letter comes to mind, and he talks to the public. So that had to strike an agreement with him,” said Graham. “The president, his pulpit – his microphone – is huge. This microphone goes very far.”
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Graham closed his declaration to Fox News Digital with a blessing: “God bless secretary Kennedy and vice-president Vance”.
The representatives of the Vice-President Vance did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.
Alexandra Koch of Fox News contributed to this report.
