During his campaign rally in South Carolina on Tuesday, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump read fellow GOP competitor Sen. Lindsey Graham's personal cell phone number aloud to a room full of supporters — and countless people who were livestreaming the event on the internet — in what was apparently a cheap attempt at revenge after Graham called Trump a "jackass" during a televised interview.
Naturally, Graham proceeded to get quite a few phone calls, and had to get a little creative in dodging them. Ultimately, Senator Graham apparently got sick of dealing with the constant ringing, and decided to take things a step further:
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