Watch Lindsey Graham bake his Trump-tainted phone in a toaster oven with Bagel Bites
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:
The senator's frustration is certainly understandable, but did the Bagel Bites really need to be sacrificed?
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