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Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump is a 'race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot'

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is "disgusted" with Donald Trump's increasingly divisive rhetoric, particularly the Republican presidential frontrunner's proposed ban on all Muslim immigrants and tourists into the United States.

Graham didn't mince words in addressing Trump's supporters during an appearance on CNN: "I don't know who you are and I don't know why you like this guy. I think what you like about him, he appears to be strong and the rest of us are weak. He's a very successful businessman and he's gonna make everything great. He's gonna take all the problems of the world and put 'em in a box and make your life better. That's what he's selling."

"Here's what you're buying," Graham continued. "He's a race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot. He doesn't represent my party. He doesn't represent the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for... He's the ISIL man of the year."

Graham, who has long struggled in the GOP presidential polls, has been one of the few Republican candidates to show fearlessness in calling Donald Trump out. Watch below. Jeva Lange