Hannity mocked over 'bizarre' claim about Lindsey Graham's heaven
Key Takeaways
- •Hannity said Graham’s heaven would resemble a larger, more gilded version of Mar-a-Lago with Trump-style design elements.
- •Mediaite reported that Hannity’s remarks came after Trump gave a eulogy that praised Graham’s hawkishness and referenced a GOP primary phone-number episode.
- •Hannity said he would miss his late-night calls, dinners, conversations, and strategizing with Graham.
- •The comments prompted criticism and jokes on social media from several commentators.
- •Trump and Graham became close after John McCain’s death, after which Graham aligned himself more closely with Trump.

Fox News entertainer Sean Hannity drew criticism after offering an unusual description of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s supposed heaven, according to Mediaite.
On Tuesday, Hannity said the South Carolina Republican was likely in a gold-encrusted heaven inspired by President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom and Mar-a-Lago.
“Lindsey, Mr. President, I would argue in my mind, probably has a heavenly version of Mar-a-Lago. It may even be a little bigger,” Hannity said. “He may have a little more gold in the Oval Office in his mansion in heaven, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he added one big beautiful ballroom and an arch somewhere on the property because he would want to obviously duplicate his dearest friend in life, you, Mr. President.”
The Daily Beast described the eulogy as “bizarre,” and Mediaite reported that Hannity delivered his remarks after Trump’s own eulogy, in which the president praised Graham’s eagerness for war and joked about broadcasting the senator’s phone number during a heated GOP primary.
As Trump sat in the audience and appeared to struggle to stay awake at times, Hannity reflected on the time he said he would miss sharing with Graham.
“To my dear friend, to our fearless warrior, I will miss our late-night calls, I will miss our strategizing together, I will miss our dinners, I will miss our conversations about the President and the country we both loved,” Hannity said. “I’ll miss the gossip, I’ll be honest. I’ll miss talking about how to defeat evil in our time and how to find a path to peace so that peace may one day reign around the world.”
Mediaite also said Hannity referred to his own show before turning to his version of Graham’s heaven, which he described in terms of Trump-style design, including extensive use of gold paint.
The remarks quickly drew criticism on social media, underscoring how closely Hannity’s on-air persona is tied to Trumpworld imagery and rhetoric.
“Just as the Bible foretold,” podcaster Hemant Mehta wrote on X.
“Theologian Sean Hannity shares a vision of hell,” Variety chief music critic Chris Willman wrote on X.
Slate contributor Christina Cauterucci said Trump’s gold fixation has long been a “trademark of Trumpworld” and noted that he has brought it into the White House, decorating the so-called People’s House with as much gold trim as possible. She also pointed to a recent event at Trump National Doral Miami golf club, where clergy members dedicated a 22-foot-tall golden statue of the president, describing it as “everything Trump wants to be: larger than life, fit to be worshipped, an embodiment of excess that thumbs its nose at notions of democratic propriety.”
Trump and Graham grew close after the death of Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Before McCain’s death, Graham had built a reputation for standing up to extremism within the Republican Party, before aligning himself with Trump.
Over time, that unpopularity has increasingly extended to Republicans and Trump’s own MAGA coalition.