article_snippet: Possible Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham, the senior senator from South Carolina, is apologizing for a jab he made about House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress on Tuesday.
article_snippet: Later that afternoon the United States'
  Graham, pictured here on the floor of the House before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech, made fun of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi during a conversation with a donor, saying, 'Did you see House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on the floor of the House.
article_snippet: Afterward, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a statement House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi 'was near tears throughoutNetanyahu's speech Netanyahu's speech because House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was 'saddened by the insult to the intelligence of the United States' and 'by the condescension toward our knowledge of the threat posed by Iran and our broader commitment to preventing nuclear proliferation.'
article_snippet: Later that afternoon Graham made fun of the California Democrat during a conversation with a donor, according to Bloomberg, saying, 'Did you see House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on the floor.
article_snippet: Upon learning of Graham's comment, several of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate demanded that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi retract a statement.
article_snippet: What's disgusting are the horrific comments you made about the first woman Speaker of the House,' Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a close friend of Pelosi's, tweeted at Graham.
article_snippet: Graham told NBC on Tuesday evening that while Graham found Pelosi's claim that fellow South Carolinian James Clyburn was near tears 'a bit disturbing' Graham shouldn't have insulted fellow South Carolinian James Clyburn appearance. '
highlights_snippet: Afterward, Pelosi said Pelosi 'was near tears' throughout the speech because Pelosi was 'saddened by the insult to the intelligence of the United States'
  Graham made fun of Pelosi during a conversation with a donor, saying, 'Did you see Nancy Pelosi on the floor.
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  Graham later said that while the United States'
  Graham found Pelosi's claim that Pelosi was near tears 'a bit disturbing,' the United States'
  Graham shouldn't have insulted Pelosi appearance .