Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham is remembered as a politician who genuinely loved people and encouraged them to get involved in civic affairs.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Social media posts from several public figures remembering Graham, including Former President Barack Obama, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his wife, Florida first lady Casey DeSantis, are included below.
A leader like Bob Graham would be a unicorn in the hyper-partisan politics of today.
The former Florida governor and U.S. senator wasn’t a slick, slogan-spouting politician. He didn’t have an us-against-them mentality. Sometimes, he even came across as more of a kind-hearted professor just trying to make the world a better place.
He connected with people on a very real level during his nearly five decades in politics, and he had immense respect for the nation’s political process and institutions. Graham died Tuesday at the age of 87.
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