Sen. Lindsey Graham said it was ‘high praise’ to be called a ‘clown’ by a ‘mouthpiece’ of the Chinese Communist Party after a state media journalist criticized him

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A journalist for Chinese state-run media criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham on Twitter. Graham responded, saying the journalist was a “mouthpiece” for the Chinese Communist Party. The journalist, Chen Weihua, has previously sent critical tweets about US lawmakers. Sen. Lindsey Graham said being called a “clown” is “high praise,” at least when it comes from a journalist who works for state-run media in China. Graham made the comment in response to a critical tweet sent by Chen Weihua, the European Union bureau chief for China Daily, an English-language newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party. In response to a tweet about...