Scott’s victory comes as Graham has taken some heat for a visit this week to Ukraine where some of his comments were seen as counterproductive to President Donald Trump’s policies involving the war-torn country.

In a video shared on X, the senator stated that Congress is prepared to take action against Russia, regardless of whether President Trump supports it.

Graham heaped praise on Ukraine for the drone attack, saying in an X post, “The ever-resourceful Ukraine used creative drone warfare tactics to successfully attack Russian bombers and military assets used to kill Ukrainian citizens and destroy their country.”

Graham suggested that if Russia agreed to a ceasefire and participated in negotiations, it would prevent the U.S. from “playing its cards.”

That led former Trump strategist and current War Room podcast host Steve Bannon to sharply criticize the senator’s actions during his visit to Kyiv.

In an interview on NewsNation’s Cuomo, Bannon accused Graham of giving Ukrainians “false hope” by meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky and implying that the U.S. supports Kyiv’s dramatic drone strike on Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, The Hill reported.

“We can’t have Lindsey Graham, and particularly Zelensky, leading us into a third world war with a deep strike into Russia,” Bannon told host Chris Cuomo.