Lindsey Graham Scrambles To Post Macho Photo After He's Spotted Carrying Bubble Wand Around Disney World

South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham was widely mocked after making an attempt to repair his manly image after he was photographed at Disney World holding a bubble wand—very much enjoying himself during a partial government shutdown.

The shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now the longest in history at 45 days and it will stretch on without an agreement between the House and the Senate as lawmakers prepare to leave Washington for Easter break; neither chamber is set to return to Washington until the week of April 13.

All the while, TSA agents are currently working unpaid and struggling amid the affordability crisis. Last week, President Donald Trump announced that he would deploy ICE agents to U.S. airports to address long delays—but wait times have not lessened.

Worse still, more than 500 TSA agents have left their positions since DHS funding lapsed and their payments were paused. Trump directed that TSA workers be paid late last week and the Department of Homeland Security has begun issuing direct deposits.

Amid all this, TMZ posted a photo of Graham at Disney World, noting that he "lives it up" during the shutdown.

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In remarks to TMZ, Graham claimed that he met with members of the Trump administration officials in South Florida on Friday before heading to Orlando to “meet up with some friends” the following day.

Shortly afterward, Graham posted a picture of himself with a shotgun and said he "spent some time breaking clays” in Edgefield County, South Carolina, on Monday, adding that it "doesn't get much better than that."

You can see his post and the photo below.

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People immediately saw through his act.

TMZ's candid photo of Graham coincided with its call for people to submit photos of members of Congress on vacation during Easter break as the partial government shutdown reaches historic lengths.

TMZ said in a video announcement that "if anybody goes to Disney World with their family for spring break or goes anywhere on vacation and you see any of the 535 members of Congress, take a picture and send it to us at TMZ."

The outlet promised that its staff "will post that picture on our website, on our social media, and we will put it on our television shows" because "we want to show what they are doing at your expense and we want everybody to hear that and we are waiting for those pictures."