Republicans scramble to find a replacement for Sen. Lindsey Graham ahead of the midterm elections

President Donald Trump told NBC News he has someone in mind he’d like to replace the late South Carolina senator but declined to name the person.

Republicans are starting to scramble to find both a temporary and a permanent replacement for Sen. Lindsey Graham, who in June won the GOP Senate primary in South Carolina and was expected to cruise to re-election to a fifth term in November.

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Hours after the senator’s death, President Donald Trump said Sunday that he had a preferred replacement in mind but declined to share a name out of respect for Graham.

“I have somebody that I think would be great, but I don’t want to say it now because it’s just, you know, it’s too soon with Lindsey,” the president told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “I don’t want to even talk about anybody, but I do have somebody that I think is really good.”