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Lindsey Graham, pictured, has been a colorful critic of Donald Trump. | Getty Graham corrects Trump: I never got past 2 percent

Lindsey Graham wants Donald Trump to know that he didn’t bring him down from 7 percent — because he never even got one-third of that in the GOP presidential primary.

On Monday the South Carolina senator, who briefly sought the Republican nomination and then jumped behind former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush after dropping out in December, tweeted out a correction to Trump: “@realDonaldTrump I never got past 2%. You aren't prepared to be Commander in Chief of worlds finest fighting force.”

He was responding to a tweet earlier Monday from the New York billionaire demanding respect from Graham.

“Failed presidential candidate Lindsey Graham should respect me. I destroyed his run, brought him from 7% to 0% when he got out. Now nasty!” Trump tweeted.

Graham has been a colorful critic of Trump, and on Sunday he told NBC's "Meet the Press" that selecting him as the Republican nominee would be a death wish for his party.

"The Republican Party will get killed, we'll get creamed, we'll lose, we'll deserve it," he said.