Senator Graham is not happy with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell over his rant on the Senate floor after former President Trump was acquitted.
During his rant after the vote to acquit Trump McConnell said that the former president committed “a disgraceful dereliction of duty” by his actions before the deadly Capitol riot and was “practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day.”
Fox News Anchor Chris Wallace asked Graham about McConnells speech.
Anchor Chris Wallace said, “Let me ask you about one person that he might be mad at and tell me if he is or he isn’t, Mitch McConnell, who made a curious speech yesterday in which he basically said the president is guilty, but that the Senate doesn’t have the power to convict, to act against a former president. What did he think of McConnell’s speech, what did you think of McConnell’s speech?”
Graham said, “Well, number one, I was a bit surprised, but I heard this in 1998. I’ve been in three of the four impeachments. I’m sorry about that. The bottom line — in 1998, you had a lot of Democrats acquit Clinton but got on the floor and said how bad he was. You know, Nancy Pelosi called us all cowards. I don’t think most Republicans care what she thinks.”
He continued, “I think Senator McConnell’s speech, he got a load off a chest obviously, but unfortunately he put a load on the back of Republicans. That speech you will see in 2022 campaigns. I would imagine if you’re a Republican running in Arizona or Georgia or New Hampshire, where we have a chance to take back the Senate, they may be playing Senator McConnell’s speech and asking about it as a candidate. I imagine if you’re an incumbent Republican, they’re going to be people asking you will you support Senator McConnell in the future. So I like them, Senator McConnell. He worked well with President Trump. I think his speech is an outlier regarding how Republicans feel about all this.”
Graham also sent shockwaves through Washington when he hinted that should Republicans get control of the House in 2022 they have every right to impeach Vice President Kamala Harris.
Sen. @LindseyGrahamSC: “I don’t know how Kamala Harris doesn’t get impeached if the Republicans take over the House, because she actually bailed out rioters”pic.twitter.com/CA4uKJHbqz
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) February 14, 2021
Graham and McConnell (who both just won reelection because of Trump) are poster boys in the argument for term limits but Graham is right most Republicans do not agree with McConnell. Maybe it’s time for McConnell to let someone else lead the GOP.
CC: @LeaderMcConnell
– 61% of Republican Voters Don’t Think Biden Was Elected Fairly
– 70% Believe Mail-In Voting Led To Unprecedented Voter Fraud
– 71% Say Public Figures Should Not Be Punished For Saying They Believe The Election Was Stolenhttps://t.co/gNSsETFydK pic.twitter.com/LqyNZhsBdm
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) February 13, 2021
