Axios: Graham Talked Trump Out Of Jan. 6th Speech

Axios reports:

Before Donald Trump canceled his planned Jan. 6 press conference, several key allies — including hardline Fox News host Laura Ingraham and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) — made clear they thought it was a bad idea to invite the national media to Mar-a-Lago to mark the deadly riot.

Why it matters: Trump would have inevitably used his press conference Thursday to portray the rioters as political prisoners, whitewash their actions that day and lie about a “stolen election.”

Graham, a frequent phone and golfing buddy of Trump, was one of those who urged him to cancel the press conference. Graham confirmed this to Axios during a phone interview Tuesday night, saying he discussed the subject with Trump over a weekend golf match in West Palm Beach.

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SCOOP: Before Trump canceled his Jan. 6 press conference, several key allies — including Fox News host Laura Ingraham and Sen. Lindsey Graham — made clear they thought it was a bad idea to invite the national media to Mar-a-Lago to mark the deadly riot.https://t.co/V3Cs4AyStX

— Axios (@axios) January 5, 2022