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“There are a lot of people urging the president to pardon folks who participated in defiling the Capitol, the rioters. “I don’t care if you went there and spread flowers on the floor, you breached the security of the Capitol, you interrupted a joint session of Congress. “You tried to intimidate, assault, you should be prosecuted to the fullest extent …

Politico reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham is leading the charge against President Donald Trump’s impeachment and removal in the Senate, even as the White House remains largely uninvolved. Graham, who just last week said he had had “enough” of Trump’s bid to overturn the election results after he incited a deadly riot at the Capitol, has been calling around to Republican …

Business Insider reports: A throng of supporters of President Donald Trump accosted Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham at Reagan National Airport on Friday. The Politico reporter Daniel Lippman and the conservative activist Mindy Robinson, who was in the crowd, posted videos of the interaction on Twitter. In the video Lippman posted — which he said was shared by a source — …

The Hill reports: Trump’s handling of the riots has sparked growing calls from Democrats for the 25th Amendment to be invoked. Sen. Lindsey Graham said, “I do not believe that’s appropriate at this point. I’m looking for a peaceful transfer of power. If something else happens all options would be on the table.” Graham, speaking to reporters, said Trump’s legacy …

From a statement issued today by Sen. Lindsey Graham: Proposing a commission at this late date – which has zero chance of becoming reality – is not effectively fighting for President Trump. It appears to be more of a political dodge than an effective remedy. I do look forward to hearing from and will listen closely to the objections of …

The Hill reports: Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) pushed back Friday on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) characterization of $2,000 coronavirus relief payments to Americans as “socialism for the rich.” The House has passed a stand-alone bill increasing the payments, but McConnell has signaled it is going nowhere in the Senate. “We do not need to let the Speaker of …

Politico reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham on Thursday urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a stand-alone vote on $2,000 stimulus checks after the new Congress is sworn in next week. The remarks from the South Carolina Republican break with the public posture of his party’s top Washington lawmaker and come just a day after McConnell rejected the proposed payment …

Business Insider reports: In a Friday evening Tweet, Sen. Lindsey Graham doubled on Trump’s called for Americans $2,000 in aid. “After spending some time with President @realDonaldTrump today, I am convinced he is more determined than ever to increase stimulus payments to $2000 per person and challenge Section 230 big tech liability protection,” Graham tweeted. Trump has regularly railed against …

Raw Story reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) spent Christmas Day on the golf course with President Donald Trump after vetoing the defense funding bill. After signing off on several pieces of COVID-19 legislation and a massive tax break for corporations and the wealthy, Graham has suddenly discovered that there’s a national debt concern. George Will writes at the Washington Post: …

The Verge reports: Lawmakers had been broadly skeptical of efforts to pass Section 230 reform as part of the defense bill — but some Senate Republicans now say they will not vote to override Trump’s veto. “I will not vote to override presidential veto unless effort is made to wind down Section 230,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said in a …

“I want somebody to look at all the overseas activity of Hunter Biden, see if this compromised the foreign policy of President Biden — if he gets to be president — and the guy in Delaware doesn’t have that mandate. “So I respectfully disagree [with Bill Barr]. If it were up to me, I would take the U.S. Attorney in …

Mediaite reports: President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden joined Stephen Colbert on the Late Show for their first joint interview since the election on Thursday night, during which Biden revealed his disappointment in Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for refusing to accept Biden’s election victory. “Lindsey’s been a personal disappointment because I was a personal friend of his,” Biden …

“Stacey Abrams conned the Republican leadership in Georgia into a consent decree that basically adulterated the signature verification system, so that you’re comparing the ballot signature to the application signature,” “They’re the same person who did the fraud. You should be comparing the ballot signature, the envelope signature on the ballot, to a signature that existed before the application was …

The Hill reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of President Trump’s closest allies on Capitol Hill, says it would be “good for the country” for Trump to attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20 “if Biden winds up winning.” “If Biden winds up winning, yeah, I think so,” Graham said when asked about whether Trump should attend Biden’s swearing-in …

Talking Points Memo reports: Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-SC) continued hustling Fox News viewers for money on Monday night, urging them to donate to GOP campaigns in Georgia to avoid what he called a “trifecta from hell.” The hellish trifecta referred to the Democratic leadership of President-elect Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) and Senate Minority Leader …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested he throw out certain legal ballots during the recount of the presidential race, an allegation that Mr. Graham denied. Mr. Raffensperger said in an interview Monday that Mr. Graham of South Carolina asked if absentee ballots could be disqualified from counties with …

Raw Story reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday shocked the political world after Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State accused him of election interference. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that he has come under increasing pressure in recent days from fellow Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), to question the validity of legally cast absentee ballots …

The Washington Post reports: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that he has come under increasing pressure in recent days from fellow Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), to question the validity of legally cast absentee ballots in an effort to reverse President Trump’s narrow loss in the state. The atmosphere has grown so contentious, Raffensperger said, …

ABC News reports: Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was just reelected in South Carolina, says he’s donating $1 million of his campaign money to help two GOP senators win runoff races in neighboring Georgia. Graham told Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” on Thursday that Republicans need to counter a “tsunami of liberal money” flowing into Georgia ahead of the …

The Hill reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham — during an interview with Fox News Radio’s “The Brian Kilmeade Show” — did not acknowledge that Trump lost this year’s election and instead said that if the president “falls short” he should “not let his movement die” and should “consider running again.” “I would encourage him to think about doing it,” Graham said, …