Lindsey Graham
Updates on Lindsey Graham, the senior U.S. senator from South Carolina. A Republican, he has represented South Carolina since 2003. He currently holds the seat vacated by Strom Thurmond. Before the U.S. Senate, Graham represented South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1995 and 2003. He unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2016, losing to President Donald Trump.
Fox Host Confronts Lindsey Graham Over Opposition to Voting Rights Bill
"As you know, the Constitution does provide for federal oversight of state elections," the Fox News Sunday anchor told the GOP senator.
Lindsey Graham Says 'I Miss Trump' During Fox News Interview
The South Carolina senator claimed no one was afraid of President Biden, but the "bad guys" feared Donald Trump.
Graham Says Chinese Scientists Won't be Honest if it Means Being 'Shot'
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called Peter Daszak, a scientist on the team that traveled to Wuhan, "detached" from reality with how China works for trusting Chinese scientists.
Graham Suggests Wuhan Lab Leak Theory Would Have Changed 2020 Election
The idea that the COVID-19 virus originated in a lab in China has gained renewed attention in recent weeks.
Lindsey Graham Asks if 'Deep-State Science Department' Shot Down COVID Lab
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham asked during a press conference Monday if there was a "deep state science department" that dismissed the Wuhan lab origins theory for COVID-19. He claimed people in the state department promoting the lab theory were silenced.
Ted Cruz Posts Video From Woman's Destroyed Home in Israel Amid Debris
"All of this came from one Hamas rocket, one terrorist, who murdered a woman in Ashkelon," Cruz said at the end of the video he posted on Tuesday.
Graham Says Trump Will Have 'Some Damage to Repair' If He Runs in 2024
The former president has hinted at another run for the Republican Party's nomination two years from now.
Lindsey Graham Says 'I Accept the Results' of the 2020 Election
Graham's comments came just days after Trump blamed "suppression polling" for reducing voter turnout during the 2020 election.
Lindsey Graham Says Israel Must Do 'as Much Damage as Possible' to Hamas
Graham echoed comments Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made on Sunday and said he didn't see a two-state solution happening until Hamas is "marginalized."
Graham Calls Out Biden on Colonial Pipeline Hack Response: 'Weak'
"Is anybody in Russia afraid of hitting us again?" the Republican senator said.
Lindsey Graham Warns Those Trying to Erase Trump From the Republican Party
The senator has previously said the Republican Party can't "move forward" without the former president.
Lindsey Graham Says GOP Can't Move Forward Without Donald Trump
The South Carolina senator has said he feels the Republican Party "can't grow" without the former president.
Lindsey Graham Announces Contest, Winner Gets to Golf With Trump and Him
"If you don't win, the money is going to be used to take back the House and the Senate, so we can stop this slide to socialism," Graham said.
Graham Dismisses Systemic Racism in Policing Because VP Harris Is Black
From 2015 to 2020, Black Americans were killed by police at a rate that was more than twice as high as white Americans.
Lindsey Graham Would Support Republicans Denying Quorum in Filibuster Clash
The Republican senator called on his party to use "all the tools in the toolbox" to curb filibuster reform.
Lindsey Graham Disagrees With Trump Backing Biden on Pulling Troops
President Joe Biden stated he wants a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan by September 11, and Trump said that's "wonderful and positive." Graham referred to them as "generals" in his disagreement.
Lindsey Graham Says Biden Created 'Instability' Amid Afghanistan Withdrawal
"I've never been more worried than I am now about the world at large," the Republican senator said.
Graham Blames Biden Team for ISIS Rise, Calls Afghanistan Pullout Dangerous
"'General Biden' has been wrong about every military decision in recent memory," the South Carolina senator tweeted.
Graham Slams Rep. Jones for Suggesting Supreme Court Led US to Capitol Riot
In the video, which was posted to Twitter by Jones, he can be heard saying, "Our Democracy is in crisis. The insurrection on January 6 made that clear. This crisis didn't arrive overnight, or by accident. The Supreme Court helped bring us here."
Terrorists Believe They 'Beat' U.S. Amid Afghanistan Troop Removal: Graham
The military exit, Biden said, will begin May 1 and be completed by the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Lindsey Graham Says Joe Biden Is 'Paving the Way for Another September 11'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that President Joe Biden's plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan would be "paving the way for another 9/11" on Tuesday, calling his foreign policy decisions "completely incompetent and destabilizing."
Lindsey Graham Shows Off Rifle Skill, Warns of 'Breakdown of Law and Order'
The South Carolina Republican rallied against an assault rifle ban, saying "Democrats are basically declaring war on gun ownership."
Graham Says Georgia Ban on Handing Voters Water Doesn't Make Sense
The Republican senator largely defended the election legislation in Georgia, warning instead about Democrats' efforts to pass HR 1.
Lindsey Graham Says Senate Would Reject Assault Weapon Ban
The Republican senator said any proposed ban on assault rifles would fail to win 60 votes.
Lindsey Graham Would Speak Till 'I Fell Over' If Talking Filibuster Resumed
The South Carolina senator told Fox News that GOP lawmakers would fight any Democratic plan to "abolish the filibuster and transform America."
Lindsey Graham Backs Tim Scott After Criticism Over 'Woke Supremacy'
Earlier this week, GOP Senator Tim Scott and CNN host Don Lemon, who are both Black, sparred over race, after Scott said that "woke supremacy" is as bad as "white supremacy."
Lindsey Graham Tells Joe Biden To Revive Remain in Mexico Policy
The South Carolina senator told Fox News anchor Sean Hannity that border problems could be exploited by terrorists.
Cindy McCain Warns GOP Can't Survive by Appealing to Humanity's 'Dark Side'
Senator John McCain's widow said the Republican Party is on the "brink" and will be forced to either "find its way or dissolve."
Lindsey Graham Calls Donald Trump a Cross Between Helms, Reagan and Barnum
"It's just this bigger than life deal," Graham said about Trump. "He could make the Republican Party something that nobody else I know can make it. He can make it bigger, he can make it stronger, he can make it more diverse and he also could destroy it."
Lindsey Graham Warns Donald Trump Could 'Destroy' GOP After Combative CPAC
The Republican senator also said Trump had the power to make the party stronger and more diverse.
