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WATCH: Graham’s Fiery Defense Of Feds In Portland: ‘If We Hadn’t Intervened They’d Burn The Godda***d Thing Down’

"I challenge anybody on the other side to say different."

Hank Berrien
WATCH: Graham’s Fiery Defense Of Feds In Portland: ‘If We Hadn’t Intervened They’d Burn The Godda***d Thing Down’
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Speaking on Tuesday at a hearing titled, “Hearing on Protecting Free Speech and Preventing Violent Protests, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gave a fiery defense of the federal government’s intervention in the Portland riots that targeted a federal courthouse, snapping, “If we hadn’t intervened they’d burn the godda***d thing down.”

Graham addressed Acting Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Kenneth Cuccinelli and Erin Nealy Cox, the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

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