A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a> grand jury recommended charges against 39 people, including several high-profile Republicans, alongside former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> in a sweeping racketeering case over alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
An Atlanta judge released the 28-page grand jury <a href="https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/2165/EX-PARTE-FILING-9-8-2023?bidId=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> on Friday that showed a host of people, including one sitting and two former U.S. senators, that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis declined to charge. One person, Michael Roman, did not appear on the grand jury list but was charged in the racketeering case, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-georgia-indictment-09-08-23/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>.
The grand jury had recommended charging 21 people who were ultimately not charged, including former Georgia Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. Willis’ indictment filed last month named 19 people, including Trump.
The 19 co-defendants are facing a variety of charges, but all are charged with taking part in an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results under Georgia’s version of the federal RICO statute, an anti-racketeering law constructed to take down the mafia and other organized criminal enterprises.
All of those named in Willis’ indictment have <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/politics/trump-georgia-mark-meadows/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded</a> not guilty. Willis has said she wants to try the case all at once, though some of the defendants are pushing back, either to have their cases expedited or moved to a different venue.
Five of the defendants, including Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, are <a href="https://apnews.com/article/meadows-trump-plea-arraignment-georgia-election-trial-c333005e5dbfaaa833ac8730dfb27097" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seeking</a> to have their cases moved to federal court. Meadows is facing two charges: violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law and soliciting a public official to violate their oath.
Attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell have filed requests to expedite their cases, so they could face trial as early as November.
Trump was booked at the Fulton County Jail last month and took a mugshot in an unprecedented moment for a former president of the United States. Trump’s 2024 campaign immediately capitalized on the photo, selling mugshot merchandise and using the image to bolster his claims of election interference and political prosecution.
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The Willis indictment was the fourth in as many months that state and federal prosecutors had brought against Trump personally. The former president has maintained his innocence against all charges, accusing the prosecutors of targeting him for political reasons.
The indictments have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-campaign-blasts-lawsuit-to-bar-candidate-from-co-ballot-absurd-conspiracy-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fueled</a> a push to have Trump’s name removed from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment, which bars former elected officials from running for office again after they have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” Trump’s campaign has denounced the push as an “absurd conspiracy theory.”

Lindsey Graham

GA Grand Jury Recommended Charges Against Lindsey Graham, Former GOP Sens, Report Shows

Donald Trump

Fani Willis

Georgia

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) faced backlash this week from fellow Republicans and conservatives over a plan that they argue could lead to World War III with Russia.
&#8220;I will be working with Republicans and Democrats in the Senate to pass a resolution urging the admission of Ukraine into NATO,&#8221; Graham wrote on Twitter. &#8220;The best way to prevent future wars and promote peace is to create security guarantees that make aggressor nations think twice before starting wars.&#8221;
&#8220;Ukrainian NATO membership is vital to the future security of Europe and the world,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I believe there is an overwhelming majority of Senators supporting this proposition.&#8221;
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) rejected Graham&#8217;s proposal.
&#8220;Absolutely not,&#8221; Paul said. &#8220;This is exactly wrong — as usual — and could very well lead us to war with Russia, something no one should want.&#8221;
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Absolutely not. This is exactly wrong &#8211; as usual &#8211; and could very well lead us to war with Russia, something no one should want. <a href="https://t.co/G0ihMH11pd">https://t.co/G0ihMH11pd</a>
&mdash; Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1677451386408128513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1677438483449753600" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a>, &#8220;Expansion of NATO, a Cold War relic, led to the rise of Putin, also a Cold War relic, culminating in the invasion of Ukraine.&#8221;
&#8220;Expanding NATO further is not in the interests of US citizens,&#8221; Massie added.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1677439161656131586" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Graham&#8217;s proposal would &#8220;mean American troops on the ground in Ukraine.&#8221;
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&#8220;The American people will not stand by and allow our troops to go die in someone else&#8217;s war,&#8221; she said.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called the plan &#8220;madness.&#8221;
&#8220;Everyone in Washington should be urging peace and stopping the war in Ukraine,&#8221; she <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1677456391429312514" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Not bringing us to the brink of World War 3. The Ukraine war is destabilizing Europe and changing the world’s economies. America doesn’t support this.&#8221;
Republican political strategist Ryan Girdusky <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1677395443360079891" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>, &#8220;Lindsey Graham is out here trying to start World War 3 and Donald Trump will still continue to campaign with him.&#8221;
Professor Max Abrahms <a href="https://twitter.com/MaxAbrahms/status/1677488411832389634" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>: &#8220;There are two kinds of Americans who push for Ukraine in NATO. Those who don’t know how to keep Americans safe and those who secretly want war with Russia.&#8221;

Donald Trump Holds A Campaign Rally In South Carolina

Lindsey Graham Blasted By Republicans Over Plan ‘Trying To Start World War 3’

Lindsey Graham Blasted By Republicans Over Plan 'Trying To Start World War 3'

Congress

Politics

Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lindsey-graham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lindsey Graham</a> (R-SC) was booed the moment that he walked on stage at a rally for former President Donald Trump on Saturday until the moment that he walked off several minutes later.
After taking the stage in Pickens, South Carolina, Graham took nearly a minute before he started speaking as he sought to wait out the booing and jeers.
&#8220;Just calm down for a second,&#8221; Graham said after the booing continued.
Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard tweeted, &#8220;Nonstop boos for 4+ minutes now for @LindseyGrahamSC, one of Trump’s top Senate allies who won his 2020 reelect by 10+ points &#8211; but isn’t as popular in this very conservative part of SC as some other areas.&#8221;
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Nonstop boos for 4+ minutes now for <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LindseyGrahamSC</a>, one of Trump’s top Senate allies who won his 2020 reelect by 10+ points &#8211; but isn’t as popular in this very conservative part of SC as some other areas. <a href="https://t.co/abfowRmj7k">pic.twitter.com/abfowRmj7k</a>
&mdash; Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) <a href="https://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP/status/1675185926669058049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Lindsey Graham opened for Trump at his rally today in SC, and the people were quite unhappy about it. 
Why is Trump still aligning himself with globalist neocon RINOs like Graham? Honestly gross. <a href="https://t.co/3AUnHqyALJ">pic.twitter.com/3AUnHqyALJ</a>
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Lindsey Graham was booed for six minutes straight while delivering a speech to a Trump audience. 
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&#8220;Let me tell you how you win an election, folks,&#8221; Graham told the crowd. &#8220;You get people together that don&#8217;t agree all of the time to agree on the most important things.&#8221;
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&#8220;My hope is we can bring this party together &#8217;cause he&#8217;s gonna be our nominee,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;He will be the nominee of the Republican Party, and let me tell you what&#8217;s at stake. If they win in 2024, they&#8217;re gonna pack the Supreme Court. So we need to get off our butts and make sure Donald Trump wins. If they win in 2024 … Puerto Rico and D.C. will be states. Four Democrats for the rest of our lifetime. They&#8217;ll abolish the electoral college, they will turn this nation upside down.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s one person running for president as a Republican that has the ability to change this country. It is Donald J. Trump. He did it once, he can do it again,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna help him all over this country, and folks, I am from South Carolina. He is gonna win South Carolina. This is the pathway to the presidency. God bless you all. God bless President Trump. God bless America.&#8221;
Mediaite <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/trump/brutal-trump-rally-crowd-boos-lindsey-graham-to-his-face-when-trump-points-him-out-then-laughs-as-trump-roasts-him/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Graham was booed later when Trump pointed at him on stage and that the crowd laughed when Trump made fun of him.

Former President Donald Trump Holds Independence Day Rally

Lindsey Graham Pleads With Crowd To Stop Booing Him At Trump Rally: ‘Just Calm Down For A Second’

Lindsey Graham Pleads With Crowd To Stop Booing Him At Trump Rally: 'Just Calm Down For A Second'

Elections

South Carolina

South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham blasted the American justice system and the recent indictment of former President Donald Trump on Sunday, comparing his alleged actions to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week” with host George Stephanopoulos, Graham said that Trump is “stronger” politically than he was before the second indictment. He also says that espionage charges against the former president are “completely wrong” because it associates Trump with whistleblowers like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, which he believes is an unfair comparison.  
“We live in an America where if you’re the Democratic candidate for president, Hillary Clinton, secretary of state, you can set up a private server in your basement to conduct government business, and when an investigation is had about your activity&#8230;” Graham said as he was interrupted by Stephanopoulos. 
“What I don’t like is a system in America where the secretary of state — who’s a Democratic candidate for president — has people take a hammer to social media devices and break them apart, apply BleachBit to a hard drive to erase emails, allow classified information to get on a felon’s computer — Anthony Weiner — you haven’t even mentioned that,” Graham told the host. 
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“Most Republicans believe we live in a country where Hillary Clinton did similar things and nothing happened to her. Pres. Trump will have his day in court, but espionage charges are absolutely ridiculous,” GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham tells <a href="https://twitter.com/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GStephanopoulos</a>. <a href="https://t.co/TAi6FOqGGJ">https://t.co/TAi6FOqGGJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/l0ld91Wxw6">pic.twitter.com/l0ld91Wxw6</a>
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Graham added that he believed the majority of Republicans see a &#8220;double standard&#8221; applied to politicians on a partisan basis, pointing specifically to Clinton, who &#8220;did very similar things and nothing happened to her.&#8221; 
&#8220;This double standard is real in the minds of most Republicans,&#8221; he said.
While he has endorsed the former president’s third bid, Graham acknowledged that he’s not arguing Trump’s alleged actions were flawless but that the law is applied unequally in the United States. The senator said he wanted to review the system in which politicians and presidents handle classified information. Graham added that Trump would argue the Presidential Records Act but made clear his view that the espionage charges are wrong and that the justice system is being used against the former president in nefarious ways. 
&#8220;I think Donald Trump is stronger today politically than he was before,” Graham said. “We&#8217;ll have an election and we&#8217;ll have a trial, but I promise you this: Most Americans believe, most Republicans believe, that the law is used as a weapon against Donald Trump.”
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Graham also pointed to President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence’s classified document scandals, saying he doesn’t “like any of that.” 
On Thursday, a federal indictment from the Southern District of Florida charged Trump with 37 counts, including alleged violations of the Espionage Act. Trump told POLITICO the recent indictment wouldn’t prevent him from continuing his campaign, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/10/trump-vows-to-stay-in-the-race-even-if-convicted-00101403" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> he would “never leave” the race. 
Trump is <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/10/trump-vows-to-stay-in-the-race-even-if-convicted-00101403" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to appear in court on Tuesday.

Lindsey Graham Blasts Political ‘Double Standard’ In Justice System

Lindsey Graham Blasts Political 'Double Standard' In Justice System

George Stephanopoulos

Indictment

As a deal hashed out between President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) to avoid a U.S. debt default makes its way through <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a>, several Republican senators have already come out against the bill, saying that it does not go far enough to cut spending. 
Those opposed to the deal, known as the <a href="https://rules.house.gov/bill/118/hr-fiscal-responsibility-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fiscal Responsibility Act</a>, include Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), while others have expressed concerns about the bill in its current form. 
“I think the Biden-McCarthy debt deal is a disaster for the country. It does not significantly change the trajectory of the debt. Each year we’ll spend more money and the debt will grow $4 trillion in two years. It’s not very conservative,” Paul <a href="https://www.kktv.com/video/2023/05/31/sen-rand-paul-reacts-deal-debt-ceiling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters this week. 
Paul added that he planned on introducing a “conservative alternative” to the deal, which <a href="https://www.paul.senate.gov/dr-rand-paul-announces-conservative-alternative-to-biden-mccarthy-debt-deal/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C.%20%E2%80%93%20Today%2C%20U.S.,responsible%20reforms%20and%20necessary%20cuts." target="_blank" rel="noopener">would implemen</a>t a $500 billion hike on the debt ceiling to allow Congress more time to negotiate, put caps on total spending, and mandate that increases in federal outlays cannot exceed increases in federal revenue. 
Lee previously <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1661716721575804928" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> to use any procedural tool necessary to “impede” a debt ceiling deal that he believed did not cut spending enough, and he has voiced opposition to the agreement as it currently stands. 
“I believe McCarthy was misled, not malicious in signing onto this deal. But the deal simply does not do what its proponents claim it does — not even close. It’s time to go back to the drawing board or, even better, go back to what the House already passed,” Lee <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1663666847697207296" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
Cruz <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1662883736386404352" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referred</a> to the deal as a “blank check” for Biden, saying that it gave Democrats “$4 trillion things” that they wanted. Hawley <a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article275902901.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Kansas City Star that he opposed the deal because it didn’t address America’s trade deficit with China. 
“I think until we get serious about that, we can talk about fiddling with this or that set of numbers but until we get serious about really correcting that imbalance and bringing back jobs and industry, we’re not going to make the change that we need to see,” he said. 
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Meanwhile, Ohio Republican Senator J.D. Vance <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he was a “firm no” to the proposal in its current form, and South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1663245067509694477?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> concern over spending cuts in the deal. 
The McCarthy-Biden agreement <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debt-ceiling-bill-house-rules-committee-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advanced past</a> the House Rules Committee in a 7-6 vote on Tuesday afternoon, with key conservatives Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) voting against and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) voting in favor. 
House leadership has expressed confidence that they will have enough votes to get the deal through the lower chamber though it will face opposition from members of the House Freedom Caucus, meaning it will likely require Democrat votes to pass.
McCarthy has acknowledged the bill&#8217;s detractors but said it was the best they could do with a Democrat-controlled Senate and presidency.
“Maybe it doesn’t do everything for everyone, but this is a step in the right direction that no one thought that we would be able to today,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-kevin-mccarthy-touts-wins-conservatives-secured-in-tentative-debt-ceiling-agreement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McCarthy said</a>. “I’ll debate this bill with anybody. Is it everything I wanted? No, because we don’t control all of it. But it is the biggest rescission in history. It is the biggest cut Congress has ever voted for in that process.”

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

‘A Disaster’: Republican Senators Voice Opposition To McCarthy-Biden Debt Ceiling Deal

Republican Senators Voice Opposition To McCarthy-Biden Debt Ceiling Deal

Debt Ceiling

JD Vance

Joe Biden

Josh Hawley

Kevin McCarthy

Mike Lee

Rand Paul

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia</a> issued a warrant on Monday seeking the arrest of Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lindsey-graham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lindsey Graham</a> (R-SC) after the release of an edited video that made it appear the lawmaker was celebrating the United States spending money on the killing of Russians in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a>.
After top Russian investigator Alexander Bastrykin ordered criminal proceedings, the Russian Interior Ministry added Graham to its wanted list, <a href="https://tass.com/ukraine-crisis/1624329" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Russian state news agency TASS</a>.
At issue is <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1663161448263208961" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a video</a>, released by Ukraine&#8217;s presidential office, showing Graham meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy last week. It was edited to show Graham saying, &#8220;the Russians are dying,&#8221; and then describing how U.S. military aid to Ukraine is &#8220;the best money we’ve ever spent,&#8221; <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/29/lindsey-graham-russia-arrest-warrant-00099150" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Associated Press</a>.
&#8220;It’s hard to imagine a greater shame for the country than having such senators,&#8221; said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-russia-wanted-list-ukraine-war-killing-senators-1803112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per Newsweek.</a>
A longer video <a href="https://twitter.com/GuyReuters/status/1663112263056629761" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published by Reuters</a> shows Graham making those comments in reverse order and not directly connecting them as the original clip had suggested.
After making the remarks lionizing the United States&#8217; investment in helping Ukraine fend off the Russian invasion, Graham talked about how Ukrainians remind him of &#8220;our better selves in America&#8221; fighting for freedom. Zelensky pointed out that Americans are now free and Ukrainians will also be free, to which Graham then noted that &#8220;the Russians are dying.&#8221;
Despite any confusion, Graham, who has been a staunch critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, celebrated being a wanted man in Russia.
&#8220;I will wear the arrest warrant issued by Putin’s corrupt and immoral government as a Badge of Honor,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=C6FE783D-6541-4E0E-9FBC-0D60615E6137" target="_blank" rel="noopener">senator said in a statement</a> on Monday. &#8220;To know that my commitment to Ukraine has drawn the ire of Putin’s regime brings me immense joy. I will continue to stand with and for Ukraine’s freedom until every Russian soldier is expelled from Ukrainian territory.&#8221;
Graham also made an &#8220;offer&#8221; to Putin, alluding to how the International Criminal Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-international-criminal-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-vladimir-putin-for-abducting-children-war-crimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued an arrest warrant</a> for Putin for alleged war crimes during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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&#8220;I will submit to jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court if you do,&#8221; Graham said. &#8220;Come and make your best case. See you in The Hague!&#8221;
The Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed the idea that Graham&#8217;s words had been edited to be shown out of context as a &#8220;clumsy&#8221; excuse, according to TASS. &#8220;It is already impossible to clean oneself [and one’s reputation] from the stain of such remarks, even if they were uttered separately,&#8221; <a href="https://tass.com/politics/1624499" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the ministry said</a>.

Sen. Lindsey Graham

Russia Seeks Arrest Of Sen. Lindsey Graham

Russia

Ukraine

Ukraine-Russia War

Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lindsey-graham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lindsey Graham</a> (R-SC) sparred with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash over Democrats&#8217; position on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> on Sunday.
Appearing on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; Graham was asked whether he believes abortion is a state or federal issue. Graham voiced his support for a federal abortion ban and said Democrats would oppose any restriction.
&#8220;[I]t&#8217;s a human rights issue,&#8221; Graham said. &#8220;Does it really matter where you&#8217;re conceived? At 15 weeks, you have a developed heart and lungs. And to dismember a child at 15 weeks is a painful experience. It&#8217;s barbaric. It&#8217;s out of line with the rest of the civilized world. Only North Korea and China allow abortion demand up to the moment of birth, except the Democratic Party.&#8221;
&#8220;What the Democratic Party proposes on abortion is barbaric,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I welcome this debate. I think the Republican Party will be in good standing to oppose late-term abortion, like most of the civilized world.&#8221;
&#8220;Just for the record, Roe went up to viability,&#8221; Bash noted.
Then Graham accused Bash of carrying water for the Democrats. &#8220;No, that&#8217;s no— no, no, quit covering for these guys,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Media, you keep covering for these guys. They introduced legislation that allowed abortion-on-demand with taxpayer-[funding], up to the moment of birth. That was their position in Washington. That&#8217;s the law they want to pass. And nobody in your business will talk about it.&#8221;
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&quot;No no, quit covering for these guys! No no no, you&#39;re media, you keep covering for these guys!&quot; 
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) goes off on Dana Bash after she says &quot;for the record Roe went up to viability&quot; during discussion on late-term abortion and what should be left to states <a href="https://t.co/s5zbKaWQFf">pic.twitter.com/s5zbKaWQFf</a>
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Democrats in the House of Representatives passed the &#8220;<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3755/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Women&#8217;s Health Protection Act</a>&#8221; in September 2021. The bill allowed abortions at any time and for any reason before fetal viability. It also permitted abortions after the point of fetal viability if a healthcare provider determined that the pregnancy would pose a risk to the mother&#8217;s &#8220;life or health.&#8221; There was no standard for what the word &#8220;health&#8221; meant. That bill failed to overcome a Senate filibuster.
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Meanwhile, on Friday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-releases-decision-on-abortion-pill-mifepristone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court</a> blocked a ruling from a federal judge in Texas that placed restrictions on the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortifacient drug mifepristone, which is used in about half of all U.S. abortions. The Supreme Court ruled to allow the approval of the drug while a lawsuit is heard by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, granting requests from the Biden administration and the manufacturer.

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 27: Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.)

‘Quit Covering For These Guys’: Lindsey Graham Erupts On CNN Host Over Democrats’ Radical Abortion Position

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Senate Republicans blocked a plan by Democrats to quickly replace Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dianne-feinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dianne Feinstein</a> (D-CA) on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lindsey-graham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lindsey Graham</a> (R-SC) objected when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sought unanimous consent for a resolution that would allow Ben Cardin, a Democrat who is the senior senator from Maryland, to take Feinstein&#8217;s place.
“She’s a dear friend and we hope for her speedy recovery and return back to the Senate. With all due respect, my colleague, Sen. Schumer, this is about a handful of judges that you can’t get the votes for,” Graham said, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/18/politics/schumer-senate-feinstein-vote-cardin/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per CNN</a>.
As Graham indicated, central to the debate are nominees to federal courts around the country. By mid-February, the Senate confirmed more than 100 judicial appointments, meaning that in two years President Joe Biden was <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-appointed-105-federal-judges-outpacing-trump-obama/story?id=97200133" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outpacing his immediate predecessors</a>. Any effort to reshape the federal judiciary ran into a roadblock when the judiciary panel, <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which considers</a> both executive nominations and judicial nominations, when Feinstein became a no-show on Capitol Hill.
If Democrats press the issue, replacing Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee could lead to a vote that would require the support of 60 members in the narrowly-divided Senate. <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/04/17/no-gop-favors-for-feinstein-00092278" target="_blank" rel="noopener">At least 10 Republicans</a> need to join with Democrats and independents, but already prospects appear grim. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href="https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1648335139687084033" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said on Tuesday</a> that GOP senators &#8220;will not take part in sidelining a temporary absent colleague off a committee just so Democrats can force through their very worst nominees.&#8221;
Feinstein announced in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dianne-feinstein-hospitalized-in-san-francisco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">early March</a> that she had been hospitalized in San Francisco after being diagnosed with a case of shingles. Though Feinstein said she hoped to return to the Senate by the end of the month, that didn&#8217;t happen and some of her fellow Democrats, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-democrat-congressman-calls-for-dianne-feinstein-to-resign-immediately-can-no-longer-fulfill-her-duties" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA),</a> began to crank up the pressure for Feinstein to retire. Instead of giving in, Feinstein asked Schumer last week to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feinstein-asks-schumer-to-let-another-democrat-take-committee-spot-2nd-democrat-calls-for-resignation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">temporarily replace</a> her on the Judiciary Committee while she continues to recover.
Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently conceded that Feinstein&#8217;s absence is holding up the ability of the panel, which is <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members" target="_blank" rel="noopener">split 10-10</a> along party lines without her, to advance Biden&#8217;s nominees to federal courts around the nation. &#8220;I can’t consider nominees in these circumstances because a tie vote is a losing vote in committee,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/10/politics/biden-judges-senate-blue-slips-absences/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he told CNN</a>.
Also potentially at stake is a possible hearing focused on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the revelations of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/us/politics/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously undisclosed gifts and luxury trips</a> from a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harlan-crow-hits-back-slams-yellow-journalism-and-political-hit-job-on-his-friend-clarence-thomas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wealthy conservative donor</a>. An aide to the Democrats told NBC News that the use of a subpoena is &#8220;<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-eye-hearing-clarence-thomas-gift-revelations-rcna80241" target="_blank" rel="noopener">out of the question</a>&#8221; without a majority on the committee.
It remains possible that Feinstein does make a return to Washington, D.C. in the near future and there will not be a need for a vote to replace her on the judiciary panel. In speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Schumer said he &#8220;spoke to Sen. Feinstein just a few days ago and she and I are both very hopeful that she will return very soon.&#8221;
Feinstein, the Senate&#8217;s oldest member at the age of 89, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dianne-feinstein-not-running-for-re-election-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced in February</a> she would not seek re-election in 2024. Three prominent House Democrats — Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barbara-lee-announces-bid-for-dianne-feinsteins-senate-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barbara Lee</a> — have announced campaigns to replace Feinstein in the Senate.

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Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized remarks made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) regarding the alleged Pentagon leaker, going as far as calling her statement “irresponsible” and saying comments like it hinders the United States’ ability to defend itself. 
Appearing on ABC&#8217;s “This Week” with host Jonathon Karl, Graham said anybody defending the leaks of classified information was putting the United States in “danger.” The South Carolina Republican also said he was shocked the alleged leaker, 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, had access to the documents in the first place. 
“What they’re suggesting will destroy America’s ability to defend itself,” Graham told Karl regarding comments defending the alleged leaker. “That it’s okay to release classified information based on your political views. That the ends justify the means. It is not okay.” he added. 
Shortly after Teixeira’s arrest on Thursday, Greene <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1646615867285708802" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted,</a> “Jake Teixeira is white, male, Christian, and antiwar. That makes him an enemy to the Biden regime. And he told the truth about troops being on the ground in Ukraine and a lot more. Ask yourself who is the real enemy? A young low level national guardsmen?  Or the administration that is waging war in Ukraine, a non-NATO nation, against nuclear Russia without war powers?” 
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After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defends alleged Pentagon leaker, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jonkarl</a>, “For any member of Congress to suggest it’s OK to leak classified information because you agree with the cause is terribly irresponsible.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/n5PvaC6H4o">https://t.co/n5PvaC6H4o</a> <a href="https://t.co/7OUh4e0tON">pic.twitter.com/7OUh4e0tON</a>
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In the interview, Graham touted the United States intelligence community but said the leaks had restricted the ability to gather intelligence from human resources on the ground. 
“If you’re a member of the military intelligence community and you disagree with American policy, and you think you’re gonna be okay when it comes to leaking classified information, you’re gonna go to jail,” Graham told Karl. 
“It’s one of the most irresponsible statements you could make,” Graham said. “For any member of Congress to suggest it’s okay to leak classified information because you agree with the cause is terribly irresponsible and puts America in serious danger.” 
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Greene has <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1646901436347760641" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Biden administration was “caught lying” about the war in Ukraine, and the administration is in “spin mode” blaming Teixeira, all while “ginning up full government censorship.” 
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🧵Thread The Biden Admin and Pentagon have been caught lying about the war they are funding and fighting against Russia in Ukraine, but they are in full spin mode blaming low level 21 yr old National Guardsman, Jake Teixeira, while they are ginning up full government censorship. <a href="https://t.co/iB5oihk84J">https://t.co/iB5oihk84J</a>
&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1646901436347760641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Some of the leaked documents include conditions on the battlefield in Ukraine, including potential vulnerabilities in the country’s air defense capabilities and suggestions the U.S. believes the war could drag on. 
Sen. Graham has been a staunch supporter of the United States sending aid to Ukraine, even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dumber-than-dirt-graham-explains-most-catastrophic-thing-that-could-happen-to-u-s-china-relations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advocating</a> for training Ukrainians to fly F-16s and creating an international tribunal to try Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes. Greene, who has been critical of the aid, has <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-bill-requesting-audit-ukraine-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a bill requesting an audit of military aid to Ukraine. 
&#8220;That is exactly what the American people need, an audit of Ukraine, because we have no idea where all this money’s going,&#8221; Greene told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in February.

‘Terribly Irresponsible’: Lindsey Graham Criticizes Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Comments On Alleged Pentagon Leaker

Lindsey Graham Criticizes Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Comments On Alleged Pentagon Leaker 

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned over the weekend that the United States must increase its overall military preparedness or face an almost certain war with communist China in the near future.
Graham made the remarks during an interview on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; on Easter while talking about U.S. national security.
Graham&#8217;s remarks come as China has conducted aggressive military drills in recent days aimed at intimidating the free nation of Taiwan. The military exercises came after Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen met with top U.S. leaders on U.S. soil last week.
“Taiwan’s not the problem,” Graham told host Shannon Bream. “Lindsey Graham’s not the problem. It’s Putin and it’s Xi.”
Graham said that deterrence was the best possible option and that it could only be achieved by having a superior military and technology.
&#8220;I would increase training and get the F-16s they need in Taiwan. There&#8217;s a backlog. I would solve that backlog. I would move more forces to South Korea and Japan,&#8221; Graham said. “I would up our game. If you don’t up your game now, you are going to have a war.”
Graham noted that the situation with Taiwan is different than Ukraine and that an invasion by China could result with U.S. troops being sucked into the fighting.
&#8220;Nobody wants World War III. But what kind of world do you want to live in? Do you want to live in a world where an island called Taiwan could be taken by China?&#8221; Graham said. &#8220;90% of the high-end microchips are made in Taiwan. They would have a monopoly on the digital economy.&#8221;
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Senator Graham Warns About War With China: U.S. Must Boost Military Now Or Face War

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) described the Biden administration&#8217;s report on the Afghanistan withdrawal as &#8220;a political whitewash.&#8221;
Appearing on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221; Graham blasted the 12-page summary report that blamed problems on the Trump administration, claiming that it hampered the withdrawal efforts. He accused the Biden administration of deflecting, adding that its weak pull-out exposed America to terror threats.
“This report is a political whitewash by the Biden administration to shift blame,&#8221; said Graham. &#8220;The report says that our mission had been accomplished and that&#8217;s why Biden got out of Afghanistan. He&#8217;s claiming that we eradicated all terrorist threats in Afghanistan; that&#8217;s why he withdrew to end the longest war [in American history].&#8221;
&#8220;General [Michael] Kurilla said last week — who&#8217;s the head of CENTCOM — that the rise of ISIS-K and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan is so severe we could be <a href="https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-03-16/centcom-kurilla-isis-afghanistan-attacks-9514063.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacked</a> in America in the next six months without warning. So when the Biden administration tells you there are no terrorists in Afghanistan, they are lying. There’s a lethal cocktail forming, rise of terrorism, Afghanistan, a broken border here in the United States. It&#8217;s only a matter of time until there&#8217;s another 9/11 if we don&#8217;t change policies. My view of what happened in Afghanistan by Biden was he paved the way for another 9/11.”
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The Biden administration released its <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/US-Withdrawal-from-Afghanistan.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> on Thursday, claiming Biden supported the withdrawal from the moment he took office.
&#8220;When he came into office, President Biden believed the right thing for the country was to end the longest war in American history and bring American troops home,&#8221; the report stated. &#8220;As he laid out to the American people, after twenty years, the United States had accomplished its mission in Afghanistan: to remove from the battlefield the terrorists who attacked the United States on 9/11, including Osama bin Laden, and degrade the terrorist threat to the United States.&#8221;
&#8220;President Biden’s choices for how to execute a withdrawal from Afghanistan were severely constrained by conditions created by his predecessor,&#8221; the report claimed, citing the Trump administration&#8217;s troop drawdowns and negotiations directly with the Taliban, including the May 2021 deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan.
&#8220;During the transition from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration, the outgoing Administration provided no plans for how to conduct the final withdrawal or to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies,&#8221; the report continued. &#8220;Indeed, there were no such plans in place when President Biden came into office, even with the agreed upon full withdrawal just over three months away. As a result, when President Biden took office on January 20, 2021, the Taliban were in the strongest military position that they had been in since 2001, controlling or contesting nearly half of the country.&#8221;
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&#8220;At the same time, the United States had only 2,500 troops on the ground—the lowest number of troops in Afghanistan since 2001—and President Biden was facing President Trump’s near-term deadline to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by May 2021, or the Taliban would resume its attacks on U.S. and allied troops.&#8221;

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Fox News host Jesse Watters grilled Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) during an interview on Wednesday for supporting a bill that he did not realize that he had co-signed.
The RESTRICT Act, which was created by Congress to effectively allow the Secretary of Commerce to ban TikTok and other foreign threats from the U.S., has faced backlash in recent days over what the bill could mean for Americans&#8217; freedoms.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s try to get some answers out of the Senator Lindsey Graham, who supports this and is here now,&#8221; Watters said. &#8220;You got to be kidding me, Senator. Did you read this?&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, I don&#8217;t think I support the RESTRICT Act,&#8221; Graham said.
&#8220;You don&#8217;t support this?&#8221; Watters asked. &#8220;Because you are named as one of those supporters [and] this is garbage.&#8221;
A couple minutes later Watters appeared to take a swipe at Graham, saying: &#8220;Maybe it&#8217;s like Fetterman when your chief of staff does all your work for you.&#8221;
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<blockquote>JESSE WATTERS, FOX NEWS HOST: Let&#8217;s try to get some answers out of the Senator Lindsey Graham, who supports this and is here now. You got to be kidding me, Senator. Did you read this?
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-SC): Yeah, I don&#8217;t think I support the RESTRICT act.
WATTERS: You don&#8217;t support this, because you are named as one of those supporters? Because this is garbage.
GRAHAM: Is this the one with John? There&#8217;s two bills out there. One allows a review of businesses that are connected to China, gives the Secretary the ability to protect our data. Is that the RESTRICT Act?
WATTERS: We got S686, right here. March 7 and we got a bunch of Republicans supporting it. Because this thing is crazy town. You don&#8217;t want the government looking into your private phone?
GRAHAM: No, I don&#8217;t and they can&#8217;t.
WATTERS: If they have a hunch you&#8217;re colluding with the Russians, we remember how that turned out.
GRAHAM: Yeah, no. Well, the Constitution trump&#8217;s a statute. So let me come back and, you know, give you a better explanation. Here&#8217;s the problem as I see it. China is the parent company of TikTok. And my nieces like TikTok. I don&#8217;t mind them using TikTok. I just don&#8217;t want the Chinese government to seize all their data and manipulate the information America sees for political purposes. China is helping drug cartels in Mexico. China is not a friend. Chinese espionage is at an all time high against American business interests. So I want to push back against China, but within a constitutional framework, you&#8217;re right about that. So you made these allegations, and I&#8217;ll come answer better next time.
WATTERS: I mean, because on Congress.gov, you&#8217;re listed as one of the co-sponsors of this thing. Maybe it&#8217;s like Fetterman when your chief of staff does all your work for you, but Senator, you got to go back and talk to these other senators about this. This thing is nuts. And it&#8217;s gonna get abused like it always does. So we got to clean this up. Can we clean this up?
GRAHAM: Well, yeah, I mean, number one, yeah, I owe you a better explanation [than] I&#8217;m giving you. John Thune has got a bill to make sure the Secretary of Commerce can deal with this, not just TikTok. But the general idea that China, we&#8217;re under attack by China. Now, that&#8217;s a fact. Chinese Communist Party is stealing American data, espionage against American businesses is at an all time. According to the FBI, it&#8217;s the number one challenge they face. China&#8217;s providing drug precursors to make fentanyl in Mexico that&#8217;s killing Americans. So yeah, I&#8217;m definitely going to push back against China being able to steal your data, but I want to do it in a constitutionally sound manner. So the problem is real with China, but the solution can be more damaging than the price.
WATTERS: Don&#8217;t push back on the United States&#8217; citizens for something China is doing.</blockquote>

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