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Lindsey Graham

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Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham has been a prominent figure in national politics, known for his work on issues such as national security, foreign policy, and judicial appointments. He has played a key role in various legislative efforts and has been an outspoken advocate for military support to Ukraine in recent years.

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Apr 25, 2022

I think there will be a receptive audience to give you more money.

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Apr 20, 2022

I think he’s a cook. I think he’s crazy. I think he’s unfit for office. I don’t believe he’s a Republican. His policies are really bad for the country.

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Apr 9, 2022

The game has changed. Remember Amy Coney Barrett, how they came after her? Remember Kavanaugh? I do. To compare that hearing with what happened to Judge Jackson is ridiculous.

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Apr 7, 2022

When we nominate a qualified African-American woman, they filibuster her without apology.

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Apr 4, 2022

Count me in for supplementing a declining workforce. Count me out for an immigration bill that does not secure the border first.

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Apr 4, 2022

The Democratic response is to tax people. The Democratic response is it is business's fault. It is Putin's fault.

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Apr 4, 2022

It is no accident that gas prices are through the roof when the man campaigning for President said he would put the fossil fuel business out of business.

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Apr 4, 2022

If we do not secure our border first there will be no immigration reform.

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Apr 4, 2022

Thank God, Manchin and a few others said, no.

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Apr 4, 2022

We do have to secure the border as part of immigration reform.

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Apr 4, 2022

They proposed Build Back Better, which would have made all of our problems 10 times worse.

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Apr 4, 2022

Our Democratic colleagues spent $1.9 trillion by themselves.

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Apr 4, 2022

The best cause for inflation lies in the policy choices of this administration more than any single thing.

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Apr 4, 2022

My view is that the best way to help people is have a competitive tax code, take money from the American people to run the government in a professional manner, not overly expand the role of government, but whatever you do, do it well, and…

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Apr 4, 2022

If we get back the Senate, and we’re in charge of this body, and there’s judicial openings, we will tell our colleagues on the other side, but if we’re in charge she would not have been before this committee.

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Apr 3, 2022

I will vote no. I’m the first -- first time I have ever voted against any Supreme Court nominee.

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Apr 3, 2022

If we get back the Senate, and we`re in charge of this body, and there`s judicial openings, we will talk to our colleagues on the other side, but, if we`re in charge, she would not have met before this committee.

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Apr 3, 2022

If we get back the Senate, and we're in charge of this body, and there's judicial openings, we will talk to our colleagues on the other side, but, if we're in charge, she would not have met before this committee.

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Apr 3, 2022

I will vote no. I`m the first -- first time I have ever voted against any Supreme Court nominee.

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Mar 31, 2022

I will oppose her and I will vote no.

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Mar 30, 2022

I said, after Kavanaugh, the rules have changed for me. The whole game has changed.

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Mar 30, 2022

If there`s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say, Lindsey Graham said, let`s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination, and you could use my words…

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Mar 30, 2022

If the shoe were on the other foot, they would do this in a New York minute.

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Mar 30, 2022

If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say, Lindsey Graham said, let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination.

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