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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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May 10, 2021

The most popular Republican in America is not Lindsey Graham. It`s not Liz Cheney. It`s Donald Trump.

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May 10, 2021

The most popular Republican in America, it`s not Lindsey Graham, it`s not Liz Cheney. It`s Donald Trump. To try to erase Donald Trump from the Republican Party is insane. And the people who try to erase him are going to wind up getting…

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May 7, 2021

I would just say to my Republican colleagues, can we move forward without President Trump? The answer is no.

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May 7, 2021

Can we move forward without President Trump? I’ve determined we can’t grow without him.

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May 6, 2021

I would just say to my Republican colleagues, can we move forward without President Trump? The answer is no. I`ve always liked Liz Cheney, but she`s made a determination that the Republican Party can`t grow with President Trump. I`ve…

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May 4, 2021

He`s a jack ass. He`s a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot.

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May 3, 2021

If we do not push back against Google and Twitter, we will lose our democratic ability to talk to each other.

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Apr 30, 2021

What they have is voter suppression. That`s what they`re using to win.

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Apr 27, 2021

If we don`t win in 2022, we should have our ass kicked, because they`re destroying our country.

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Apr 25, 2021

No, not in my opinion. We just elected a two-term African American president. The vice president is African-American-Indian descent. So our systems are not racist. America is not a racist country. Within every society, you have bad actors.

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Apr 14, 2021

What you do with the money is really important. If you rebate it to the consumer, it lessens some of the fears that people have about increased cost at the gas tank, increased heating costs, you know, running your business.

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Apr 14, 2021

I guess what I would say is that we need to probably move together, because one of the concerns that people have is if we put a price on carbon here, it could create a competitive disadvantage, at least in the short term.

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Apr 14, 2021

Count me in for dealing with threats across the board, rationally.

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Apr 14, 2021

Ignoring a threat does not make it go away.

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Apr 14, 2021

Climate change is real. The devastation of the planet is definitely happening.

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Apr 14, 2021

I think climate change is a real threat to our way of life.

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Apr 14, 2021

I have come to conclude that climate change is real, that human emissions create a greenhouse gas effect that traps heat, and that you see a rise in the oceans and acidity in the water and droughts and disruption of weather patterns.

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Apr 14, 2021

It does not do much good for us to do all this if other people do not follow.

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Apr 14, 2021

I have talked to the fossil fuel industry. I find them very open to change.

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Apr 14, 2021

President Biden, you have not ended the war you have extended it for withdrawing because it’s been too long. Withdrawing because America is tired, I can tell America that you may be tired of fighting radical Islam. They are not tired of…

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Apr 13, 2021

There are no great outcomes, but this is the worst possible outcome is to pull up and leave in hope that things will turn out well.

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Apr 8, 2021

This is the biggest power grab since I have been in Congress. It will take away every state's ability to run free and fair elections.

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Apr 6, 2021

They played the race card morning, noon and night. I am tired of it. I think it`s cheap. I think it`s sick for the president of the United States, Joe Biden, who has been a friend for years, to say that what they`re doing in Georgia is Jim…

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Apr 6, 2021

This is the biggest power grab since I have been in Congress. It will take away every state`s ability to run free and fair elections.

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Mar 30, 2021

So, every time a Republican does anything, we`re racist. If you`re a white conservative, you`re racist.

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