South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham went into the lion’s den this week, making an appearance on This Week with host George Stephanopoulos. At one point, Graham exploded.
Graham and Stephanopoulos were discussing Donald Trump’s indictment; Graham has endorsed Trump for president in 2024.
From The New York Post:
The South Carolina Republican — who has endorsed Trump as the Republican candidate for president in 2024 –exploded at the “This Week” co-anchor after he was asked to clarify if he believed the former president’s claims that he “did nothing wrong” in the classified documents cases.
“No let me finish!,” Graham barked.
The tense moment took place just 30 seconds into the interview, after Graham started to compare the case against the candidate to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, which prompted an FBI investigation in the home stretch of the 2016 presidential race, which she ultimately lost to Trump.
“Well here’s what I believe, we live in an America where if you’re the Democratic candidate for president… you can set up a private server, in your basement, to conduct government business, and when an investigation is had about your activity,” Graham began as Stephanopoulos interjected.
“But Senator…,” Stephanopoulos said as he attempted to steer Graham back to his original question about Trump’s claims that he had not committed any wrongdoing — prompting the sharp rebuttal from the senator.
“But you didn’t answer the question,” the anchor insisted.
“This panel you had was ridiculous,” Graham countered, referencing a previous segment on the program featuring legal observers, as he grew visibly agitated.
“I’m trying to answer the question from a Republican point of view,” Graham continued. “That may not be acceptable on this show.
“Yes, I don’t like what President Trump did in certain aspects. I don’t like that Joe Biden had classified information on the garage; I don’t like that Mike Pence carelessly took classified information; I don’t like any of that,” he said.
Graham took to Twitter to reiterate that Trump will have his day in court.
“President Trump will have his day in court but espionage charges are absolutely ridiculous Whether you like Trump or not, he did not commit espionage. He did not disseminate, leak or provide information to a foreign power or news organizations to damage this country.”
Watch the clip above. More over at The New York Post:
‘Let me finish!’: Sen. Lindsey Graham barks at ABC News host George Stephanopoulos during testy interview on Trump indictment https://t.co/XiBQCqIIHf pic.twitter.com/lI4PK6QaPk
— New York Post (@nypost) June 11, 2023
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