Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., addresses polarization within the Republican Party on 'Hannity'.
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Peace through strength and
military dominance,
thats about it
here with reaction,
South Carolina, Senator Lindsey,
Graham
RON Johnson, said Mitch.
Mcconnell doesnt speak for
the Congress.
You pretty much said the same
thing Lindsay
now. Maybe im wrong.
I did some research today.
I didnt find a whole lot of
fight in Mitch, Mcconnell or
John Thune for that matter. When
it came to crossfire hurricane,
a few comments here and there
appeared mostly missing in
action for that three year
battle,
I didnt hear either one of them
really go after Kamala Harris,
Chuck, Schumer Joe Biden,
Nancy Pelosi or Maxine Waters
either,
not particularly happy with the
double standard myself.
Well, yeah number one
senator Mcconnell speaks
Saturday.
I dont think is widely shared
view of president Trump. By most
Republicans,
but remember you said you are a
conservative.
A democratic majority in the
House and the Senate with the
democratic president is a
nightmare for the pro life
movement. For the
second amendment,
we are going back to open
borders and asylum seekers and
going to have a very weak
foreign policy.
President trumps statement
today in response to what
Mcconnell said Saturday is
very predictable.
I remind everybody.
Ronald Reagans, 11th commandment
was dont, speak ill of fellow
Republicans.
Why did people like
President T Trump so well Cluste
mark? He was
good president.
He built up the military.
He brought order to chaos at the
border.
He put IRAN in a box and built
Threeto 3 great justices on the
court,
but I want you to know this
Mitch. Mcconnell is
indispensable.
He got the tax cut with a two
vote. Republican majority
Mitch Mcconnell was much to
credit for
Mitch. Mcconnell working with
Donald Trump did a
of a job
they are now at each others
throat.
I am more worried about two thousand and twenty two, the
and I ever been.
President Trump is the most
consequential Republican in the
party.
If Mitch, Mcconnell doesnt
understand that he is missing a
lot,
but my beef is not with Mitch
Mcconnell, because we have the
same policy views.
My beef is that we need to knock
this off.
Kevin Mccarthy is the leader
of the house. Republicans.
He has taken a different
approach to President Trump.
I would advise
Senator Mcconnell to do that
as President trump
you own, the Republican Party, my
friend,
but fifty five percent of the people wanted you
impeached and removed.
You are the hope of the future
of conservatives, but weve got
to make some changes to get back
to the White House in twenty twenty four and
have the republican majority in
the Senate in the house. In twenty point two,
I believe that Democrats are
doing all they can to help us.
We just need to help ourselves
the establishment
wing of the Republican Party, if
you can look at it through the
Lincoln Project, for example,
again putting stylistic issues
aside. The agenda of
Donald Trump was a
conservatives dream and he kept
the promise fought every day
got it accomplished
and its not that easy to get
that much accomplished
in four years.
Anyone would recognize that.
What bothers me, though, is the
people that are throwing the
first punch here are the
establishment and if they have
their way, Donald Trump
supporters, you know be gone
and they think that theyll take
control of power.
I think Donald Trump. I think he
has been able to wake a lot of
people up of how it needs to get
done in Washington, because the
old style is gone.
I would rather be b battling
socialism, Joes radical New
green deal and everything free
and destroying the economy
and weakness with Israel and
around the world.
I would rather fight them and
align where we can align
if we agree. Eighty percent of the time,
thats fine
Sean. I hope people listen to
what you just said.
Im going to report to you next
week on your show, if you will
have me come of the disaster in
the making
Biden, is changing all of trumps
policies about remaining in
Mexico.
We are going to have a run on
the border, like you have never
seen
again Mitch. Mcconnell is
indispensable for
President Trump getting the
judges on the court, getting a
major tax cut through a very
narrow Senate majority.
What I would say to
Senator Mcconnell. I know that
he can be a handful, but he is
the most dominant figure in the
republican Party.
We dont have a snowballs
chance in
of taking the majority without
Donald Trump.
If you dont get that youre
just not looking.
He was a
of a president
from all of the things that
conservatives really believe in.
It was a consequential
im, sorry about what happened on
January six,
he will get his fair share of
to my republican colleagues.
Lets try to work together
without President Trump. We are
never going to get back into the
majority
president Trump you are going
to have to make some changes for
you to reach your potential.
At the end of the day, we are
going to hang separately or we
are going to hang together. As
Republicans,
I want to see him use
the same type of indignation,
outrage against the language of
humor, humble Kamala, Harris
and guess what we havent seen
it.
If hes not going to do that.
Transcript generated on 2021-03-07.