senator Lindsey GrahamSouth Carolina Republicans issue warning to former president Donald Trump If he cannot overcome the 2020 election defeat, the violent rebellion against the U.S. Capitol by his supporters may be his “political obituary.”
trump card Urge his supporters “Fight like hell” and march to the U.S. Capitol in the hope that he will continue to serve on January 6th because the Senate and the House of Representatives Congress Meet to formally certify the president Joe BidenThe Electoral College won.Hundreds of Trump supporters began to attack the U.S. Capitol, and many threatened to injure or kill senior lawmakers including the then Vice President Mike Pence And the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
“What I said to him was,’Do you want January 6 to be your political obituary?'” Graham, an ally of the former president, told New York Times An article published on Saturday. “‘Because if you don’t overcome it, it will be.'”
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In an interview in July Fox News, Trump Be asked Regarding the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Although the former president avoided targeting the riots specifically, he praised his supporters who directly participated in the nearby rally before the riots.
The former president praised the “spirit, faith and love” of the participants of the event on January 6, saying that “the rally was full of love”. He also described the Capitol mob Ashli Babbitt-shot and killed by law enforcement officers during the Capitol attack-as an “innocent, amazing, incredible woman.”
Juya Republicans Vote together House Democratic Party The impeachment of Trump incited the violence on January 6.although Seven Republican Senators And every member SenateAfter the former president was impeached, the Democratic caucus voted to convict him, and these 57 votes did not reach the two-thirds majority required by the constitution to successfully make a “guilty” verdict. The lawsuit marks the largest bipartisan impeachment and conviction vote against a president in the history of the United States.
Graham did not vote to convict Trump; however, he blamed the former president for the violence on January 6. The Republican senator said in January that Trump’s “action is the problem” caused the attack and claimed that his reputation had been “stained”.
In late February, he asserted that Trump would be recorded in history because of the uprising.
“Well, I mean, he will have a place in the history of all this,” Graham told CBS information’ Face the country then.
Despite these remarks, Graham tried to maintain close contact with the former president. The South Carolina congressman once said that Trump is still the core figure of the modern Republican Party.Graham asserted that the Republican Party is now the “Trump Party” and said Republicans can’t “Go forward” without a former president.
Weekly newspaper Trump’s press office was contacted for comment, but no response was received immediately.
