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Graham pushes back on Tillis’ criticism of Noem, Miller for labeling man killed by Border Patrol a ‘terrorist’

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Tuesday defended Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller after Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., criticized the pair for labeling the U.S. citizen killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis as a “domestic terrorist.”

Tillis was the first Senate Republican to call for Noem to be fired after the killing of Alex Pretti, 37, who was shot by federal agents as he was recording immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis over the weekend.

“What she’s done in Minnesota should be disqualifying. She should be out of a job,” Tillis told reporters earlier on Tuesday. “It’s just amateur-ish. It’s terrible. It’s making the president look bad on policy that he won on. [President Donald Trump] won on a strong message on immigration. Now, nobody’s talking about that. … They’re talking about the incompetence of the leader of Homeland Security.”

Noem and Miller “told the president before they even had an incident report whatsoever that the person who died was a terrorist. That is amateur hour at its worst,” Tillis added.

SENATE GOP CRITICS SAY NOEM ‘NEEDS TO GO’ AMID FALLOUT FROM MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTINGS

Sen. Lindsey Graham defended Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Responding to Tillis, Graham said someone “must have a very high opinion of themselves” if they believe they can get President Donald Trump to distance himself from Miller.

“I’ve known Stephen Miller for a very long time. We have our differences, but we have more in common. When the clock strikes midnight for President Trump, there will be very few by his side. One will be Stephen Miller. If you don’t get that, you’ve missed a lot. No one has helped Trump more than Stephen Miller,” Graham told Fox News’ Chad Pergram.

“To convince yourself that you can get Trump to distance himself from Stephen Miller, you must have a very high opinion of themselves,” he continued.

The South Carolina lawmaker added: “To my Republican colleagues, you need to understand that the President’s confidence in Stephen Miller has been rock solid and unshakable. And Miller is part of that group.”

Sen. Thom Tillis was the first Senate Republican to call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to be fired after the killing of Alex Pretti. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Alex Pretti, 37, was shot and killed on Saturday by Border Patrol agents while recording federal immigration operations in Minneapolis. An ICU nurse, Pretti appeared to be attempting to attend to a woman agents knocked down when he was sprayed with an irritant, pushed to the ground and beaten. An agent was seen pulling Pretti’s lawfully owned gun from his waistband before other agents fired several shots and killed him.

Noem was quick to label Pretti a “domestic terrorist,” and Miller characterized him as things such as a “would-be assassin,” both of which are unsubstantiated claims that sparked bipartisan pushback.

The White House has sought to distance itself from the comments by Noem and Miller, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying she has “not heard the president characterize” Pretti that way.

But despite calls from Democrat and Republican lawmakers to oust Noem over her response to Pretti’s killing, Trump expressed confidence in the secretary to continue leading DHS.

NY POST, WSJ, NY TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST ALIGN AGAINST TRUMP ADMIN OVER ICE OPERATION IN MINNEAPOLIS

President Donald Trump expressed confidence in DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to continue leading the department. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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“I think she’s doing a very good job. The border is totally secure. You know, you forget we had a border that I inherited where millions of people were coming through. Now we have a border where no one is coming through. They come into our country only legally,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday.

Asked if he agreed with Noem and Miller labeling Pretti as a “domestic terrorist” and an “assassin,” the president said he had not heard those remarks.

“Well, I haven’t heard that. He shouldn’t have been carrying a gun,” Trump said.

Trump also said the shooting was a “very sad situation” and he wants a “very honorable and honest investigation” that he wants to see for himself.

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January 27, 2026
Trump greenlights Russian sanctions bill, paving way for 500% tariff on countries supporting Moscow: Graham

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Sen. Lindsey Graham announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump has approved a Russian sanctions bill designed to pressure Moscow to end its war with Ukraine.

Graham revealed the development in a post on X, describing it as a pivotal shift in the U.S. approach to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

“After a very productive meeting today with President Trump on a variety of issues, he greenlit the bipartisan Russia sanctions bill that I have been working on for months with Senator Blumenthal and many others,” Graham said.

“This will be well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent.”

TRUMP TOUTS ‘TREMENDOUS PROGRESS’ BUT SAYS HE’LL MEET PUTIN AND ZELENSKYY ‘ONLY WHEN’ PEACE DEAL IS FINAL

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol July 31, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

According to the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, the bipartisan legislation is designed to grant Trump sweeping, almost unprecedented, authority to economically isolate Russia and penalize major global economies that continue to trade with Moscow and finance its war against Ukraine.

Most notably, the bill would require the United States to impose a 500% tariff on all goods imported from any country that continues to purchase Russian oil, petroleum products or uranium. The measure would effectively squeeze Russia financially while deterring foreign governments from undermining U.S. sanctions.

TRUMP CASTS MADURO’S OUSTER AS ‘SMART’ MOVE AS RUSSIA, CHINA ENTER THE FRAY

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting at the White House Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“This bill will allow President Trump to punish those countries who buy cheap Russian oil fueling Putin’s war machine,” Graham said.

“This bill would give President Trump tremendous leverage against countries like China, India and Brazil to incentivize them to stop buying the cheap Russian oil that provides the financing for Putin’s bloodbath against Ukraine.”

Graham said voting could take place as early as next week and that he is looking forward to a strong bipartisan vote.

US MILITARY SEIZES TWO SANCTIONED TANKERS IN ATLANTIC OCEAN

The vessel tanker Bella 1 was spotted in Singapore Strait after U.S. officials say the U.S. Coast Guard pursued an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela. (Hakon Rimmereid/via Reuters)

The move on the Russian sanctions bill follows another sharp escalation in America’s clampdown on Moscow. Earlier Wednesday, U.S. forces reportedly seized an oil tanker attempting to transport sanctioned Venezuelan oil to Russia.

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Graham publicly celebrated the seizure in another post on X, describing it as part of a broader winning streak of U.S. intervention aimed at Venezuela and Cuba.

In the post, he also took aim at critics such as Sen. Rand Paul, who has opposed the bill, arguing that it would damage America’s trade relations with much of the world.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.

Bonny Chu is a Digital Production Assistant at Fox News Digital.

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January 7, 2026
Trump signs ‘Make Iran Great Again’ hat alongside Lindsey Graham

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President Donald Trump was photographed with a signed “Make Iran Great Again” hat alongside Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., as nationwide demonstrations in Iran continued against the regime’s political and economic corruption.

In a photo posted Monday morning on Graham’s X account, the senator could be seen flashing a thumbs up next to Trump as the president holds the black hat emblazoned with his signature.

“Another great day with @POTUS who has brought America back, stronger than ever, at home and abroad,” Graham wrote. “God bless our Commander in Chief and all of the brave men and women who serve under him.”

“I’m proud to be an American,” the post continued. “God bless and protect the brave people of Iran who are standing up to tyranny.”

IRAN CRACKDOWN RATTLES MIDDLE EAST AS ANALYSTS WEIGH US OPTIONS SHORT OF MILITARY INTERVENTION

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., posted a photo of himself posing with President Donald Trump, who is holding a signed “Make Iran Great Again” hat. (Lindsey Graham / X)

Demonstrations have spread to more than 220 locations across 26 of Iran’s 31 provinces, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported early Monday. At least 20 people have been killed, the group said, and more than 990 have been arrested.

Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP)

What began as protests over economic hardship quickly escalated, with demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans.

Iran’s collapsing currency has fueled a deepening economic crisis. Prices for staples such as meat and rice have surged, while the country grapples with inflation of around 40%.

IRANIAN PROTESTERS CLASH WITH SECURITY FORCES AS TEAR GAS FILLS TEHRAN STREETS AMID NATIONWIDE UNREST

In December, the government introduced a new pricing tier for its heavily subsidized gasoline, raising the cost of some of the world’s cheapest fuel and adding to public anger. Tehran has signaled that further increases may follow, with officials now set to review fuel prices every three months.

The protests have continued even after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday said that “rioters must be put in their place.”

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd during a meeting with officials, Islamic countries’ ambassador to Iran and a group of people in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, March 31, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

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Khamenei’s branding of the pro-democracy activists as “rioters” came a day after Trump’s unprecedented message of solidarity to the demonstrators.

Fox News Digital’s Benjamin Weinthal and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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January 5, 2026
Jack Smith defends subpoenaing Republican senators’ phone records: ‘Entirely proper’

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Former special counsel Jack Smith is standing by his 2023 decision to subpoena several Republican lawmakers’ phone records, calling the move “entirely proper” and consistent with Justice Department policy.

Smith said through his lawyers in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital that the subpoenaed data, known as toll records, belonging to eight senators and one House member were carefully targeted to support his investigation into President Donald Trump’s alleged subversion of the 2020 election.

“As described by various Senators, the toll data collection was narrowly tailored and limited to the four days from January 4, 2021 to January 7, 2021, with a focus on telephonic activity during the period immediately surrounding the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol,” Smith’s lawyers wrote Tuesday to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

JACK SMITH INVESTIGATORS NEED TO ‘PAY BIG’ FOR JAN. 6 PHONE RECORDS PROBE, WARNS SEN. GRAHAM

Former special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on an unsealed indictment including four felony counts against President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Toll records do not reveal the contents of phone calls but instead reveal when calls were made and to whom.

Smith’s lawyers said that although Grassley, who brought the subpoenas to light, has not reached out to Smith, they felt compelled to write to the chairman to address claims from Republicans that Smith improperly spied on lawmakers.

Grassley responded to the letter, saying he would continue an unbiased probe into Arctic Frost, the name of the FBI investigation that led to Smith’s election-related prosecution of Trump.

“I’m conducting an objective assessment of the facts&law like he says he wants So far we exposed an anti-Trump FBI agent started the investigation/broke FBI rules &only REPUBLICANS were targeted SMELLS LIKE POLITICS,” Grassley wrote on X.

The targeted senators included Republican Sens. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Josh Hawley of Missouri and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

In addition to the eight senators, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Tuesday that he recently discovered Smith also attempted to subpoena his toll records but that his phone company, AT&T, did not hand them over.

DEM REP DEFENDS DOJ OBTAINING GOP SENATOR CALL RECORDS IN 2023: ‘YOU WEREN’T SURVEILLED’

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

The Republicans have broadly claimed they were inappropriately spied on, and compared Arctic Frost to the Watergate scandal.

Smith’s lawyers emphasized the normalcy of seeking out phone records and said that public officials are not immune from investigation.

Smith brought four criminal charges against Trump alleging he illegally attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, but he dismissed the charges after Trump won the 2024 election, citing a DOJ policy that discourages prosecuting sitting presidents.

Former special counsel Robert K. Hur testifies before the House Judiciary Committee March 12, 2024, in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Former special counsel Robert Hur sought toll records during his investigation into former President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. The DOJ subpoenaed phone records of former Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez, who is serving prison time after he was convicted in 2024 of corruption charges.

The first Trump administration subpoenaed phone records of Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and then-Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and dozens of congressional staffers from both parties as part of a leak investigation.

Former DOJ inspector general Michael Horowitz warned in a report about the leak probe that lawmakers’ records should only be subpoenaed in narrow circumstances because it “risks chilling Congress’s ability to conduct oversight of the executive branch.”

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Smith’s lawyers also disputed FBI Director Kash Patel’s accusations that he attempted to hide the subpoenas “in a lockbox in a vault,” noting that the former special counsel mentioned subpoenaing senators’ records in a footnote of his final special counsel report.

“Moreover, the precise records at issue were produced in discovery to President Trump’s personal lawyers, some of whom now serve in senior positions within the Department of Justice,” Smith’s lawyers said.

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Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.

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October 22, 2025
Sen. Lindsey Graham says Trump ready to ‘crush’ Russian economy if Putin avoids talks with Zelenskyy

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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MARY CLARE JALONICK

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday that he believes President Donald Trump is prepared to “crush” Russia’s economy with a new wave of sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the coming weeks.

Graham, who spoke with Trump on Tuesday morning, has pushed the president for months to support his sweeping bipartisan sanctions bill that would impose steep tariffs on countries that are fueling Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by buying its oil, gas, uranium, and other exports. The legislation has the backing of 85 senators, but Trump has yet to endorse it. Republican leaders have said they won’t move without him.

“If we don’t have this thing moving in the right direction by the time we get back, then I think that plan B needs to kick in,” Graham said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday. The Senate, now away from Washington for the August recess, is scheduled to return in September.

Graham’s call with Trump came less than 24 hours after high-stakes meetings at the White House with Zelenskyy and several European leaders. Trump and the leaders emerged from those talks sounding optimistic, with the expectation being that a Putin and Zelenskyy sit-down will happen soon.

Still, Trump’s comments to Graham, one of his top congressional allies, mark the latest sign that pressure is building — not just on Putin, but on Trump as well.

“Trump believes that if Putin doesn’t do his part, that he’s going to have to crush his economy. Because you’ve got to mean what you say,” Graham told reporters in South Carolina on Tuesday.

As Congress prepares to return to session in early September, the next few weeks could become a defining test of whether lawmakers and international allies are prepared to act on their own if Trump doesn’t follow through.

Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the lead Democrat pushing the bill with Graham, says there is a “lot of reason for skepticism and doubt” after the meetings with Trump, especially because Putin has not made any direct promises. He said the Russian leader has an incentive to play “rope-a-dope” with Trump.

“The only way to bring Putin to the table is to show strength,” Blumenthal told the AP this week. “What Putin understands is force and pressure.”

Still, Republicans have shown little willingness to override Trump in his second term. They abruptly halted work on the sanctions bill before the August recess after Trump said the legislation may not be needed.

Asked Tuesday in a phone interview whether the sanctions bill should be brought up even without Trump’s support, Graham said, “the best way to do it is with him.”

“There will come a point where if it’s clear that Putin is not going to entertain peace, that President Trump will have to back up what he said he would do,” Graham said. “And the best way to do it is have congressional blessing.”

The legislation would impose tariffs of up to 500% on countries such as China and India, which together account for roughly 70% of Russia’s energy trade. The framework has the support of many European leaders.

Many of those same European leaders left the White House on Monday with a more hopeful tone. Zelenskyy called the meeting with Trump “an important step toward ending this war.” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that his expectations “were not just met, they were exceeded.”

Still, little concrete progress was visible on the main obstacles to peace. That deadlock likely favors Putin, whose forces continue to make steady, if slow, progress on the ground in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters after talks at the White House that Trump believes a deal with Putin is possible. But he said sanctions remain on the table if the process fails.

Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard contributed to this report from Florence, South Carolina.

Originally Published: August 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM PDT

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August 19, 2025
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

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WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.; Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich.

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CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky.; Anne Milgram, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee.

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CNN’s “State of the Union” — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; Govs. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., and Chris Sununu, R-N.H.

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“Fox News Sunday” — Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Republican vice presidential nominee; Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.

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August 18, 2024
7/28: Face the Nation

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This week on “Face the Nation,” in the aftermath of a deadly rocket attack in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, moderator Robert Costa speaks to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sens. Lindsey Graham and Chris Van Hollen and House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Rep. Michael McCaul.

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July 28, 2024
Biden pokes fun at age criticisms in closing State of the Union remarks

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As he neared the end of his State of the Union address, President Biden addressed criticisms about his age head-on, and said his years in public service have provided him clarity. The president said he has learned to “embrace freedom and democracy.”

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March 7, 2024
Trump keeps making incendiary statements. His campaign says that won’t change.

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By JILL COLVIN and BILL BARROW (Associated Press)

GREENSBORO, N.C. — He’s argued his four criminal indictments and mug shot bolstered his support among Black voters who see him as a victim of discrimination just like them.

He’s compared himself to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison imprisoned by Vladimir Putin, and suggested that he is a political dissident, too.

And in nearly every public appearance, he repeats falsehoods about the election he lost.

Candidates on the verge of winning their parties’ nominations generally massage their messaging and moderate positions that may energize hardcore primary voters but are less appealing to a broader audience. In political terms, they “pivot.”

Not Donald Trump. The former president is instead doubling down on often-incendiary rhetoric that offends wide swaths of voters, seeming to be doing little to rein in his most irascible and oftentimes self-defeating instincts. That’s even as some of his most loyal allies have suggested he shift his focus and tone down rhetoric that risks offending independent voters and people outside his base.

“Donald Trump is Donald Trump. That’s not going to change,” said senior campaign adviser Chris LaCivita. “Our job is not to remake Donald Trump.”

LaCivita and other top campaign officials instead say their role is to provide the organization “to amplify and to force project” Trump’s message.

The campaign, he said, had already assumed a general election posture before voting began, running ads attacking President Joe Biden before the Iowa caucuses. So while Trump is now talking less about his last remaining GOP rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, his campaign is focused on building out a general election infrastructure as it turns its focus from early voting states to November battlegrounds.

That includes efforts to take over the Republican National Committee, with plans to consolidate the party’s and campaign’s fundraising, political operations, communications and research operations. LaCivita is in line to become the RNC’s chief operating officer while retaining his role on the campaign.

“The campaign’s pivot,” LaCivita said, “is just a realization that we’ve already secured what we need to win. That manifests itself in not only the messaging but the mechanics.” He said to expect “more of the same” after Trump clinches the nomination, which is expected later this month.

Trump’s hardest edges, no matter how familiar to Americans nine years after he first ran for president, produce welcome fodder for Biden’s reelection team, which wants to motivate disaffected Democrats and independent voters by warning about a second Trump term.

Trump’s speeches at rallies can stretch for two hours as he meanders between policy proposals, personal stories and jokes, attacks on his opponents and complaints that he is being persecuted by the courts, and dire warnings about the country’s future. Trump often adds asides that were not in his prepared remarks. But some of his most divisive comments are part of his script.

He has bragged about nominating three Supreme Court justices who voted to end a national right to abortion, even as he urges Republicans not to be too extreme on an issue Democrats have credited for several victories. In promising to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history, he has talked about immigrants “poisoning the blood of our country,” echoing Adolf Hitler. And he once described his enemies as “vermin,” language opponents deride as authoritarian.

At one rally this past weekend, Trump went so far as to cast Biden’s handling of the border as “a conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America.”

“Donald Trump is still Donald Trump — the same extreme, dangerous candidate voters rejected in 2020, and they’ll reject him again this November regardless of the team he has around him,” said Biden spokesman Kevin Munoz.

Trump’s advisers have at times encouraged him to speak less about grievance and retribution and more about his vision for a second term. But after three campaigns for the White House and four years in office, Trump is set in his ways. Former aides learned long ago that trying to pressure Trump to rein in his impulses often only led him to dig in deeper. And his campaign team seems to respect and trust the former president’s political instincts, pointing to his sweep of the GOP primaries so far.

Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said Trump would not change. Americans “deserve a president who will not sugarcoat what’s happening in the world,” he said.

Interviews with Republicans, including Trump supporters and those still backing Haley’s beleaguered bid, reflect concerns that Trump risks fumbling a clear opportunity against Biden, who faces low approval ratings and widespread voter questions about his age and readiness for a second term.

“At some point (Trump) needs to take the spotlight off himself,” said Tom Davis, a former Virginia congressman who backs Haley. Davis noted improving economic indicators but said Biden remains burdened by concerns about inflation and “has been bad on the border” and “terrible on the deficit.”

Even Trump voters seem to recognize the problem: According to AP VoteCast data, about half of Republicans in conservative South Carolina — including about a quarter of Trump’s own supporters — are concerned he is too extreme to win the general election. While Trump dominates among conservative voters, those voters represented just 37% of the electorate in the November 2020 presidential election.

Trump held rallies Saturday in North Carolina and Virginia, two states that hold primaries on Super Tuesday but are also potential swing states in November’s general election.

Both states highlight Trump’s potential problems in November: He dominates among conservatives, especially in rural and small-town America, but struggles with more moderate voters in more urban settings.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat who was re-elected in 2020 even as Trump won his state, said he welcomes the contrast between Trump and Biden.

“Do you want a president who wakes up every morning thinking about the American people?” he asked in an interview. “Or do you want a president who wakes up every morning thinking about himself?”

Biden won Virginia in 2020. A year later, Virginians elected Republican Glenn Youngkin as governor. Youngkin emphasized education and economic policy, and attracted urban and suburban moderates who rejected Trump. Some of the states’ suburban and exurban congressional districts have become more favorable to Democrats in the Trump era.

Notably, Youngkin has not endorsed Trump. He declined an interview request through aides.

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Trump ally who sometimes speaks to the former president, compared 2024 to 1980, when Republican Ronald Reagan won a landslide over Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter, who was saddled with inflation, high unemployment and international conflict. Reagan, dubbed “the happy warrior,” won 44 states and a new Republican Senate with “a positive vision,” Gingrich said, that was about more than Carter’s record.

“When you have the kind of numbers Biden has, what people need is about 70% positive, 30% anti-Biden,” Gingrich said, insisting Trump could usher in a Republican wave like when he beat Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Just as possible, however, is a repeat of 2018, when Republicans lost the House majority, or 2020, when Trump lost and Democrats reclaimed Senate control, or 2022, when Republicans lost winnable Senate races and failed to flip the chamber.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham suggests Trump and his campaign should “just keep doing what they’re doing.”

But Graham himself has pivoted. After he ran for president in 2016, Graham vowed that “if we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.” Now, he is a Trump confidant.

“Everybody that wants to give him advice, he beat like a drum,” Graham said at Trump’s South Carolina victory party.

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March 4, 2024
Aid group stepping in to help at U.S.-Mexico border

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An aid group known as the Tucson Samaritans and volunteers are doing what they can to provide basic necessities for migrants coming across the U.S.-Mexico border. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more on that and the ongoing political maneuvering around immigration.

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February 19, 2024
2/18: Face The Nation

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This week on “Face the Nation,” former President Donald Trump faces yet another legal setback, and with the South Carolina Republican primary less than a week away, Nikki Haley is fighting for her home state. We’ll hear from both of South Carolina’s Republican senators — Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham — about their recent trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, and how the death of Putin critic Alexey Navalny will impact the push to aid Ukraine.

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February 18, 2024
Tucker Carlson blasts GOP senators over calls to target Iran: ‘Lunatics’

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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson slammed two Republican senators over their social media posts appearing to call for the United States to attack Iran in retaliation for a drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan.

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that a drone strike had killed three U.S. military personnel and wounded 34 others who were stationed in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border. The president blamed Iran-backed militant groups for the deadly blast. Officials said that the attack had been launched from Syria on Saturday night.

In response to news of the attack, Senator Lindsey Graham and Senator John Cornyn both posted on X, formerly Twitter, calling on the U.S. to act.

Graham, a South Carolina Republican, wrote on X: “Hit Iran now. Hit them hard.”

While sharing a CNN article on the news of the drone strike, Cornyn, a Texas Republican, posted on X: “Target Tehran.”

Carlson appeared to disagree with the idea of retaliating against Iran on X where he shared an image of the posts by Graham and Cornyn and referred to the senators as “f****** lunatics.”

Former Fox News television personality Tucker Carlson speaks at the Family Leadership Summit on July 14, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa. In a January 28, 2024, post on X, Carlson slammed Senator Lindsey Graham and…

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Newsweek reached out via email on Sunday night to representatives for Carlson and Graham for comment.

A spokesperson for Cornyn responded to Newsweek‘s request for comment by sending a “follow-up tweet from the senator.”

In the post, Cornyn responded to an X user who was questioning if he suggested that the U.S. “bomb Iran.” The Texas Republican responded, “No. IRGC and Quds Force terrorist facilitators.”

Carlson, who hosts Tucker on X, has previously criticized Republican lawmakers who pushed for the U.S. to go to war with Iran amid mounting conflict in the region.

The attack of U.S. troops in Jordan, a Middle Eastern ally of the U.S., comes as the Israel-Hamas war has caused tensions to escalate across the region in the months following Hamas‘ surprise attack on Israel in October 2023.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas led the deadliest Palestinian militant attack on Israel in history, resulting in the Middle Eastern nation to launch its heaviest-ever airstrikes and ground offensive on Gaza, home to more than 2 million Palestinians. Israeli officials have said that roughly 1,200 people in Israel were killed and some 250 hostages were taken in Hamas’ attack, according to the Associated Press. As of Sunday, more than 26,000 Palestinians have been killed, officials from the health ministry in Gaza said.

Carlson has previously spoken out against the U.S. potentially heading into war with Iran.

Just a few weeks after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel, Carlson lashed out at Republicans, saying that they weren’t doing enough to fight against the Biden administration, which he accused of “pushing” for the country to head into a war with Iran.

“We seem to be heading to war with Iran, certainly the Biden administration is pushing us in that direction,” Carlson said. “What’s new and interesting and ominous is that very few Republicans, the opposition party, are pushing back. Instead, those party leaders are encouraging it.”

The conflict in the Middle East has grown increasingly precarious for the U.S. and its forces stationed in the region. Biden’s administration has continued to support Israel throughout the war. In response, Iran-backed groups have targeted U.S. troops. Since mid-November, the Iran-aligned Houthi militants in Yemen have launched drones and missiles at vessels in the Red Sea. The U.S. has responded by carrying out a series of strikes against Houthi targets.

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January 28, 2024
Ripping the Headlines Today – Paul Lander, Humor Times

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Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to

The news, even that about Taylor Swift fans (aka “Swifties”), doesn’t need to be complicated or confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is for. And, as in the case with anything from Microsoft, to keep the news from worrying our pretty little heads over, remember something new and equally indecipherable will come out soon:

Really all you need to do is follow one simple rule: barely pay attention and jump to conclusions. So, here are some headlines today and my first thoughts:

Ted Nugent sends a harsh message about Taylor Swift’s music — and Swifties clap back

… So, it’s the Swifties vs. the not so swift …

Something stinks: Why #TrumpSmells is trending on X

Can’t believe no judge has pounded the gavel and proclaimed “Odor in the court, odor in the court,” when Trump enters.

Tesla owner says he had to cancel Christmas plans because car would not charge in freezing weather

On the upside his Model 3 didn’t back over his kids.

The ‘why’ behind the effort to recruit Romney for president in 2024

Joe Biden shrugs it off and says “kids, today…”

Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka split after 7 years together, day after Christmas

Her new Holiday classic ‘All I Want for Christmas is You (To Get Lost).’

Ozempic overdose? Poison control experts explain why thousands OD’d this year

And looked great while doing so.

Kim Guilfoyle to Alina Habba: “If you could please get my fiancée and his brother off, I’d really appreciate it’

Oh, there’s a good chance she’s getting them off, all right.

Spirit Airlines put a 6-year-old on the wrong flight and flew him 160 miles away from his family

On the bright side, their luggage arrived okay.

Lindsey Graham clucks at New York officials over Chick-Fil-A bill

You’d think he’d be more a Dairy Queen guy.

Jessa Duggar welcomes baby No. 5 with husband Ben Seewald

This woman doesn’t have a uterus, she has a Gymboree …

Biggest Christmas shopping season ever

Beware, if stuff was missing under your tree, you might have been visited by ‘Santos’ Claus.

Happy 75th birthday to Samuel L. Jackson

F#$k yeah, motherf#$er.

Teacher lived with over 300 cats, chickens and ducks in mobile home, Florida sheriff says

Cats and chickens and ducks, oh my.

You are the father!’ Maury Povich declares to Denver Zoo orangutan

… So, that lets 45. and Gary Busey off the hook for Eric Trump …

Paul Lander is not sure which he is proudest of — winning the Noble Peace Prize or sending Congolese gynecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege to accept it on his behalf, bringing to light the plight of African women in war-torn countries. In his non-daydreaming hours, Paul has written for Weekly Humorist, National Lampoon, American Bystander, Huff Post Comedy, McSweeney’s, Bombeck Writers Workshop Blog and the Humor Times, written and/or produced for multiple TV shows and written standup material that’s been performed on Maher, The Daily Show, Colbert, Kimmel, etc. Now, on to Paul’s time-commanding Special Forces in Khandahar… (See all of Paul’s “Ripping the Headlines Today” columns here.)

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January 2, 2024
Sen. Lindsey Graham says “we’ll get the money for Ukraine” if White House negotiates on border

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, who is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, tells “Face the Nation” that his message to the White House is that if they “take the tools we’re willing to give you to stop the inflow”of migrants, “we’ll get the money for Ukraine.”

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December 31, 2023
It's Time to Prepare for the Inevitability of Ukraine's Defeat

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When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his “special military operation,” military experts were convinced that Kyiv would fall within 72 hours. The invasion of Ukraine shocked the world, and as the hours ticked by, it became clear that our military experts were wrong, as they tend to be.

Just shy of two years have passed since the invasion, and Ukraine still stands, albeit battered and still occupied by Russian forces. The world rallied behind the Ukrainian people, and their president captivated the West with his charisma and oratorical skills.

However, the hopes of triumph through hard-fought war and the romance behind attaching financial and military aid to a sense of moral superiority have begun to wear thin. The writing was on the wall from the beginning, and now that writing is flashing red so even those who merely whispered doubt are now telling the world to prepare for this war’s inevitable outcome.

I disagree with Speaker Johnson’s plan to fund Ukraine in exchange for border policy wins.

Democrats will never enforce our strong secure border policies, they would just use them as a win at the polls.

And Ukraine is a losing war racked with corruption that a majority of…

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) November 30, 2023

The news was always bad

This week, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the quiet part out loud regarding the state of the Ukraine war as the war-torn nation prepares for another winter:

“Wars develop in phases. We have to support Ukraine in both good and bad times. We should also be prepared for bad news.”

The bad news is that Ukraine isn’t winning this war, and they never were; they are losing the war and are heading towards an inevitability.

Last month, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief General Valery Zaluzhny broke away from the usual script out of Ukraine, telling the world what it already knew:

“Just like in the First World War, we have reached the level of technology that puts us into a stalemate.”

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The General went on to lament the lack of support Ukraine really wanted, essentially more advanced weaponry faster:

“It is important to understand that this war cannot be won with the weapons of the past generation and outdated methods. They will inevitably lead to delay and, as a consequence, defeat.”

Barring a full-blown war with boots on the ground, no amount of aid from the West would’ve resulted in a full-out defeat of Russia because it would require the forceful removal of their leader. And the truth is the United State’s track record of success post “bad guy” removal isn’t so good – see Iraq’s Saddam Hussein for reference.

At approximately 2:15 p.m. on Dec. 3, 15 122mm rockets originating in Iraq were fired at the U.S. base Rumalyn Landing Zone in Syria. There were no injuries to personnel or damage to equipment.

Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve located the point of origin… pic.twitter.com/bVG9tzKe4P

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) December 4, 2023

What does bad look like?

The bad news Secretary-General Stoltenberg alludes to isn’t a full-blown takeover of Ukraine, but what the West has never been a fan of – negotiated peace. Former National Security Advisor and war hawk John Bolton warned of this possibility recently, stating:

“I think we’ve got to be very concerned about a Russian diplomatic offensive that tries to win the war over at the bargaining table when the Russian troops can’t win on the battlefield.”

American diplomats’ disdain for diplomacy is a testament to the continued failure at best, nonexistent at worst American foreign policy. In favor of continuing seemingly endless and costly support to Ukraine over an end to hostilities, Mr. Bolton said:

“Ultimately, if we don’t help the Ukrainians out, ultimately Russia will win.”

RELATED: Report: Ukrainian Special Forces Officer Behind Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Bombing

Secretary-General Stoltenberg echoed this sentiment:

“The more we support Ukraine, the faster the war will end.”

However, all signs point to the contrary. The much-hailed Ukrainian counteroffensive fell flat like the delicate house of cards this war has become.

It’s enough to wonder why any international leader would advocate for continued wasted aid over negotiated peace.

Blatant lies from the Big Guy and he doesn’t even blink.
Question: “Don’t you understand people say: Joe Biden, he’s an experienced politician, statesman, knows the issues of Ukraine, why didn’t he just say to his son, ‘This is one to take a pass on – it may not look good?’”
Joe… https://t.co/DUZtYY7cYa

— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) December 5, 2023

Can’t Get No Satisfaction

The end of the year is ushering in plenty of worry for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Suppose the American Congress can’t agree on financial support for Ukraine.

In that case, funds will run out by the New Year to send to his country, drying up the largest supplier of assistance to the embattled country. Additionally, the coming of winter is always brutal on wartime presidents as cold sets in, particularly in Eastern Europe, as any student of history knows.

Sullivan’s wrong but that’s not surprising.

He’s been wrong at every step of the way:
🇦🇫Afghanistan Withdrawal
🇺🇦War in Ukraine
🇮🇱War in Israel

I have another message for him–SECURE THE BORDER

Do that & Congress is willing to listen.

Otherwise, there’s nothing to talk about. pic.twitter.com/7T8qP4xEiM

— Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) December 5, 2023

And then, the fast-approaching American presidential election should have everyone concerned on the globe regardless of where they live or where they stand on politics.

President Zelensky, when asked how he felt about the failed counteroffensive and where his army stands today leading into winter, said:

“Look, we are not backing down, I am satisfied. We are fighting with the second best army in the world, I am satisfied.”

However, he added:

“We are losing people, I’m not satisfied. We didn’t get all the weapons we wanted, I can’t be satisfied, but I also can’t complain too much.”

He can’t complain, but it doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be justified. Complaining would be to acknowledge that the flim-flam foreign policy of the West fails those they claim to support, and the West doesn’t do well with truthful criticisms.

For now, the West will continue to find ways to smooth over this failure as they do with all of them – pivot it to a political failing of the party not in power and distract the world with some other noble fight in another foreign land.

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December 6, 2023
Mitch McConnell: GOP’s Ukraine views would make Reagan “turn over” in grave

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell recently said former President Ronald Reagan would “turn over in his grave” at the current GOP’s views on helping Ukraine win its war against Russia.

McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, has been a vocal supporter of Ukraine since Russia invaded the Eastern European country in February 2022. Most recently, he has shown a willingness to work with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, on President Joe Biden‘s request of nearly $106 billion worth of aid, which includes $61.4 billion for Ukraine and $14.3 billion for Israel to support its war with Palestinian militant group Hamas following their surprise attack on October 7.

However, other members of the Republican Party do not see an importance to keep funding Ukraine’s war. Newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, decoupled the president’s aid package and pushed a standalone aid package of $14.3 billion to Israel, which the House passed on November 2. The bill was blocked by the Democrat-controlled Senate on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Senate Republicans released a proposal on Monday regarding policy changes on immigration, mainly focusing on limiting migrants’ ability to enter or stay in the United States once they are apprehended. Senate Republicans will demand that the proposal be attached to any funding package for Ukraine.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on October 24 in Washington, D.C. McConnell recently said former President Ronald Reagan would “turn over in his grave” at the current GOP’s views on helping Ukraine win its war against Russia.
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“Honestly, I think Ronald Reagan would turn over in his grave if he saw we were not going to help Ukraine,” McConnell told The Associated Press this week.

McConnell was first elected to the Senate in 1984, at a time when the now-late Reagan was fighting the Cold War against the now-dissolved Soviet Union.

The senator told the AP that cutting off aid to Ukraine would be “a huge setback for the United States,” and its reputation as the leader of the free world.

McConnell also explained how the U.S.’s foreign policy shifted after the Cold War to focus on terrorism. However, as tensions grow between the U.S. and its adversaries, China and Russia, and Israel continues its operation in Gaza following Hamas’ attack, the senator said “what we have now is both the terrorism issue and the big power competition issue all at the same time, which is why I think singling out one of these problems to the exclusion of the others is a mistake.”

Newsweek reached out to McConnell and Johnson via email for comment.

Some senators, meanwhile, believe that Johnson is more aligned with their views.

“I think the fact that Speaker Johnson has a little bit more agency is in part because he is the Speaker of the House,” Senator J.D. Vance, an Ohio Republican who is against a combined aid package for Ukraine and Israel, told the AP. “But it’s also important because he has a membership that is much, much more in tune with where Republican voters actually are.”

Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who has also criticized Ukraine funding, told the AP that “nationally, the Republican leader right now is the speaker of the House of Representatives.”

However, there are Republican senators who disagree with Johnson’s efforts to decouple the aid package.

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina recently told reporters, “I support the package staying together. I think Secretary [of State Antony] Blinken and [Defense Secretary Lloyd] Austin gave a good answer why we should not break it apart. At the end of the day, I think all of these conflicts have to be dealt with strongly, and they should be dealt with together.”

Senator Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, told CNN, “My view is that the substantial majority of members of the House, as well as the substantial majority of senators, support for Ukraine and Israel, combined.”

Meanwhile, Make America Great Again (MAGA) supporters criticized Johnson for aiding another country while there are issues domestically.

“MIKE JOHNSON PUTS ISRAEL 1ST KNOWING THERE ARE 4 MILLION ILLEGAL RIDING TRAIN CARAVANS THROUGH MEXICO,” Rumble personality Ryan Matta said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, late last month.

“Politicians are incapable of putting America First!” Donald Trump supporter Cynthia Holt wrote about Johnson.

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November 11, 2023
Politicians Explain Why They Will Not Endorse A Ceasefire

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With the Palestinian death toll rapidly rising and conditions in Gaza deteriorating into a humanitarian crisis amid the Israeli invasion, The Onion asked politicians why they will not endorse a ceasefire, and this is what they said.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

“I haven’t gotten to experience a world war since my boyhood.”

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)

“I lament even those momentary pauses in violence when IDF soldiers have to stop shooting to reload.”

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

“A ceasefire would send the message to Palestinians that we give a shit whether they live or die.”

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)

“I have a perfect record when it comes to ethnic cleansing, and I’m not about to tarnish that now.”

Vice President Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris

“Well-behaved missiles seldom make history.”

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

“Last I checked, there were still some Palestinian civilians left.”

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)

“An open-air prison actually sounds nice. What do I look like, some kind of abolitionist?”

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

“That would stop the genocidal momentum the IDF has built.”

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)

“Because I’m making money off this. What don’t you understand?”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

“Shhh, keep your voice down. Saying that word in Texas is illegal.”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

“The people of Gaza are free to start making campaign donations whenever they please.”

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA)

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA)

“Poked myself in the eye with a kebab skewer. Now all must pay.”

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN)

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN)

“Based on the last election, I figure my presidential campaign can only be helped by the absence of a strong stance on anything.”

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)

“Ugh, just come back to bed. Can’t we go one night without getting into a screaming match?”

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)

“When you become a U.S. senator, they tell you that you’ll be legally castrated if you ever try to stop any wars.”

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)

“I mean, if it were up to me, they’d be air-striking the shit out of the continental U.S. as well.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

“That’s actually a good idea. If we can trick the Palestinians into thinking we’re not going to fire anymore, they’ll be easier to shoot!”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

“The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would never allow the U.S. to finance the Israeli military if it wasn’t perfectly safe.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

“I don’t want to lose my widespread appeal among moderates.”

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)

“I support firing both missiles and a message of love at Palestine.”

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October 31, 2023
Lindsey Graham, Nearly Indicted in Trump Election Case, Claims He Was Just Doing His Job by Asking Georgia About Throwing Out Ballots

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Remember when Lindsey Graham phoned up a top Georgia official after the 2020 election and suggested, according to that official, that mail-in ballots be thrown out—which would have coincidentally benefited his good pal Donald Trump, who made a similar, even more incriminating call just weeks later? Well, on Friday, we learned that a special grand jury had recommended Graham be charged as part of the RICO case against Trump. His response? I was just doing my job! Note: None of what the senator did is actually part of his job.

Nevertheless, Graham boldly claimed that he made a “responsible decision” when he rang up Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger in November 2020 for a chat about mail-in ballots. “What I did was consistent with my job as being a United States senator, chairman of the Judiciary Committee,” Graham told reporters today. “I think the system in this country is getting off the rails, and we have to be careful not to use the legal system as a political tool.” He added that he was shocked to learn that a special grand jury that met from June to December of last year—and made charging recommendations to Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis—had voted 13-7 that he should be prosecuted. “I was totally surprised,” Graham said, adding, “I never suggested anybody set aside the election. I never said, ‘go find votes.’ I never said anything other than trying to find how the mail-in balloting system worked.”

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Of course, according to Raffensperger, Graham did not merely phone him up for a primer on how “how the mail-in balloting system work[s].” Rather, Raffensperger has said, Graham suggested throwing out all mail-in ballots in counties with high rates of nonmatching signatures. Speaking to The Washington Post in 2020, Raffensperger said he was stunned by the proposal. Luckily for Graham, his calls to the Georgia official were not recorded—a factor that The New York Times notes, “probably figured in the decision not to charge” him. As for Graham’s emphasis on the fact that he never told anyone to “go find votes,” that’s not actually something he’s been accused of. But if he thinks such a demand sounds very bad and possibly illegal, he should be extremely worried about Trump, who was, in fact, recorded saying that. (Editor’s note: Trump is on tape telling Raffensperger, “I just want to find 11,780 votes,” which is actually a lot worse given that it’s the precise number he needed to overturn his loss in Georgia.)

Graham is not the only person the special grand jury recommended charging who ultimately got off scot-free. Others on the list, which was unsealed by a judge on Friday, included former senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler; disgraced national security adviser Michael Flynn; and former Trump lawyers Boris Epshteyn, Cleta Mitchell, and Lin Wood.

Just to be clear, Graham will not be removing his head from Trump’s ass

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September 8, 2023
Lindsey Graham Cooks Up A Big Awkward Complaint On Judge In Trump’s Jan. 6 Case

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is rallying behind the “need” for a new federal judge in the case accusing former President Donald Trump of trying to flip the 2020 election.

But Graham has come across the judge’s name before.

In fact, he voted to confirm her less than a decade ago.

Graham, in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday, argued that “any conviction” against Trump isn’t legitimate in the nation’s capital before claiming that Obama-nominated U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan “hates Trump.”

“The judge in this case hates Trump. You can convict Trump of kidnapping [Charles] Lindbergh’s baby in D.C.,” said Graham after the former president was indicted on four federal charges tied to the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.

“You need to have a change of venue. We need a new judge. And we need to win in 2024 to stop this crazy crap.”

Graham: The judge in this case hates trump. You can convict trump of kidnapping Lindbergh’s baby in DC. You need to have a change of venue. We need a new judge. And we need to win in 2024 to stop this crazy crap. pic.twitter.com/QBwggvxM4n

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 3, 2023

One user on X (the name of Twitter’s rebrand), @ChidiNwatu, noted that Graham – along with 94 other senators – voted to confirm Chutkan in 2014.

Several other active GOP senators also voted to confirm Chutkan including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who has criticized her over the case. He said on his podcast that she has a “reputation for being far left” and argued that people can anticipate her being “relentlessly hostile” to the former president.

Cruz, in a social media post, sarcastically wrote that a report on Chutkan’s donations to former President Barack Obama’s campaign and victory fund was “comforting.”

The donations in question go back to at least two years before Cruz’ “yea” vote for the judge, Federal Election Commission data reveals.

Other X users mocked the South Carolina Republican over his take on the case.

If they want to move the 1/6 trial out of DC because the judge is allegedly anti-Trump & the jury may be too, then they should also advocate for moving the classified documents trial out of Florida where the judge is pro-Trump & the jury may be too. Or, they should just be quiet. https://t.co/GyGCyj3UhS

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 3, 2023

I remember when Republicans said attacking judges was the worst thing you could do.

I wonder what’s different here? https://t.co/8XxidybHsR

— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 3, 2023

Can all defendants pick their judges and ‘friendly’ venues?

Asking for the 158,215 people currently in federal prison. https://t.co/77nKtfadon

— Darlene McDonald (@iamdarlenemcd) August 3, 2023

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August 2, 2023
2016 Presidential Debates Fast Facts | CNN Politics

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Here’s a look at the 2016 presidential debates:

August 3, 2015
Event Type: Republican Forum
Location: Manchester, New Hampshire
Sponsors: KCRG-TV, WGIR-AM, New Hampshire Union Leader, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Post & Courier
Moderator: Jack Heath
Participants: Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, John Kasich, George Pataki, Rand Paul, Rick Perry, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker
Transcript

August 6, 2015
Event Type: Republican Debate
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Sponsors: Fox News/Facebook/Ohio Republican Party
Moderators: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace
Participants (decided by polling data): First Debate – Carly Fiorina, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum; Second Debate – Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Scott Walker
Transcript – First Debate
Transcript – Second Debate

September 16, 2015
Event Type: Republican Debate
Location: Simi Valley, California
Sponsors: CNN/Salem Radio/Reagan Library Foundation
Moderators: Jake Tapper; Dana Bash and Hugh Hewitt also participate
Participants: First Debate – Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, Rick Santorum; Second Debate – Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Scott Walker
Transcript – First Debate
Transcript – Second Debate

October 13, 2015
Event Type: Democratic Debate
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Sponsors: CNN/Facebook
Moderators: Anderson Cooper; Dana Bash, Juan Carlos Lopez, Don Lemon also participate
Participants: Lincoln Chafee, Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, Bernie Sanders, Jim Webb
Transcript

October 28, 2015
Event Type: Republican Debate
Title: Your Money, Your Vote: The Presidential Debate on the Economy
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Sponsors: CNBC/The University of Colorado Boulder
Moderators: Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick, John Harwood
Participants: First Debate – Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, Rick Santorum; Second Debate – Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
Transcript – First Debate
Transcript – Second Debate

November 10, 2015
Event Type: Republican Debate
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sponsors: Fox Business Network/Wall Street Journal
Moderators: Sandra Smith, Trish Regan, Gerald Seib and Neil Cavuto, Maria Bartiromo, Gerard Baker
Participants: First Debate – Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum; Second Debate – Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
Transcript – First Debate
Transcript – Second Debate

November 14, 2015
Event Type: Democratic Debate
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Sponsors: CBS, KCCI and The Des Moines Register
Moderators: John Dickerson; Nancy Cordes, Kevin Cooney, Kathie Obradovich also participate
Participants: Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, Bernie Sanders
Transcript

December 15, 2015
Event Type: Republican Debate
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Sponsors: CNN/Salem Radio
Moderators: Wolf Blitzer; Dana Bash and Hugh Hewitt also participate
Participants: First Debate – Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, George Pataki, Rick Santorum; Second Debate – Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
Transcript – First Debate
Transcript – Second Debate

December 19, 2015
Event Type: Democratic Debate
Location: Manchester, New Hampshire
Sponsors: ABC and WMUR
Moderators: David Muir and Martha Raddatz
Participants: Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, Bernie Sanders
Transcript

January 14, 2016
Event Type: Republican Debate
Location: North Charleston, South Carolina
Sponsors: Fox Business Network
Moderators: First Debate – Trish Regan and Sandra Smith; Second Debate – Neil Cavuto and Maria Bartiromo
Participants: First Debate – Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum; Second Debate – Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
Transcript – First Debate
Transcript – Second Debate

January 17, 2016
Event Type: Democratic Debate
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Sponsors: NBC, YouTube and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute
Moderators: Lester Holt and Andrea Mitchell
Participants: Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, Bernie Sanders
Transcript

January 25, 2016
Event Type: Democratic Presidential Candidates Town Hall Meeting
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Sponsor: CNN
Moderator: Chris Cuomo
Participants: Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, Bernie Sanders
Transcript

January 28, 2016
Event Type: Republican Debate
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Sponsors: Fox News and Google
Moderators: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace
Participants: First Debate – Carly Fiorina, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum; Second Debate – Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio
Transcript – First Debate
Transcript – Second Debate

February 3, 2016
Event Type: Democratic Town Hall
Location: Derry, New Hampshire
Sponsor: CNN
Moderator: Anderson Cooper
Participants: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders
Transcript

February 4, 2016
Event Type: Democratic Debate
Location: Durham, New Hampshire
Sponsor: MSNBC
Moderators: Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow
Participants: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders
Transcript

February 6, 2016
Event Type: Republican Debate
Location: Manchester, New Hampshire
Sponsors: ABC News and IJReview
Moderators: David Muir and Martha Raddatz
Participants: Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
Transcript

February 11, 2016
Event Type: Democratic Debate
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sponsors: PBS/WETA
Moderators: Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff
Participants: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders
Transcript

February 13, 2016
Event Type: Republican Debate
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Sponsor: CBS News
Moderator: John Dickerson
Participants: Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
Transcript

February 17, 2016
Event Type: Republican Town Hall
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Sponsor: CNN
Moderator: Anderson Cooper
Participants: Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio
Transcript

February 18, 2016
Event Type: Republican Town Hall
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Sponsor: CNN
Moderator: Anderson Cooper
Participants: Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Donald Trump
Transcript

February 23, 2016
Event Type: Democratic Town Hall
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Sponsors: CNN
Moderator: Chris Cuomo
Participants: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders
Transcript

February 25, 2016
Event Type: Republican Debate
Location: Houston, Texas
Sponsors: CNN/Telemundo/Salem Communications
Moderator: Wolf Blitzer
Participants: Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
Transcript

March 3, 2016
Event Type: Republican Debate
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Sponsors: Fox News
Moderators: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace
Participants: Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
Transcript

March 6, 2016
Event Type: Democratic Debate
Location: Flint, Michigan
Sponsors: CNN
Moderator: Anderson Cooper
Participants: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders
Transcript

March 9, 2016
Event Type: Democratic Debate
Location: Miami, Florida
Sponsors: Univision/Washington Post/Florida Democratic Party
Moderators: Maria Elena Salinas, Jorge Ramos, Karen Tumulty
Participants: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders
Transcript

March 10, 2016
Event Type: Republican Debate
Location: Miami, Florida
Sponsors: CNN/Salem Media Group/The Washington Times
Moderators: Jake Tapper; Dana Bash and Hugh Hewitt also participate
Participants: Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
Transcript

April 14, 2016
Event Type: Democratic Debate
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Sponsors: CNN/NY1
Moderators: Wolf Blitzer; Dana Bash and Errol Louis also participate
Participants: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders
Transcript

September 26, 2016
Event Type: First Presidential Debate
Location: Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates
Moderator: Lester Holt
Transcript
Viewership: The debate is the most-watched debate in American history, averaging a total of 84 million viewers across 13 of the TV channels that carried it live.

October 4, 2016
Event Type: Vice Presidential Debate
Location: Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia
Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates
Moderator: Elaine Quijano
Transcript

October 9, 2016
Event Type: Second Presidential Debate
Location: Washington University in St. Louis
Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates
Moderators: Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz
Transcript

October 19, 2016
Event Type: Third Presidential Debate
Location: University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates
Moderator: Chris Wallace
Transcript

The final presidential debate

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