Sorry Lindsey, but trying to get legally cast votes tossed out in Georgia isn't part of your "job" as a United States senator.
September 9, 2023

Sorry Lindsey, but trying to get legally cast votes tossed out in Georgia isn't part of your "job" as a United States senator. Here's a defiant Sen. Lindsey Graham after the news broke that the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury recommended indicting a long list of Trump's allies, including Graham.

GRAHAM: I called around different states, including Georgia, as a sitting United States senator, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. I eventually certified the election in all states including Georgia. I didn’t find any evidence of mass voter fraud, but I did have concerns about the mail-in ballot systems in Georgia and other places.

This is troubling for the country. We can’t criminalize senators doing their job when they have a constitutional requirement to fulfill. It would be irresponsible for me in my opinion, as chairman of the committee, not to try to find out what happened.

It would be irresponsible for me to tell the voters of South Carolina what I did, without actually trying to find out what the right answer was. So, we're opening up Pandora's Box here. Fulton County is one of the most liberal jurisdictions in the country. I fear this will spread, that the next election, Democrats may be on the other side of this.

So, at the end of the day, nothing happened. What I did was consistent with my job as being United States senator, Chair of the Judiciary Committee. But it was just not me. Three United States senators. We're opening up Pandora's Box. 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.

We know that's not what happened, but Graham's just going to keep lying about it.

He also basically said he'd do it again.

Sadly, he won't be standing next to him in a prison cell where they both belong.

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