Senator Graham says Trump will help rebuild the Republican Party
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday (Feb. 14) that after the impeachment, former President Donald Trump (R-Texas) will next begin rebuilding the Republican Party in order to recapture the House and Senate for the GOP in the 2022 midterm elections.
On Saturday (Feb. 13), the Senate voted on Trump’s impeachment and ultimately acquitted him of all charges. Afterward, Graham spoke with Trump.
“He (Trump) is ready to move on and rebuild the Republican Party and is excited about 2022.” Graham said in an interview with the Fox News Sunday program on Sunday.
Graham also said he will travel to Florida next week to meet with Trump.
Graham stressed that the Republican Party cannot rebuild without Trump and Trump’s strong popular base. He called it a “Trump +” formula.
“I said, ‘Mr. President, this MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement needs to continue. We need to unite this party. Trump + is the way to 2022 (for Republicans to take back Congress).'” Graham said, “He (Trump) is angry at some people, but I understand that.”
He said the Republican goal must be to win in 2022 and stop the Biden administration’s “radical agenda.”
“We can’t do that without Donald Trump. So he (Trump) is ready to go, and I’m ready to work with him.” Graham said.
Referring to the Senate impeachment results, Graham said Trump expressed gratitude to impeachment defense lawyers.
Graham served as chairman of the Judiciary Committee when Republicans were in control of the Senate. He denounced in a tweet Saturday that impeachment initiated based on partisan differences appears to be becoming the norm, suggesting that future presidents will face impeachment challenges.
“I hope I (am) proven wrong, but it seems impeachment based on partisan differences is becoming the norm, not the exception.” Graham tweeted.
“I fear that if this pattern is followed in the future, it will become the norm to initiate impeachments based on partisan animosity that disqualify people from office.” Graham added.
He said the goal of the House (Democrats) has never been to find out what really happened on Jan. 6 and then hold people accountable. Their goal was to put the blame “squarely and completely on Trump” no matter what.
Graham also suggested on Twitter that there were key procedures and practices that were removed during the impeachment trial.
“For the good of this country, I hope this will be the last Time the Senate impeaches a president … a president who was impeached without (the other side) presenting witnesses and a trial record based on hearsay.” He said.
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