Tag: Lindsey graham

Leading GOP Senators: Court-Packing Proposal Would ‘Destroy Judicial Independence’

Leading Republican Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday held a press conference expressing their opposition to the Democrat proposal to expand the Supreme Court from 9 to 13 seats. The three senators compared the Democrat-led effort as a push to “rig” the Supreme Court that would ultimately “destroy…


Graham Urges Fauci to Assess If Biden Border Policies Are Creating COVID ‘Super-Spreader’ Event

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Monday once again urged infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci to visit the U.S.-Mexico border to determine whether Biden administration policies are undercutting the nation’s herculanean efforts to control the spread of COVID-19. Graham published his letter to U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Fauci on…


Graham Accuses Biden of Playing ‘Race Card’ Over Georgia Election Reform Law

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday accused President Joe Biden of playing “the race card” on a newly enacted law that seeks to improve the integrity of elections in Georgia. “You know what’s sick is [to] have the president of the United States play the race card continuously in such a hypocritical way,” Graham told…


Graham Introduces Bill to ‘Stop Asylum Abuse’ on Southern Border

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced an immigration bill on Wednesday that aims to fix loopholes in the asylum system and change policies that could be contributing to the escalating crisis on the southern border. Upon taking office in January, President Joe Biden revoked a host of Trump-era immigration measures which had largely stemmed the flow…


Sen. Graham Introduces Bill to ‘Stop Asylum Abuse’ on Southern Border

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) proposed an immigration measure on March 24 that aims to close loopholes in the asylum system and change policies that may be contributing to the escalating crisis on the southern border. Upon taking office in January, President Joe Biden revoked a host of Trump-era immigration measures that had largely stemmed the…


Lindsey Graham: GOP Will ‘Shut the Senate Down’ If Denied Access to Border Facilities

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that Republicans will “shut down” the Senate if he and other senators are denied access to Border Patrol facilities at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday. “I am going down [to the border] with 18 senators Friday, and if I’m denied the ability to look into any place I want to…


Lindsey Graham: Trump Shouldn’t Issue Endorsements in Two GOP Senate Primaries

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday said that former President Donald Trump should not make endorsements in Missouri and Alabama after two GOP senators announced they would retire soon. “I think he should just let it play out, if I were him,” Graham told reporters, referring to the former commander-in-chief. “I just think you want…


Mayorkas Has ‘Lost Control’: Lindsey Graham First Senator to Suggest DHS Chief Leave Office Amid Border Surge

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) became the first GOP senator to suggest that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas resign in the midst of a surge of illegal border-crossers. “It is clear to me the Biden Administration has lost control of the border. Under its current leadership, it doesn’t have either the will or…


Border Situation Makes Immigration Bill ‘Much Harder’: Lindsey Graham

The surge in illegal immigrants crossing America’s southern border makes reaching an agreement on immigration “much harder,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday. “It’s going to be really hard to get a bipartisan bill put together on anything that has a legalization component until you stop the flow,” he told reporters on Capitol Hill. Illegal…


Graham Warns Biden’s Soft Border Policies Could be Exploited by Terrorists

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Fox News on Tuesday that Al Qaeda and ISIS terrorists may seek to exploit President Joe Biden’s lax immigration policies, which he blamed for already leading to a greater influx of illegal immigrants from south of the border. Graham told Sean Hannity in an interview that Biden’s policy shifts around…