Earlier this month, former US President Donald Trump chastised Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), referring to his longtime ally as a ‘Republican in Name Only’ (RINO) after the US lawmaker openly disagreed with him on whether a presidential pardon should be extended to Trump supporters prosecuted for participating in the January 6, 2021, insurrection.
Although the Republican nomination is reportedly Donald Trump’s “for the taking” in 2024, the former US president should consider adopting talking points that aren’t related to his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden, Sen. Lindsey Graham declared, during a Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”
“I am not contesting the 2020 election,” Graham said, qualifying that there are election reforms that need to happen. “The 2020 election is over for me.”
“Donald Trump is the most consequential Republican in the Republican Party today,” Graham told George Stephanopoulos. “He has a great chance of being president again in 2024, he’ll start comparing what he did as president versus what’s going on now, and how to fix the mess we’re in.”
Trump would be placing himself in a losing position if he “looks backward,” the Senate Republican said.
“For [Trump] to win in 2024, he’s gotta talk about the future … if he continues to talk about the 2020 election, I think it hurts his cause and quite frankly hurts the Republican Party” — Lindsey Graham on ABC pic.twitter.com/1fRrOxvjX3
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 13, 2022
“If he continues to talk about the 2020 election, I think it hurts his cause and quite frankly, hurts the Republican Party,” Graham said.
Authored by Evan Craighead via Sputnik News
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