Lindsey Graham: Kamala Harris Could Be Impeached If Republicans Retake The House
Senator Lindsey Graham signaled that Vice President Kamala Harris could also be up for investigation under the new ‘standards’ set by Democrats for impeachment if Republicans retake the House in the 2022 elections.
The GOP senator from South Carolina said Democrats used ‘select parts’ of former president Donald Trump’s various statements as their basis for pushing a second impeachment complaint against him and Republicans could use the same precedent to impeach Harris.
Graham cited the Democratic VP’s very public support for the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which posted bail for a number of rioters in Minneapolis last summer, which he said the GOP could also use against her.
“If you’re able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota,” the former California senator said in a Twitter post on June 2.
If you’re able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota. https://t.co/t8LXowKIbw
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 1, 2020
“I don’t know how Kamala Harris doesn’t get impeached if the Republicans take over the House, because she actually bailed out rioters, and one of the rioters went back to the streets and broke somebody’s head open,” Graham said.
“So we’ve opened Pandora’s box here, and I’m sad for the country.”
.@LindseyGrahamSC says he does not know how Vice President Harris doesn't get impeached if republicans take back the majority in The House in 2022. #FoxNewsSunday
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McConnell’s actions to haunt GOP
Commenting on the recent acquittal of former president Trump in the Senate impeachment trial, Graham also lamented how the remarks of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — where he claimed that Trump is still ‘practically and morally responsible’ for the riot in Capitol Hill could come back to haunt the GOP in the elections next year.
.@LindseyGrahamSC says Mitch McConnell will "be center stage now" after his speech against President Trump. #FoxNewsSunday
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“I think Sen. McConnell’s speech, he got a load off his chest, obviously, but unfortunately he put a load on the back of Republicans,” Graham said. “That speech you will see in 2022 campaigns.”
He added: “I think his speech is an outlier regarding how Republicans feel about all this.”
While McConnell of Kentucky voted against convicting former president Trump over charges of ‘inciting insurrection’ that led to the chaos at Capitol Hill on January 6, he slammed the former GOP chief executive for ‘provoking the events of that day.’
Sen. Mitch McConnell said Trump was “practically and morally responsible” for provoking the Capitol riot, after voting to acquit him.
He added: “He did not do his job. He did not take steps so federal law could be faithfully executed and order restored.” https://t.co/7oHn5aKF5r pic.twitter.com/ihSQvKQWiY
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 13, 2021
The South Carolina senator warned that McConnell’s speech could adversely impact the chances of the GOP to retake some states in the 2022 elections that have turned blue like Georgia and Arizona.
“I would imagine if you’re a Republican running in Arizona or Georgia or New Hampshire, where we have a chance to take back the Senate, they may be playing Sen. McConnell’s speech and asking you about it as a candidate,” Graham said.
“And I imagine if you’re an incumbent Republican there are going to be people asking you if you will support Sen. McConnell in the future,” he added.
The legal team of former president Trump argued on Friday that Democrats made comments in the past that were ‘closer’ to the definition of inciting violence — including VP Harris who also “refused to tell their violent supporters to stand down” during the riots last summer.
Michael van der Veen in his opening statements even showed footages of Democratic lawmakers — including Harris, and senators Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), Maxine Waters (California), and Chuck Schumer (New York) using the same language implored by Trump in his speech to his supporters on January 6.
Pertaining to VP Harris, van der Veen said: “She later said that those folks were not going to let up, and that they should not.”
“All of this was far closer to what the actual definition of incitement [than] anything that President Trump has ever said or done, never mind what he said on the 6th. It’s a hypocrisy that the House managers have laid at the feet of this chamber,” he added.
