Posted on 10/25/2020 1:15:35 PM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is battling for his Senate career in a toss-up re-election race, on Sunday brushed off a sharp attack from Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, telling reporters, “I don’t really worry much about Mr. Dobbs.”
Graham, when asked whether he wanted President Trump to stand up for him against attacks from the right, said Dobbs “has a right to his own opinion” but “people at home get the big picture.”
“I think people in South Carolina understand why it’s important for me to get re-elected,” Graham said.
Dobbs on Friday expressed incredulity over why conservatives are backing Graham’s re-election, criticizing Graham for not using his position as the chairman of the Judiciary Committee to investigate allegations made by Trump that the Obama administration improperly investigated his 2016 presidential campaign.
“I don’t know why anyone in the great state of South Carolina would ever vote for Lindsey Graham. It’s just outrageous,” Dobbs said.
Dobbs' salvo comes at a time when Graham is trying to rev up conservative support to win a fourth Senate term.
The non-partisan Cook Political Report, a respected handicapper, moved the South Carolina Senate race into the “toss-up” category earlier this month. It was previously rated a “lean Republican” race.
Graham has been dramatically outraised by his Democratic opponent, Jaime Harrison, who reported collecting a jaw-dropping $57 million in the third fundraising quarter of 2020.
Graham recently pleaded for more financial support during an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News.
Dobbs, however, took a swipe at Graham’s support from the right by accusing him of being an unreliable ally of the president.
“Graham has betrayed President Trump at almost every turn,” Dobbs said. “He has betrayed the American people and his oath of office. He’s done absolutely nothing to investigate Obamagate except to tell everyone, ‘Stay tuned,’ time and time again. Stay tuned. Senator Graham needs to be tuned out in South Carolina.”
Graham on Sunday quipped “I’m sad to say I missed it” and chuckled but didn’t appear too shaken by the attack.
“I think Chuck Schumer is of the same opinion,” he added with another chuckle, referring to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
Graham said he plans to campaign on Tuesday after the Senate votes to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court Monday evening.
Graham also responded to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s statement on CNN Sunday that “we’re not going to control the pandemic.”
“We need a vaccine. We need a vaccine. Until we get a vaccine, it’s going to be just holding the line. It’s all over the world, guys. We’ve had every model from herd immunity to lock the whole world down, it’s still a problem,” he said.
I can appreciate you have good reason to not like Graham. I don't like Graham myself but I would vote for him because the alternative is putting another liberal democrat in the Senate. I don't want that. If you live in SC, I would urge you to hold your nose and vote for Graham. Again, please consider the alternative.
I did just that. Held my nose and voted for Linda. The person running against him is many times worse than Linda.
We can not afford to lose the Senate, period.
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If so, with Biden and a Dem House, there will be no further investigations of any kind.
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Ya gotta hold your nose and dance with the one that brung ya.
Graham just declined to even hold a hearing before the election on Big Tech suppressing the GOP vote. The idea they are going to investigate anything substantively is a dream.
I guess we’ll just have disagree. As long as McConnell & Graham are leading the senate I do not feel “we” control it. We can vote for them but they will never represent us.
Amen.
I usually like Dobbs but he needs to STFU at this point in time.
No excuse to lose seats.
Deserves to lose?
You are an idiot.
Deserves to lose?
You are an idiot.
Did President Trump deserve to have his DOJ hijacked by Mueller’s Democrat thugs? Apparently, Lindsay Graham thought so. Does that him an “idiot”, too?
Dobbs is a shameless quisling who should think before he speaks but this is Fox is largely an enemy and never to be fully trusted. Look at their full of crop polls.
Of course he does.
No question the Senate leadership is ineffective. Graham did a good job pushing Kavanaugh through. But they are not the door-kickers we need.
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