7 times Lindsey Graham completely flip-flopped for Donald Trump
Back in 2016, Sen. Lindsey Graham called Trump a ‘complete idiot.’ His tune has changed.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2020Back in 2016, Sen. Lindsey Graham called Trump a ‘complete idiot.’ His tune has changed.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2020Republican senators say they will vote for Trump’s nominee, no matter who it is or what that person believes.
By Emily Singer - September 22, 2020Fox News host Tucker Carlson accused the Republican South Carolina senator of secretly trying to undermine Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - September 10, 2020Lindsey Graham is being outraised by Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison this year.
By Josh Israel - August 17, 2020Sen. Ron Johnson’s preoccupation with Joe and Hunter Biden has dismayed Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee who view it as a politically motivated distraction.
By Associated Press - August 13, 2020He and Donald Trump were filmed without masks at a Trump International Hotel fundraiser just weeks ago.
By Josh Israel - August 11, 2020The Judiciary Committee heard testimony about unsupported allegations that the Obama administration spied on the Trump campaign in 2016.
By Emily Singer - August 05, 2020Few Republicans have spoken out, but the ones who have say the election will not be moved — despite Trump’s claims.
By Emily Singer - July 30, 2020Several Republicans have publicly balked at spending provisions in their own bill.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 28, 2020Even if Congress does extend the payment, experts say there will be a lag in sending them out thanks to overburdened systems.
By Emily Singer - July 21, 2020Camouflaged federal agents descended upon Portland, Oregon, to combat what the Trump administration called ‘violent’ crime — the vast majority of which was just graffiti incidents.
By Emily Singer - July 20, 2020The $600 weekly unemployment insurance boost is set to expire on July 31.
By Emily Singer - July 15, 2020The South Carolina Republican missed hearings on pandemics, sexual assault, education funding, and drug prices.
By Josh Israel - July 10, 2020Democrats are posting record fundraising hauls in key contests across the country.
By Emily Singer - July 08, 2020On Monday morning, Donald Trump demanded an apology from Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace after a noose was found in his garage.
By Oliver Willis - July 06, 2020The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to subpoena members of the previous administration involved in opening the Russia investigation.
By Josh Israel - June 11, 2020The effort is spearheaded by the Congressional Black Caucus.
By Associated Press - June 04, 2020Sens. Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham are urging judges to retire before the 2020 election.
By Emily Singer - May 29, 2020Trump was attacking social media companies for fact-checking his lies and rage-tweeting about the Russia investigation for hours before making any sort of statement about the grim new death toll.
By Emily Singer - May 28, 2020As 2.4 million more applied for unemployment insurance, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will not extend the added $600 weekly benefit.
By Emily Singer - May 21, 2020Trump opposes extending the added $600 in unemployment insurance Congress created to help offset coronavirus job losses.
By Emily Singer - May 20, 2020Donald Trump and his allies have launched a broad election-year attack on the investigation into Russian contacts with his 2016 campaign as a ‘deep state’ conspiracy.
By Associated Press - May 19, 2020Trump’s latest attacks on Obama are false and a transparent ploy to try to hurt Joe Biden’s presidential bid.
By Associated Press - May 18, 2020Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) threatened that unemployment benefits for those impacted by the coronavirus crisis would only be extended “over our dead bodies.”
By Dan Desai Martin - April 30, 2020Business lobbyists are trying to secure legal protections from Congress to ensure that companies aren’t held liable for coronavirus-related damages when they reopen.
By Emily Singer - April 21, 2020Donald Trump spent February golfing and holding campaign rallies while downplaying the seriousness of the coronavirus.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 14, 2020The South Carolina senator downplayed the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic and praised Trump’s slow and chaotic response to the crisis.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 14, 2020Republicans are deflecting criticism from Trump’s failure to respond to the coronavirus and focusing blame on China.
By Oliver Willis - April 10, 2020More than 3.28 million people filed for unemployment insurance last week, the largest number of people to file in a single week in U.S. history.
By Emily Singer - March 26, 2020Republicans are objecting to the formula for unemployment benefits in the Senate coronavirus relief bill.
By Oliver Willis - March 25, 2020