graham thinks they're going against donald trump let's keep in mind who senator lindsey graham is he said donald trump was dangerous he had horrible names to call him before he become president when he became president he became his best friend and he said basically just now i've spoken out when i thought i needed to that's not true he has literally not spoken out against president trump once that i can recall he's justifying why he had such a close relationship with that he said it's because that i could call him up and trying to influence policy so you're seeing lindsey graham trying to reframe the narrative of the last 4 years and his behavior i also want to point out something that is going around in conservative media circles what you're seeing them because how do you justify what we saw yesterday trump flags trump supporters the mega hats overtaking the u.s. capitol doing some serious vandalism vandalization and stealing things so how do you justify that well in some conservative media they're saying pretty much you know what lindsey graham just said hey it's no worse than blac

lindsey graham is not going to persuade anyone. i think the only question is is going to be, will they convince people that the senate just shouldn't hold a trial because trump managed to commit his most impeachable offense very close to the end of his presidency? i don't think that will wash either. >> trump did not go to the capitol, as you mentioned, right? even though he said he was going to do it. the reality of it is, of course, he wasn't physically there. does his first amendment right to freedom of speech, which i would imagine is -- we're talking about the president of the united states here, right, with the bully pulpit. but the free speech right, does it protect him at all here? >> not at all. i don't know many people who are stronger first amendment advocates than i am. but even if my life depended on it, i couldn't persuade myself that he was exercising the freedom of speech. it's ludicrous. there is no free speech defense to someone who doesn't just yell fire in a crowded theater, to use the old metaphor, but sets fir

carley: lindsey graham wondering about the security failures and how they relate to house speaker nancy pelosi, like you said, her chief of staff responded to that moment from maria's show yesterday, saying this disgraceful attempt to shift blame for the mob attack on the capitol is absurd and pathetic. he need only look in the mirror if he wants to start pointing a finger. he has repeatedly cast doubt on results of a fair election and dangerously fanned flames of right wing quackery. lindsey graham went on to talk about the people who participated in the riots, saying they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. the president should not pardon any of them, guys. jillian: okay. so blake shelton has a thing or two to say, right? carley: he's getting backlash over his latest song, it's called minimum wage. some people are calling it incentive. take a listen to a little bit of the song. we'll talk about it on the back end. ♪ you can take my truck out of the driveway. ♪ like a cadillac. ♪ making a man feel rich on minimum wage. carley: could make a man feel rich on mini

graham says it appears to be more of a political dodge then an effective remedy in lindsey graham's twitter stamen yesterday getting attention. this was a democratic harassment a few moments ago say in every republican number of congress who shows doubt about the legitimate victory is committing acts that greatly damage the strength of our democracy, just some of the congressional chatter on that this morning but 15 minutes left with molly reynolds. senior fellow at the brookings institution and brookings .edu. if you want to talk about progression all rules, procedures, now is a great time to call and. brian, independent, michigan. >> caller: yes, hello. can you hear me? i want to talk about national security and talk about me so much as what i've held a top-secret compartmentalized security clearance so i worked around the annapolis and mr. tony bob linsky is almost credible people i found on television a long time and i'm wondering along the lines of national security why he has not been brought in before congress and i want to know how these investigations are going and getting

lindsey graham saying it's not time to invoke the 25th amendment but he also said a couple of other things that i think are important to point out remember this is the lindsey graham who had nothing but horrible things to say about president trump until he was elected and then he became his biggest offender he said a couple of things he said i have spoken out when i thought it was necessary i cannot remember a single instance when lindsey graham really spoke out forcefully on any of the president's inflammatory comments or policies he said that he did this because he was able to have access to the president to try to influence policy and we see that a lot of people close to the president they say they try to send the message that i can still be invited to d.c. cocktail parties because you can imagine the stuff that i kept him from doing and he went on to say that the people around the president his chief of staff he said you'll never know all they did to protect this country so then another thing he seemed to equate what happened here at the capitol to the black lives matter movemen

in the last 24 hours, we have seen some of his closest allies, like lindsey graham, criticize him for what's happened. i wonder what kind of support he has lost after yesterday's events. >> a lot, quick frankly. he's lost a lot of support from people like lindsey graham, one of estrada strongest supporters, who defended him through everything. even him today was backing off donald trump and condemning his rhetoric that led to these riots. the bottom line is, i think this message was to two people -- to the wider american public, but also to republicans. because ultimately, it's going to be republicans, such as lindsey graham and mitch mcconnell, that are going to decide if he stays in office for the next 13 days when a -- 13 days or not. also vice president pence, these are the republicans that have the power to potentially put the pieces into motion that would remove the president trump our. -- the president trump our -- the president from power. trying to say, you do not need to remove me from power, i've realized the mistakes i've made. i think that was his message, as well, just a

graham have also criticized the president.

well one of the president's closest allies republican senator lindsey graham says wednesday's unrest has tarnished trump's record in office become close to the president personally i think his president has been consequential from a conservative point of view it's been an amazing 4 years in terms of judges securing the border a vaccine in record deregulating the con to me cutting taxes historic mideast peace agreements the destruction of the caliphate all on and on and on was tarnished by yesterday when it comes to accountability the president needs to understand that his actions are the problem not the solution well particle angels us live now from capitol hill i guess there are some republicans now coming out more strongly against president trump and what happened yesterday what do you make of how republicans are trying to frame all of this. i think it's the clearest indication yet that republicans are afraid that the winds of public opinion are going to go against the president and therefore themselves you seemed several members of the president's staff quit in disgust but again t

graham tried to make in an interview last night on fox news >> here now is senator lindsey graham >> seth: whoa, whoa, whoa, was that a pick, lindsey "dang it, i forgot my swab good thing i was born with ten of them. or maybe, that was just the last place left he hadn't checked for his conscience i mean, what were you going to do with it anyway? keep it? "when i find a good one, i keep it as a pet. this one's bessie over here. this one's clyde and this one's braxton beauregard bridgerton iii, he's my best friend momma, when daddy gets back, i'm going to show him my booger collection what what do you mean he's not coming back why? because of the booger collection well, i miss you, daddy, but i made my choice!" anyway, i forgot why i was even going to play that clip. oh, right. the day before that on tuesday, lindsey graham had a bone to pick if democrats called witnesses in the impeachment trial and then threaten to prolong the proceedings. >> if there's an effort by the democrats to call a single witness in the united states senate, they had no record in the house, there will be dela

>> and steph, not just that, but lindsey graham is now one of trump's only friends. he traveled with the president all day tuesday down to texas and aboard air force one they spent time together in the president's private cabin, graham was -- i interviewed graham yesterday he told me he was phoning senators one after another working down a list to try to convince them not to convict the president in his eventual impeachment trial and that they were together. he was with trump when liz cheney's statement broke, liz cheney, the number 3 ranking house republican was going to be voting for impeachment and it was graham who had to calm the president down and explain that he didn't think liz cheney's views were representative of the entire republican conference, of course fast forward a day, they were not. they were only about a dozen or so republicans who voted to impeach. >> one week and one day ago lindsey graham said i'm done with this guy. kristen, do we have any idea what type of defense the president will mount? >> well, not only is the defense strategy still being

graham see the senate should dismiss the charges and move on to promote healing. >>reporting in washington, i'm basil john. >>the u.s. government says that violent groups may turn to old-fashioned ways of communicating to plan future criminal activities. the federal june communications commission says that hate groups and others could be using radios instead of social media. they also say that would be a grave mistake because conducting or coordinating criminal activities via radio could lead to federal charges that implies to so-called ham radio operators even those using walkie talkies the government says the groups are looking for other ways to talk to each other. now that several social media sites have been now unavailable.

trump ally, senator lindsey graham, is begging incoming majority leader chuck schumer to call off the t senate trial. listen. >> if we embrace an unconstitutional impeachment of donald trump after he's out of office, it will destroy the party. the republican party wants to move forward. president trump's going to be the most important voice in the republican party for a long time to come. >> reporter: and then you have those house impeachment managers, the democrats over in the house who say they want to see the trial through. >> our plan is to go after every single vote. we want to make sure that every senator is standing up for this country, that every senator is considering the evidence against president trump and the fact that he incited a deadly insurrection and so we're optimistic that when we lay out our case, that we'll be able to convince folks. >> reporter: speaking of that case, there was some thought that the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, would represent him in the senate. giuliani said in an interview with abc news over the weekend that he's probably not g

. >> they will never learn, even as senator lindsey graham telling the "washington post" this, the president saw these people as allies in his journey and sympathetic to the idea that the election was stolen. the president looked at these people on live tv. we saw a mob. he saw allies. what more do you need to know? but there is a lesson that we can learn from a true american hero. u.s. capitol police officer eugene goodman. rioters chased that officer up

by the way, i reporter eric lawson reporting breaking news when it comes to senator lindsey graham, who you saw presiding over the senate, the senators have a high bar to overturn the election on january 6. the commission started by republican senator ted cruz, calls it a political dodge. we will go to deborah in a yorktown heights, new york. democrats line, hello. caller: yes, thank you for taking my call and thank you for all the coverage in the past year, it has been so valuable to hear all the different opinions. congresst for the new is that i'm quite concerned that isis reported hack quite extensive and probably because we don't have enough it is very, secretive, we are not getting more information, but my concern is that president trump is not denouncing it, and that makes me wonder why. if this is such a national risk, why is he not speaking out against it? watcheen trying to variety shows, liberal, conservative, to stay open-minded. enter look for evidence to support what is really happening unilateralt take one stance, even though i am a registered democrat. but my concern is

lindsey graham sounding the alarm in a tweet, if the biden administration does not send a clear unmistakable signal they support the tough policy implemented by donald trump, when borders are overrun again. the president-elect's pick for secretary of state and homeland security secretary also pressed on the subject during their confirmation hearings yesterday. >> what would you tell people in a caravan coming to america? >> do not come. this is not the first caravan over the last four years or 12 years, there is a commitment to follow our asylum laws and provide humanitarian relief. jillian: the incoming white house press secretary announcing the biden administration will not lift restrictions on international travel due to the coronavirus pandemic. texas senator john cornyn firing back wondering if that includes caravans of migrants from central america.

that was lindsey graham. presser at 1:30. what a day. ex-prodder nary developments the last three hours. i'm sure there is more to comb. neil cavuto. it's yours. neil: your exactly right, lindsey graham stuff that is the 108 the likes which we've not seen well since 48 hours ago. stuart, we're following all the developments including markets running ahead of records here. dow, s&p, nasdaq trying for the day, we're keeping eye on that. a lot is relief it is over. craziness yesterday is over. a lot of questions being asked, d.c. mayor muriel bowser looking what happened here. what we can do to prevent that. we're learning the national guard will have a presence in the d.c. area right through the inauguration, through next two weeks and next 30 days. we'll hear what is was in house and senate offices when all of this was going down. we have representative mullen and jody harrington with us what they saw what they witnessed. on one occasion one of them tried to get the protesters to calm down. for now we're looking at how and when this could

graham, we will listen to lindsey graham and talk about the other thing. >> i want to send them back to the states. i believe there was fraud. to the conservatives who believe in the constitution, now is your chance to stand up and be counted. originalism, count me in, it means what it says. so my, vice president, just hang in there. they said we can count on mike, all of us can count on the vice president. you are going to do the right thing. you are going to do the constitutional thing. you have got a son who flies f-35s and son in laws who fly f-18s they are out there flying so we get it right here. there are people that are dying, my good friend illinois to make sure we have a chance to argue among ourselves and when it is over it is over. it is over. the final thing, joe biden, now traveled the world with joe and i hope he lost, i prayed he would lose, he won. he is the legitimate president of the united states. i cannot convince people, certain groups by my words but i will tell you by my actions that maybe i among any, above all others in this body peed to say this, joe biden

senator lindsey graham says not a good idea. we will also explain the confrontation that took place at a d.c. airport earlier today and dan bongino reacts to twitter permanentlyyyyy federal authorities are pursuing dozens of other cases. >> sean: last night, the president promised an orderly transition of power having exhausted any potential remedy as it relates to what happened in the election. democrats want another impeachment or they want somebody to invoke the 25th amendment. fox news is reporting tonight house democrats will try to launch another impeachment sham lawn the country monday. senator lindsey graham is pushing back against all the madness tweeting out "as the president stated last night, it is time to heal and to move on. speaker pelosi pushes impeachment in the last days of the term presidency, that would do a lot more harm than good grade later adding that as for the 25th amendment being invoked, i don't believe that's appropriate. and that prompted a bizarre response from the real speaker of the house, the on

seriously, is there anyone slimier than lindsey graham? he called trump a crazy bigot who was unfit for office, warned, accurately, that if the gop nominated trump they'd get destroyed and deserve it, then did an about face and became trump's loyal foot soldier, golf buddy, and mini me then after the insurrection, said, "count me out, enough is enough." then, flew with trump on air force one, and now he's saying we shouldn't impeach him he's like a hostage negotiator who says, you want a helicopter and $1 million i'll give you something better -- me these people had four years rationalizing and excusing trump's behavior, because they were all in on it. long ago, they decided to disgrace themselves and service this monstrous and irredeemable man, and this dismantling of our democracy is just the culmination of all that. and even the ones who didn't technically object to the electoral votes the way josh hawley or ted cruz did, are complicit. it's a moral rot that runs through virtually the entirety of the republican party and conservative mo

. >> let's take a listen, kurt, to something senator lindsey graham said this week. here it is. >> donald trump will be the strongest voice in the republican party for years to come. if you're wanting to erase donald trump from the party, you're going to get erased. most republicans like his policies. a lot of republicans like his style. a lot of people are disappointed with him personally at times but appreciate the outcome he's achieved for our country. so this idea of moving forward without donald trump and the republican party is a disaster for the republican party. >> is that true, kurt? after all that's happened the past couple of weeks, what influence do you think trump will actually have moving forward? >> well, what i've just heard lindsey graham say -- and it's embarrassing, frankly, what has become of lindsey graham but putting that aside, he said -- let's talk about outcomes. 400,000 dead americans, that's a good outcome? a white nationalist mob trying to violently overthrow the united states government, hang the vice president, hold hostage lawmakers and

take senator lindsey graham. listen to what he said after the chaos at the capitol. >> they say there are 66,000 people in georgia under 18 voted. how many people believe that? i ask, give me ten. hadn't had one. they said 8,000 felons in prison in arizona voted. give me ten. hadn't gotten one. >> hmm. so that is the same lindsey graham who allegedly called georgia's secretary of state to discuss how he could discard legally cast ballots. the same lindsey graham who repeatedly parroted the president's lies about election fraud. >> i want the computer systems in michigan that flipped votes from republicans to democrats to be looked at, and the software was used all over the country. there's a lot of shenanigans going on here. biden got more votes than obama in a few areas of the country. in only a few areas. how could that be? it's not unreasonable to ask the legislature to come back in and order an audit of the system to see if the system worked. what is unreasonable is to sit on your ass and do nothing when you

i am really interested given your experience running against lindsey graham in south carolina and how much i learned from you about south carolina politics. really interested in you talking us through your perspective. i hope you will come back. >> i will come back. lindsay saided that may 2016 if we nominate donald trump we will get destroyed and we will deserve it. i think that is coming to roost. >> democratic national committee chairman jamie harrison. it is great to see you. >> take care. >> much more to get to tonight. stay with us. h more to get to tt stay with us

lindsey graham is rhetorically loyal. right? it was a political convenience. they ran against him. they didn't like him. they called him pathological liars. and then, they decided they had to appease -- appease him and hang around him. not so with many of these house republicans. and more importantly, they, thanks to gerrymandering, i mean, in many ways, the minority of house republicans represent, basically, the entirety of the trump base. and so, you know, as much as we think that, maybe, cooler heads are prevailing in the senate, let's not make any assumptions about what we might see in the house. >> we dip in a little bit here to some of the -- some of the debate underway. >> we must restore faith and confidence in one of our republic's most howelled, patriotic duties, voting. there is no question our u.s. constitution empowers state legislatures to execute free, legal, and fair elections. unfortunately, in several states, the clear authority of those state legislature to determine the rules for voting were -- were usurped by governors, secretaries of states, and activist court

lindsey graham. people who have been at his side throughout some of the most farfetched lies that have been told to the american people. people who were actually in on this suggesting there was a lot of fraud in this election. the politics are becoming clearer that in the end was actually a devil's bargain for a lot of the republicans who were willing to entertain the lie about voter frauds but weren't willing to consummate the deal that donald trump wanted them to make which is to go against our constitution and the votes of the american people. >> it brings up -- >> real quick. lindsey graham voted to impeach and remove bill clinton over the blow job. today, he said he is not in favor of impeaching donald trump for his taemtsed coup. lindsey graham changing his tone but he's not changing it nearly enough. all of these guys to take -- go to the logical conclusion of their statements about what donald trump's actions were. i'm sorry to interrupt. it's important to get that clear on what he said and d

and also -- and also, senator lindsey graham as well. that doesn't mean he is absolved of any sins for the past four years. but he did say this is done and it is over. >> well, look. again, there is a lot going on in this moment. but all leads us to the same place, which is that we are at a bottom, here. i've never seen it this bad. and we often say we are living history. we often say a lot of things because we want you to be able to seize on the meaning of a moment. and when you kept being told that this president was say things that was dangerous, i know it got monotonous and it started to seem hyperbolic. and then, you had a group of people, today, solely at his discretion and in his name, break into the united states

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. >> you're a traitor, lindsey graham. >> trump die hards turned on lindsey graham after that. >> welcome to the new america, lindsey. this is the rest of your life. >> reporter: this video shows the first family wednesday morning, right before the president's inflammatory speech. >> i think we're t-minus a couple of seconds here guys. >> reporter: then the mob trampled the constitution and -- >> the president's words insighted a riot that killed four of his biggest fans. >> reporter: pro testsers stormed the washington state governor's mansion and more in florida and the kansas state house. tlk of more violence now skudales across social media. our american ideal is still at risk. democracy or autocracy. rule by the mob. atlanta. >>> around the world, america's allies were shocked by thusalt on the capitol while our enemies found reason to gloat. senior foreign correspondent, elizabeth palmer, reports from london. >> reporter: russian-state tv took the already dramatic video from the capitol and amped it up. wednesday's events are a gift to dictators and to total alitarians everywhere. t

first of all lindsey graham was on the flight with president trump down to texas for his event at the border wall touting that as an accomplishment so you wonder what was said between those 2 lindsey graham as you pointed out along so a friend of president of but who markedly said on the senate floor just last week that he was quote done with the president apparently that he's not done after all coming back to the president's defense but you also know that in this latest tweet from graham he didn't go as far as to defend the president's actions in fact not many have that the republican defense against impeachment thus far has centered around 2 arguments one that this impeachment is a right. process that should require more time and deliberation and 2 republicans say that this will so more division in the country at a time when unity is greatly needed and there is some evidence that indeed there in this country does remain just as divided today as it did when trump was impeached a year ago of a recently conducted poll by c.b.s. found that 55 percent of americans want this impeachment t

listen to lindsey graham. >> here's what i think republicans need to do, maybe on infrastructure but fight like hell turning america into socialized nation, fight like hell to make sure we don't undercut border security, reject the green new deal, fight like hell against raising taxes. here's what i predict, they do what they're talking about doing republicans will come roaring back in 2022, will take back the house, take back the senate and just in a few months president trump will be looked at far differently than he is today. jon: the tax increase, how likely is joe biden to get a tax increase to the congress customer. >> hopefully it'll be a problematic one with such narrow margins in both with the house and the senate, democrats control every lever of government and you find out that in the first midterm it is usually a check in the power and that's not good news for the democrats especially if they're going to double down on raising our taxes, defunded the police, on socialized healthcare et cetera. these are not policies that mainstream americans are interested in. jon: what a

lindsey graham you can eyes make a deal with the guy who's in charge. john mccain when john mccain that they nomination he liked -- and most have seen the clip of lindsey talking about joe biden starting to tear up talking about what a great american he was american he was and how much he loved him. i suspect a few people like lindsey graham may surprise all of us in being willing to work on a bipartisan effort especially on the international stage because while people like marco rubio and lindsey graham have followed president trump on foreign-policy matters there is no doubt that lindsey and our and a good number of republicans are far more comfortable with joe biden's view of nato and joe biden's view of our democratic alliances across the world than they were with donald trump. again i'm optimistic. maybe i'm being pollyanna-ish but i don't think so. >> the next question is more of a domestic policy question so it's outside the confines of the book but you have such a wide sweep of truman that i'm going to let the question come across any way which

whether it was lindsey graham's dubious phone calls, mitch mcconnell's cynical tolerance, mo brooks' out and out war cry, people invaded the capitol yesterday. the persons or persons who set pipe bombs and swung makeshift clubs had plenty of validation for what they did and encouragement. as democratic congressman conor lamb pointed out yesterday, it continues. >> that attack today, it didn't materialize out of nowhere. it was inspired by lies. the same lies that you're hearing in this room tonight. and the members who are repeating those lies should be a ashamed of themselves. their constituents should be ashamed of them. >> we should point out that a number of republican lawmakers have not gone along with this. they've stood up. senator mitt romney for one,

graham. that's that's right it's particularly in the senate more chastened attitude if you compare the tone of these speeches from prior to the riot and after another prime example would be senator loftier who just lost her re-election bid in georgia she said explicitly that she had intended that morning to voice more objections to these states but because of the violence that happened in her good conscience could not move forward then so she withdrew those objections but also from the president's closest allies we saw mitch mcconnell reconvening this session of the senate saying that this was a failed insurrection using strong words to denounce the violence that we saw and we saw another close trying to ally lindsey graham saying in a sense that he stood with trump for all these years but he said he's had enough and he went further and said this job traveled the world would you hope the law of parading you would lose he would he's the legitimate president of the united states cannot convince

carley: lindsey graham questioned nancy pelosi over the security failures that took place during the capitol riots. her chief of staff quick to bite back on twitter, saying this disgraceful attempt to shift blame for the mob attack on the capitol is absurd and pathetic. he need only look in the mirror if he wants to start pointing the finger, he has repeatedly cast doubt on results of a fair election and dangerously fanned flames of right wing quackery. quite the comment there. graham went on to say, excuse me, that those who participated in the riots should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. president trump should not pardon them. he said he is going to attend joe biden's inauguration. jillian: so some mixed messaging it appears on the southern border? carley: that's right. joe biden promised to reverse a lot of president trump's immigration policies, that's going to be put to the test quickly because there's a migrant caravan coming from hon honduras, headed to the united states as we speak. the migrants want to be welcomed into the country under a president biden but

there's nothing about lindsey graham that deserves a moment of seriousness here. he is playing a game in washington right now, he is working the refs, he is playing the media and trying convince them that it's the way mature, adult way to pursue it. the adult way is to impeach him, convict him and forbid him to hold office again. he is a threat to the country from any format. >> speaking of which, professor, i have a little had something to play for you. this is congressman schiff on whether or not former president trump should get the courtesy and availability of security briefings after leaving office. we will discuss on the other side. >> there's no circumstance thch this president should get another intelligence briefing, not now, and not in the future. i don't think he can be trusted with it now. and in the future, he certainly can't be trusted. indeed, there were, i think, any number of intelligence partners of ours around the world who probably started withholding information from us because they didn't trust the president would, would safeguard the informa

this is what we heard from senator lindsey graham on fox news tonight. here it is. >> if there is an effort by the democrats to call a single witness in the united states senate, they had no record in the house, there will be a delay of this trial. there will be a pandora's box being opened. we will want witnesses and this thing will go on for weeks if not months. so i'm hoping that we have a trial based on a stipulation of fact, not witnesses, and we get this behind us. >> so, john, weren't we just sitting here not so long ago and lindsey graham was saying, i'm done with trump. i'm done over this. this has gone way too -- i mean -- >> yeah. >> what? >> looks like he got a final ride on marine one and apparently changed his mind. look, you can roll the tape with -- >> uh-oh. well, there we go, amanda, you answered the question. >> i think lindsey graham was done with this until he wasn't, right? they want to drag this out by threatening witnesses. the thing is they don't want to confront the question of what led to the violence. they're doing anything to

>> sandra: jason i will get your reaction to that but first to lindsey graham lindsey graham who joined us last era hour and shared similar concern about the executive orders in the first days of office. >> he doesn't have the bet ability or the will to stand to let down. it's going to hurt the economy but that's the political debate. >> sandra: less independent hurt the economy, there's a few sleep studies to back that up so why are these his first moves in his first days? >> so sandra, step back and booked. the stock market is up 16% since he was elected. that's actually far more than it rose after the election. it >> sandra: hold on a second. you guys had the former administration for talking about the stock market and said it didn't affect the average american and now you want to tout it? >> oh, no. but what this is telling you -- let me finish. if businesses were really worried about an onslaught of regulations, if they were really worried about a big set of corporate taxes coming, the market wouldn't be going up, it would be going down. >> sandra: we are talking about people along

but where you see them harassing, you know, lindsey graham, who also helped create this monster. you see them harassing mitt romney, who has stood up against them. i mean, these people are out of control. that video that you showed earlier, which was unwatchable, you know, of an officer being crushed. >> uh-huh. >> you know, these are people who do not believe in anything that they say they believe in. they only believe in donald trump because they say -- these are the same people, the same president, who attacked black lives matter. who is always talking about blue lives matter. and look what they are doing to police officers. you know, they are getting in fights with police officers. they're crushing them. they are punching them in the face. i mean, the only thing they believe in is donald trump. and the last thing i'm going to say is this was, and you know, don, we all know, all of us know, because we all said it. this was the most predictable thing that could ever have happened. and everybody who predicted this was called crazy and trump-derangement syndrome and all these oth

and you have lindsey graham, poor, poor, lindsey. he said i'm done with this. and then he gets chased through the airport by a couple of qanon people. and then suddenly he's like i'm back in this. and he's flying on airplanes with donald trump. and yesterday he said the most remarkable thing. he said if the senate went through with their constitutional duty to have a trial of donald trump that they could face violence, that america could face violence. and further insurrection. so this is the republican party of donald trump and of lindsey graham, and of those 150 or 160 people who voted to overturn the election. it is a party that is -- well, it's what we read about hitler. he had his brown shirts, those who would go around committing acts of violence. mussolini did it when they took over italy. they would take over government buildings and commit acts of violence and they would intimidate people through violence. i remember back in the days when i was in politics, you would intimidate opponents with a big war chest. by going out and raising money. now donald

he mentioned lindsey graham. a front-page story, looking inside the final days of the trump white house amid the second impeachment, they spend a decent amount of time focusing on the role lindsey graham is playing. here's a little bit from that story. one of trump's a few confidantes these days is lindsey graham, who broke with the president last week over attempts to overturn the election only to be welcomed in to the president's good graces a couple of days later host: that from that "washington post" story, the headline, trump is isolated and angry in his final days in office. dana, green cove springs, florida, republican, good morning. caller: good morning and thanks for c-span. i watch you guys a lot and i was watching at the day that trump gave his speech. everything was peaceful, i was watching greta cover it. they were already riding before trump ended his speech. the democrats know this happened. they know it was set up. the ones already arrested, how come they won't say what group they are from? they a

lindsey graham has some thoughts on that. he does not sound impressed. listen. >> listen, i wish the supreme court had taken this case. there were two opportunities to take this case. one out of pennsylvania, one out of texas. unfortunately, the court declined to take those cases, we don't have the court stepping in to resolve it. that's why i think congress has responsibility. we have an independent obligation to the rule of law. jon: that obviously is senator ted cruz of texas telling why he wants this commission created to audit the election results. lindsey graham said this, and i am supposed to read it on screen. i thought we had him speaking. he says proposing a commission at this late date which has zero chance of becoming reality is not effectively fight forge president trump. it appears to be more of a political dodge than an effective remedy. pretty interesting, coming from lindsey graham, a guy who is quite close to president trump, mike. >> you're absolutely right. over the past couple minutes i've been talking about democratic divides. this

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feast your eyes on lindsey graham on sean hannity tonight. we'll discuss on the other side. >> the president of the united i states was impeached today without one witness being called, without a lawyer present, and it's an assault on the presidency itself. these actions, if they continue, will incite more violence. what good comes from impeaching president trump after he's out of office? joe biden, if you're watching of tonight, you have a chance to practice what you preach. you should call on chuck schumer and nancy pelosi and say for the good of the country president t trump will be leaving office on january the 20th, let's stop impeachment, let's stop it now. >> so lindsey's out there still taking one for the team.er note the hint of violence in his answer. but, alexi, biden contends, as i said earlier, the senate can impeach and chew gum, and he can get enough of his picks through the senate at the same time. >> yeah, brian. and i talked to a handful of senate democratic aides today and i basically asked them oc logistically is this feas

lindsey graham said enough as well. do you see an exit from the white house before the inauguration? martin: i think it is convenient to leak that you are considering quitting, so you hope that that will get you to the higher moral ground, and it is sort of like the beginning of the trump administration, where there were reports of people staying there because they thought they were protecting the country, rather than protecting donald trump. so there are those competing issues. there are only 14 days left, and there will be more defections, and especially donald trump if he gets his twitter account back. expected.is i believe it is a 12 hour gap. we will see it there. francine: he gets it back after what he posted yesterday. marty, what will january 6, 2021, be in the history books in the u.s.? is it a new republican party? is it the making of donald trump and something else? what will we look back on yesterday as the ec? thann: it is hard in less 24 hours to put in context what it will look like 10 years, 20 years fro

he mentioned lindsey graham. a front-page story, looking inside the final days of the trump white house amid the second impeachment, they spend a decent amount of time focusing on the role lindsey graham is playing. here's a little bit from that story. one of trump's a few confidantes these days is lindsey graham, who broke with the president last week over attempts to overturn the election only to be welcomed in to the president's good graces a couple of days later host: that from that "washington post" story, the headline, trump is isolated and angry in his final days in office. dana, green cove springs, florida, republican, good morning. caller: good morning and thanks for c-span. i watch you guys a lot and i was watching at the day that trump gave his speech. everything was peaceful, i was watching greta cover it. they were already riding before trump ended his speech. the democrats know this happened. they know it was set up. the ones already arrested, how come they won't say what group they are from? they a

so this is obviously a distraction on the part of lindsey graham. i don't know if it will continue under the biden justice department, but i think there's not much more to be said. griff: mark, i talked yesterday to george papadopoulos at the center of all of it and he told me that he believes john durham will continue under the biden administration and he pointed out that he believes if president biden got rid of john durham it would be akin to president trump firing robert mueller. >> yeah, remember the story here at the end of the day involving the investigation is in the fisa court in 2016 is a bigger story. what the story is about is the relationship between government power and individuals and individual rights. and i think that the documents released by senator graham, you know, this week, illustrate the point that there are instances where there's government overreach and that's a story that will never go away in american life because remember, when government gets too big, individual rights get threatened and i think that's the key to the s

lindsey graham pulled no punches about what he thinks those documents show. quote: the fisa court was lied to. the investigators were biassed and used powers of law enforcement for political purposes. let's talk about this and what is about to come. welcome back to both of you. there is a lot to start with there. things you learned in law school like holding back evidence. what stood outlooking at these documents today? >> so many things. it's disappointing but we have already known about a lot of these things. you see the evidence of the 302's for the carter application disappearing from the files. you see evidence -- would go much further than what lindsey graham said. he called it incompetence. i think it's intentionally misconduct. we only have one person that went to jail. mccabe is a cnn commentator and james comey is writing books. nobody is being held accountable for allowing the fbi and the doj to be used by hillary clinton to persecute american citizens. this is outrageous. this should never occur in america. >> shannon: the ranking member on the co

. >> you are a traitor, lindsey graham. >> trump diehard turned on senator lindsey graham after that. >> welcome to the new america, lindsey. >> the rest of your life. >> this video shows the first family wednesday morning, right before the president's inflammatory speech. >> i think we're t mine us a couple of seconds here, guys. >> a couple hours later, the mob trampled the constitution. and rosanne boyland of kennesaw, dpornlg ga. >> president's words incited a riot that killed four of his biggest fans. >> we're in, boys. >> protestors also stormed the washington state governor's mansion. more protests in arizona, florida, minnesota, and the kansas state house. >> talk of more violence now scuttles across social media. our american ideal is still at risk. democracy or ochlocracy. rule by the mob. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> duncan: around the world america's allies were shocked by the assault on the capitol while our enemies found reason to gloat. cbs news senior foreign correspondent elizabeth balmer reports from london. >> russian state tv took the already dramatic vid

this is south carolina senator lindsey graham. i want to play what he said and get your reaction on the other side. here it is. >> these actions, if they continue, will incite for violence to the american people. what good comes from impeaching president trump after he's out of office? that's an unconstitutional attack on the presidency. it will divide the country. it will incite violence. >> senator casey, what say you to that, the suggestion that a conviction would, quote, incite more violence? >> it doesn't make any sense. does lindsey graham believe that the people being charged by prosecutors should not be charged? does he believe we're just supposed to forget about the fact that the seat of democracy of the united states government was attacked and that people died? i don't think anyone believes that. and in america, there can't be justice without accountability. we need a whole range of steps taken to impose accountability. but the principle objective of an impeachment process is to uphold the constitution so that you don't