The not-so-surprising collapse of Lindsey Graham’s presidential campaign has left Arizona’s senior senator with some choices. “I have offered a detailed plan to win a war we can not afford to lose and to turn back the tide of isolationism that has been rising in the Republican party”, he said. “My campaign has come to a point where I need to think about getting out and helping somebody else”, said Graham.
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He also said that the defamation suits would not scare him from his path and his fight against corruption would continue. What compounded the crisis for Jaitley and his party was the attack by BJP lawmaker Kirti Azad on the issue.
Monday is the deadline for presidential candidates to remove their names from the SC primary ballot. In the video, Graham expressed optimism that the GOP field would do the right thing in pointing toward a military solution versus ISIS.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) blames the GOP’s two-tiered debate system for hurting his presidential candidacy.
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“I have seen Americans partner with people in the region and that’s the way forward”. He stated from the outset of his campaign that more USA troops are needed, adding that “American soldiers will die in Iraq and eventually in Syria to protect our homeland”.
The Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham, announced he is leaving the Republican Party after the GOP-led Congress passed a budget last week that continues funding for Planned Parenthood.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham made his political career as a fixture on the Sunday morning news shows.
In a vicious cycle, media-influenced polling numbers are used as justification to exclude less-favored candidates from prime-time presidential debates, relegating them to the so-called “undercard debates” or, as Graham himself put it, the “kiddie table”.
Graham has declined to endorse a candidate in the race. Nonetheless, Graham’s departure will be good news for his fellow establishment rivals since it should now make it easier for Graham’s friends in SC and in the Senate-including his congressional BFF John McCain-to toss their support behind a candidate who has an actual chance of winning.
He has been the most aggressive of any other candidate at bashing front-runner Donald Trump, saying the NY billionaire is a deeply flawed candidate who would be a “chaos president”.
Graham told CNN the rules hurt his campaign, noting that it’s hard for candidates that have never run before or come from political royalty to reach the main stage.
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Polls showed that Graham, a three-term Senator from SC, wasn’t well known outside his home state. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, Graham said he “will respect” the decision and wouldn’t pursue a “divisive” effort to amend the U.S. Constitution to reverse it.
