Lindsey Graham, Just Hours After Warning Trump ‘Will Lose’ if He Doesn’t Quit Looking Back at 2020 Election, Amplifies Trump’s 2020 Denialism

“I accept the election results of 2020,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — in an interview which aired Sunday morning on ABC. “I’m worried about 2024. If President Trump puts a vision out improving security and prosperity for Americans, he will win. If he looks back, I think he will lose.”

Right as that comment from the South Carolina senator was broadcast in many markets around the country, former President Donald Trump posted a comment on Truth Social focused on the 2020 election he falsely said was “rigged and stolen.” And soon after, Lindsey Graham amplified the remark approvingly.

In a post to X, the senator wrote, “There were numerous legal and factual concerns about the 2020 presidential election. As the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with many others, I expressed concerns and investigated different allegations. The president has the right and duty, just like others involved in the process, to challenge the results. While I voted to certify the 2020 election, there were problems. It is very unnerving to see the justice system try to criminalize a president for questioning and challenging an election.”

There were numerous legal and factual concerns about the 2020 presidential election.

As the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with many others, I expressed concerns and investigated different allegations. The president has the right and duty, just like others… pic.twitter.com/T9mDTu4KUC

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 24, 2023

In the ABC interview, Graham compared Trump’s rhetoric and conduct after the 2020 election to Hillary Clinton’s post-2016 rhetoric and conduct.

“Well, you know, Hillary Clinton had the same view that she was cheated,” Graham said. “He’s not the first politician to claim to have been denied a fair election.”

Watch above, via ABC.

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