Lindsey Graham: I Know Iran’s Lying Because I Ran My Family’s Pool Room

In pre-taped remarks to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference over the weekend, Senator Lindsey Graham says he knows Iran’s lying because he learned how to spot a liar in his parents’ pool room.

No, seriously.

Graham, of course, kept the focus largely on politics, talking about his background, his belief in the greatness of America, his expected 2016 run, his foreign policy chops, and Hillary Clinton.

But it was when he talked about growing up that he made the connection between his time working at the pool hall and the current Iran nuclear negotiations:

“My family owned a restaurant, a pool room, and a liquor store. And everything I know about the Iranians I learned in the pool room. I ran the pool room when I was a kid and I met a lot of liars, and I know the Iranians are lying.”

Watch the video below (the relevant part starts at 2:00 mark), via The Washington Examiner:

[h/t Bloomberg]
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