Sen. Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) threatened Vice President Kamala Harris with a potential indictment in an appearance on ‘Fox News Sunday’.
The interview, conducted one day after President Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate in his second indictment, gave Graham the opportunity to oust the former senator in California.
‘If you use this model, I do not know how Kamala Harris will not be accused if the Republicans take over the House [in the 2022 midterm election]”Because his rioters actually rescued and one of the rioters went back to the streets and broke someone’s head,” Graham said of the former California senator from Oakland. So we opened Pandora’s Box here and I’m sad the country. ‘
Graham’s citation references a tweet Harris sent on June 1, followers are asking to transfer to contribute to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a bail fund that helped protesters in jail during the George Floyd protests. There is no evidence that Harris himself saved anyone.
The comparison of Black Lives Matter protests against the attack on the American Capitol is a popular talking point on the right. The summer of protests against racial inequality and violent policing practices, especially on coloreds, were largely non-violent; A 2020 Harvard study of more than 7,300 Black Lives Matter protests found that they were ‘overwhelmingly peaceful’.
“Only 3.7% of the protests involved property damage or vandalism. Some of these people were not involved with the police or protesters, but people who were involved in vandalism or looting along with the protests,” the study reported. . “In short, our data indicate that 96.3% of the incidents did not involve any property damage or police injuries, and in 97.7% of the incidents, no injuries were reported among participants, bystanders or police.”
In contrast, the riot at the American Capitol, which was an attempt to overthrow the results of a certified election, claimed five lives and threatened the safety of politicians left and right.
Graham also argued with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace that the second indictment over Trump is unconstitutional because he says Trump’s encouragement to ‘fight like hell’ is protected as free speech.
“It sure sounds like you’re saying he violated his oath of office,” Wallace said at one point.
“No, I think what he did was encourage his supporters across the country to fight like hell to take back an election he thought was stolen. Many politicians said that,” Graham said. said.