- Videos posted on Twitter on Friday show Senator Lindsey Graham being harassed by a group of Trump supporters at Reagan National Airport.
- Airport security took Graham away from the crowd when people shouted ‘Traitor’. and “You’re a liar!”
- “One day he will not be able to walk in the street – it is today!” shouted one woman.
- A representative of the authority that oversees Washington, DC’s airports told Insider that no one has been charged in connection with the incident.
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A number of Trump supporters paid tribute to Republican Senator Lindsey Graham at Reagan National Airport on Friday. Politico reporter Daniel Lippman and conservative activists Mindy Robinson, who were in the crowd, posted videos of the interaction on Twitter.
In the video that Lippman posted – which he said was shared by a source – a crowd of people could be seen gathering around a bench where Graham was apparently talking on a cell phone.
—Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) 8 January 2021
At the beginning of the video, one person may hear shouting, “Traitor!” and “You’re a liar!” while security guards at the airport tried to keep the group away from Graham.
A man could also be heard saying to the officers, “I’m not going to touch him. I’m not going to do anything to do to him … I just want to talk to him.” Another man asked Graham if he had anything to say.
Another person said, ‘You work for us! ‘
The camera then pawned to show the crowds following Graham, while security guards escorted him. People could be heard shouting “Traitor! Traitor!”
One woman in a black T-shirt with an “I love Trump” design on the front and a Q on the back (an apparent reference to the QAnon conspiracy theory movement) screamed, with her mask up to her chin: ‘One day he will not be able to walk in the street – it is today! “
Another man agreed. “Today is the day!” he said.
Robinson’s video shows the crowd attacking Graham, who bowed his head and pulled off his mask while Robinson shouted, “You’re a traitor!” “You knew it was fixed!” “Check the mood, piece s —!” And, finally, “Enjoy Gitmo, you’re a hole!”
—Mindy Robinson 🇺🇸 (@iheartmindy) 8 January 2021
Robinson tweeted later that Graham “did not make his flight.”
Rob Yingling, a representative of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, told Insider: “I saw the video from Twitter. It looks like it was taken at Reagan National. I have no further details, and no one seems to have been charged. is not.”
Graham’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.