Quotes by Senator Lindsey Graham on Impeachment
#LindseyGraham 12/18/98: "The day Richard Nixon failed to answer that subpoena is the day he was subject to impeachment." » #Graham 9/25/19: "Democrats have lost their minds when it comes to President @realDonaldTrump." Click To Tweet
Quotes by Senator Lindsey Graham on Impeachment
THEN
1998 - 1999

“The day Richard Nixon failed to answer that subpoena is the day he was subject to impeachment because he took the power from Congress over the impeachment process away from Congress, and he became the judge and jury.”
- Dec 18, 1998
Newsweek, April 26, 2019
Lindsey Graham explains that a president stonewalling Congressional oversight is an impeachable offense. pic.twitter.com/tv88AilKUJ — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 26, 2019
Trump Ally Lindsey Graham Once Said President Could Be Impeached for Not Complying with Congressional Oversight
- Jan 10, 1999
Heavy, Sept 25, 2019
Let’s travel back in time to see how Lindsey Graham felt when it was a Democratic president facing impeachment… pic.twitter.com/0Q0FscdpNV — Adam Best (@adamcbest) September 25, 2019
WATCH: Lindsey Graham’s Impeachment Views in 1999 Vs. 2019 ❲Video❳
“You don’t even have to be convicted of a crime to lose your job in this constitutional republic if this body determines that your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in your role, because impeachment is not about punishment. Impeachment is about cleansing the office. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office…
“If we can do nothing else for this country, let us state clearly that this conduct is unacceptable by any President. These are in fact high crimes. They go to the core of why we are all here as a Nation and to the rule of law, the rules of litigation. He cheated, and you have to put him back in bounds, remove him. Determining this as a high crime
puts it back into bounds…
“The problem with keeping this President in office, in my opinion, is that these crimes can’t be ignored by anybody who looks at the evidence. They can be explained away, they can be excused; but they have far-reaching consequences for the law. And in his role as chief law enforcement officer of the land, how can we say to our fellow citizens that this will not be 20 months of ‘don’t do as I do, do as I say.’ What effect will that have? I think it would be devastating.”
- Jan 16, 1999
U.S. Congress, May 19, 2019
Sen. Lindsey Graham in 1999: “A president doesn’t even have to be convicted of a crime to be impeached. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office”pic.twitter.com/KXp0L4jYGe — PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) September 24, 2019
Congressional Record, Vol. 145: January 16, 1999
#LindseyGraham 1/10/99: "You don’t have to say ‘let’s obstruct justice’…You judge people on their conduct." » #Graham 9/25/19: "To impeach any president over a phone call like this would be insane." Click To Tweet
NOW
2019

Sept 25, 2019 -
Wow. Impeachment over this?
What a nothing (non-quid pro quo) burger.
Democrats have lost their minds when it comes to President @realDonaldTrump.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) September 25, 2019
Sept 25, 2019 -
Those who believe that the transcript is a “Smoking Gun” for impeachment, do something about it – have the courage of your convictions.
The House of Reps should take a vote to formally open an impeachment inquiry.
Let the American people see where Members of Congress stand!
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) September 25, 2019
If you are underwhelmed by this transcript, you are not alone or “crazy.”
Those willing to impeach the president over this transcript have shown their hatred for @realDonaldTrump overrides reason.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) September 25, 2019
Sept 25, 2019 -
Heavy, Sept 25, 2019
Lindsey Graham tells the press that he thinks it's "very appropriate" for the president to pressure the president of a foreign country for dirt on a political opponent and he does it with a completely straight face. pic.twitter.com/CDqx7KzmvP — Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) September 25, 2019
WATCH: Lindsey Graham’s Impeachment Views in 1999 Vs. 2019 ❲Video❳
Sept 25, 2019 -
CNN, Sept 25, 2019
Sen. Lindsey Graham: "From my point of view, to impeach any president over a phone call like this would be insane" https://t.co/zyCtH21PQY pic.twitter.com/n5ZADE6Yhr — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 25, 2019
Sen. Lindsey Graham: To impeach a president over a phone call like this ‘would be insane’
Sept 26, 2019 -
As to the whistleblower complaint — the transcript speaks for itself – no quid pro quo.
The Democrats bought a pig in a poke.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) September 26, 2019
Sept 26, 2019 -
As to the other matters in complaint: Clearly a coordinated effort to take second-hand information to create a narrative damaging to the President.
When I think of whistleblower complaints I generally think of someone with first-hand knowledge of the events in question.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) September 26, 2019
Sept 28, 2019 -
In America you can’t even get a parking ticket based on hearsay testimony.
But you can impeach a president?
I certainly hope not.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) September 28, 2019
“I think this whole thing is a sham… I have the president’s back because I think this is a setup.”
Sept 29, 2019 -
Oct 22, 2019 -
The Hill, Oct 22, 2019
Sen. Lindsey Graham defended Pres. Trump's tweet comparing the impeachment process to a "lynching," saying, "This is a lynching in every sense. This is un-American." Other Republicans have since criticized the president's use of "lynching." https://t.co/6kwlIKJMP5 pic.twitter.com/JoQ4XwhSfX — ABC News (@ABC) October 22, 2019
Graham backs Trump: 'This is a lynching in every sense'
#LindseyGraham 1/16/99: "Impeachment is about cleansing the office." » #Graham 9/25/19: "Those willing to impeach the president over this transcript have shown their hatred for @realDonaldTrump overrides reason." Click To Tweet