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life after roe
Apr. 9, 2024
Trump Tells Lindsey Graham, Anti-Abortion Activists to STFU Until He Wins If they go back to lying about their position like they did for nearly 50 years, Trump may give them the total ban they want.
early and often
Feb. 13, 2024
Speaker Johnson Caught Between Trump and a Hard Place on Ukraine Aid The House GOP was already deeply divided on the Senate-passed foreign-aid package. Then Trump said aid should be a loan.
the national interest
Aug. 15, 2023
Lindsey Graham: Don’t Indict Trump, or Impeach Him, or Vote Against Him The opponents of criminalizing Trump’s coup attempt prefer to hand him power.
By Jonathan Chait
early and often
Jan. 23, 2023
Trump Plots to Shut Down 2024 Rivals in South Carolina A January 28 event in the early primary state is meant to intimidate Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, and Ron DeSantis. But it could show Trump’s weakness.
By Ed Kilgore
life after roe
Sept. 14, 2022
Lindsey Graham Caught the Garbage Truck The senator thought he was doing his party a favor with his abortion ban.
By Sarah Jones
life after roe
Sept. 13, 2022
Lindsey Graham Clears a Path for Republicans to Retreat on Abortion A 15-week ban nationwide, instead of the total and near-total bans percolating in the states, is a signal the GOP is fearful of the Dobbs backlash.
By Ed Kilgore
life after roe
Sept. 13, 2022
Lindsey Graham Proposes 15-Week Federal Abortion Ban In an effort to frame Republicans as the “responsible alternative” on reproductive health.
By Claire Lampen
early and often
Aug. 29, 2022
Trump Demands Unconstitutional Do-over of 2020 Election After a dubious poll about Hunter Biden’s laptop, Trump is now blaming his loss on an FBI conspiracy — and his supporters probably believe him.
By Ed Kilgore
Why Can’t Lindsey Graham Behave Himself at Supreme Court Hearings? Unlike some of his Republican colleagues, Graham’s outbursts at the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings can’t be attributed to ambitions for higher office.
By Ed Kilgore
ukraine invasion
Mar. 4, 2022
Lindsey Graham’s Call for Putin’s Assassination Is Too Extreme for MTG Even Marjorie Taylor Greene said the senator’s call for Russians to assassinate Vladimir Putin was “irresponsible, dangerous & unhinged.”
By Margaret Hartmann
Congress Makes It Harder for Companies to Hide Sexual-Harassment Claims With a bill blocking forced arbitration as the method for settling complaints.
By Claire Lampen
Name-Calling Is Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham’s Love Language In this deeply bizarre friendship, Trump saying, “I mean, Lindsey’s a nice guy, but he’s a RINO” almost counts as praise.
By Margaret Hartmann
Supreme Court Ivy League Snobbery Is a Recent Development Eight of nine current justices attended law school at Harvard or Yale. Back in the day, a public law-school education was just fine.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Thinks DeSantis Owes Him Everything If the Sunshine State ingrate aspires to a political destiny independent of Trump, the former president will give him the Brian Kemp treatment.
By Ed Kilgore
McConnell Dragged Into Twisted Trump-Graham Drama Graham’s threat to help oust McConnell is a bit confusing, unless you’ve been following the South Carolina senator’s bonkers friendship with Trump.
By Margaret Hartmann
Could Trump Really Depose Mitch McConnell? It’s hard to imagine Republicans denying Donald Trump anything he demanded, but ousting Mitch McConnell as GOP leader won’t be easy.
By Ed Kilgore
Red Flags From Lindsey Graham’s Fickle Friendships The senator has a history of cozying up to D.C.’s “alpha dogs” — and then turning on them. Here’s what his next potential pal should know.
By Eve Peyser
bipartisan infrastructure deal
Aug. 2, 2021
Yes, Sick or Quarantined Senators Could Blow Up Infrastructure Vote The final version requires 60 yea votes, meaning Lindsey Graham’s 10-day quarantine could potentially jeopardize the bill, with August recess looming.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
June 4, 2021
Trump Sycophants Pleading for Less Coup Talk at Saturday Rally What about two-thirds economy, one-third coup, suggests Lindsey Graham.
By Jonathan Chait
immigration
Apr. 21, 2021
Reconciliation May Not Solve Democrats’ Immigration Woes As with the $15 minimum wage, a path to citizenship could succumb to a Senate parliamentarian’s ruling. And then there’s Joe Manchin.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump and Rubio, Best of Frenemies Rubio seems as tormented as ever by the man who rolled over him five years ago.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment trial
Feb. 16, 2021
Senate Republicans Split on Trump’s Culpability for Capitol Riot Mitch McConnell wasn’t the only senator who combined a vote to acquit Trump with criticism of his conduct. But most won’t have trouble crawling back.
By Ed Kilgore
In Dramatic Twist, Senate Will Hear Witnesses Against Trump Republicans joined Democrats to learn more about a damning phone call during the riot that quoted Trump supporting the insurrectionists.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment trial
Jan. 21, 2021
A McConnell-Backed Trump Conviction Is Just Fantasy Conviction in Trump’s impeachment trial was always a long shot. Now momentum is waning, as GOP senators aren’t onboard and McConnell won’t herd them.
By Ed Kilgore
capitol riot
Jan. 8, 2021
Trump Supporters Harass Lindsey Graham at Airport The president’s loyalists chanted “traitor” and heckled the Republican lawmaker on Friday.
By Charlotte Klein
capitol riot
Jan. 8, 2021
Impeachment Could Ban Trump From Running in 2024 It’s too late for Congress to remove Trump before Inauguration Day. But a post-presidential impeachment and conviction could prevent a Trump comeback.
By Ed Kilgore
House Votes To Override Trump Veto for the First Time The president vetoed the annual defense authorization bill, partially to protect Confederate-named installations. The key vote will be in the Senate.
By Ed Kilgore
contested election
Dec. 8, 2020
Lindsey Graham Predicts Trump Will Become a ‘Shadow President’ If Republicans aren’t careful, they’re going to inherit something much worse than a Trump comeback: an ex-president who won’t go away.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Nov. 17, 2020
Lindsey Graham Pressured Georgia Secretary of State to Toss Legal Ballots Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says he’s alarmed by the efforts of Graham and other Trump allies to challenge Biden’s victory in Georgia.
By Chas Danner
the national interest
Nov. 17, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
The Perpetually Frustrated Dream of the South Turning Blue There remain signs of optimism for long-suffering southern Democrats, but 2020 was in most respects bitterly disappointing.
By Ed Kilgore
amy coney barrett
Oct. 21, 2020
Judiciary Committee Democrats Won’t Show Up for Final Vote on Barrett After Dianne Feinstein’s lovefest with Graham last week, Dems feel the need to demonstrate their opposition more forcefully.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 21, 2020
Democratic Upstart Jaime Harrison on What He Really Thinks of Lindsey Graham The South Carolina politician began as a long shot to upset a GOP Senate fixture. Now he’s breaking fundraising records.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
u.s. supreme court
Oct. 15, 2020
Senate’s Uselessness On Display As Judiciary Rubber-stamps Barrett Confirmation The body’s high regard for itself was never less earned than in this sham of a hearing.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Oct. 14, 2020
We May Have to Wait for Senate Election Results, Too For reasons ranging from slow counts of mail ballots to funky majority-vote requirements, we may not know who controls the Senate until January.
By Ed Kilgore
supreme court
Oct. 3, 2020
Could the White House COVID-19 Outbreak Screw Up Barrett’s Confirmation? That depends on how many Republicans can show up for key committee and floor votes.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 25, 2020
How Biden Can Challenge Trump on Trying to Rig the Election Biden should try to split Trump from his enablers by disclaiming an attack on the legitimacy of the Electoral College if all votes are counted.
By Ed Kilgore
poll position
Sept. 22, 2020
New State Polls Show Biden Landslide and Narrow Trump Win Are Both Possible Biden’s national lead is steady, but a shift of a few points in either direction could produce a big shift in Electoral votes.
By Ed Kilgore
supreme court
Sept. 22, 2020
How the Timeline for Confirming Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee Will Play Out It’s now more a matter of when, not if, Trump and McConnell will fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.
By Chas Danner
the blame game
Sept. 10, 2020
White House, Allies Attempt Defense in Woodward Debacle Tucker Carlson pinned the blame for the entire episode on Lindsey Graham.
By Benjamin Hart
Actually, D.C. Is Full of ‘Real People’ GOP senators are sounding some old-fashioned dog whistles while arguing against statehood for Washington, D.C.
By Sarah Jones
federal judiciary
May 29, 2020
Lindsey Graham Asks Older Judges to Retire So Trump Can Replace Them One way to maximize the value of lifetime judicial appointments is to get younger judges, before voters can put Democrats in charge.
By Ed Kilgore
the top line
Mar. 25, 2020
GOP Senators’ Objection to Expanded Unemployment Benefits Makes Little Sense Work incentives are just such an odd place to focus one’s attention right now. Currently, we need less work in America.
By Josh Barro
the national interest
Feb. 10, 2020
Lindsey Graham Implicates William Barr in Massive Scandal, on Live Television Barr has “created a process” to let Trump’s private lawyer channel dirt to the DOJ?
By Jonathan Chait
impeachment
Jan. 15, 2020
Pelosi Appoints Impeachment Managers, to Be Led by Adam Schiff The managers will trigger the Senate trial once they present articles of impeachment.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 10, 2020
What We Know About Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial Impeachment trial procedures are an amalgam of constitutional provisions, Senate rules, and ad hoc procedures controlled by Mitch McConnell’s GOP.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump’s De-escalatory Remarks on Iran Strike Appease GOP Hawks More relieving than Trump’s decision not to escalate may be the GOP’s welcome reception, considering that he is notoriously reluctant to appear weak.
By Matt Stieb
donald trump
Dec. 19, 2019
Some Republicans Urge Trump to Apologize for Saying Dingell Might Be in Hell Even some of Trump’s most reliable water carriers think he went too far with this one.
By Adam K. Raymond
the national interest
Nov. 22, 2019
Lindsey Graham Begins Biden Smear Probe Trump Couldn’t Get From Ukraine Republicans can’t even keep up the pretense that Trump’s goal was something other than discrediting his opponent.
By Jonathan Chait
impeachment inquiry
Nov. 6, 2019
Lindsey Graham: Trump Too ‘Incoherent’ to Pull Off Quid Pro Quo After saying that the impeachment inquiry was “B.S.” on Tuesday, Graham returned with a defense of Trump that’s more insulting than effective.
By Matt Stieb
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