Lindsey Graham Speaks Against Clinton and Trump Over Immigration
Republican presidential hopeful Lindsey Graham is speaking out about his fellow candidates and their stands on immigration.
Responding to Hillary Clinton’s recent comments that none of the Republican presidential candidates currently support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, Graham said that he does not “need a lecture from Hillary Clinton about immigration reform." Speaking to CNN about Clinton and President Obama’s own record of inaction regarding Immigration, the South Carolina Republican senator wants to remind "everybody who cares about immigration reform" that when Obama and Clinton had a chance to transform the system neither lifted a finger.
Graham spoke about participating in various bipartisan "gangs" that worked on immigration reform, and had no recollection of Clinton being a part of any of the discussion
"I don't remember seeing her at the table. She never came to any of the meetings I was at. She was a public voice in 2009. I never remember her saying, 'wait a minute, President Obama, you promised to do immigration reform, honor your promise.' She didn't say a word," Graham said.
This is only the latest jab at Clinton, as a few days earlier the South Carolina senator spoke on “Fox & Friends” about the former Secretary of State's avoidance of the press.
“I think it’s the lack of confidence in her ability to distinguish herself from Barack Obama,” he said as reported in Politico.
Graham laments that the GOP is in "is in a hole with Hispanics,” and places the blame squarely on the shoulders of celebrity real estate magnate turned politician Donald Trump.
"I don't need a lecture from Donald Trump or anybody else about border security," Graham said.
"Here's the mistake. You're right to point out a broken immigration system, but you're wrong to say the following: That of the 11-plus million illegal immigrants, most of them are rapists and drug dealers. Most of them are good, hardworking people, cleaning our toilets, picking the crops that we all enjoy, changing the beds and working three or four jobs in the shadows to try to keep their family afloat.”
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