Iran hawk Lindsey Graham deflects when asked by Fox News host if war will cost GOP the midterms

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Saturday 11 April 2026 19:02 EDT


Lindsey Graham dodged questions about whether the ongoing war in Iran will hurt Republican chances in the upcoming midterm elections. The South Carolina senator, who has been one of the biggest champions of the U.S. military operations in the Middle East, trotted out previous party lines on the conflict, even when asked directly by Fox News’ Bret Baier

“Do you think this war that we’re in, and this fight over ICE, is hurting reelection chances for Republicans in the fall?” Baier said during the interview on Saturday. “I think President Trump is stopping a homicidal maniac regime from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and if you don’t treat them that way, you’ve missed a lot in the last 47 years,” Graham replied. “And if we can get a deal, let’s do it.”

The senator has been one of the most vocal supporters of the president’s campaign, nicknamed Operation Epic Fury, and has long expressed a public desire to see military operations in Iran.

Since the campaign began, he has continued to heap constant praise on the president and Israeli forces and threatened other countries in the wider Arab region who have not struck Iran, as well as Cuba and even Spain. His ardor has been so intense that it even prompted a Republican congresswoman to challenge him to go and fight in Iran himself.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/lindsey-graham-iran-gop-midterms-b2955942.html

[Haggard Celine]

1. Lindsey Graham is the skid mark on the underwear that is Congress.

[Vinca]

2. It should cost Lindsey re-election. He's the biggest hawk/ass-kissing groveler of all.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Someone should say, "Trump is making the same mistakes that Bush did. There are no WMD."

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[Crowman2009]

4. Let's hope this SOB loses his primary or general election.

Of course my preference is the primary since it will be more humiliating and the drunken sobbing will be more intense.

Hope the South Carolina Democratic party has some good candidates. I really want them to win this. Especially since Graham Cracker doesn't give a damn about his own state.