Lindsey Graham Throws A Tantrum And Urges Republicans To Leave DC To Block Reconciliation Bill

In a determination that sounded similar a tantrum, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) urged Republicans to permission Washington, DC, to artifact the Senate from passing infrastructure reconciliation.

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Lindsey Graham threatens to permission Washington, DC and contradict the Senate a quorum to artifact Democrats from passing the reconciliation infrastructure bill. pic.twitter.com/EDaQoflGN8

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Graham said connected Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures:

But earlier Republicans bushed up on the Democrats successful Texas for leaving Texas excessively much, if for some crushed they pass reconciliation, budget resolution to bring that measure to the level of the United States Senate, the $3.5 trillion bill, you’ve got person a quorum to pass a measure successful the senate, I would leave earlier I would fto that happen. So to my Republican colleagues, we whitethorn larn thing from our Democratic friends successful Texas when it comes to avoiding a $3.5 trillion taxation and spend package.

Hell yeah, I would leave. I would usage everything successful my toolbox. It’s got thing to bash with infrastructure. It’s a taxation and walk imagination of the socialist left. If it takes maine not showing up to stop that, I volition bash it because if we walk that bill, you’re going to person ostentation through the extortion and if they put legalizing amerciable immigrants in that bill, you’re going to have a implicit tally connected the border. It volition beryllium throwing pitchy substance on a fire, called illegal immigration. It would pb to an penetration of illegal immigrants if we put amnesty successful the $3.5 trillion bill truthful I would bash thing I could to halt that. 

Every Republican Senator Would Have To Walk Out To Deny Democrats A Quorum

Every Senator would person to present, and each Republican would person to locomotion retired to contradict Democrats a quorum. If Republicans had 1 absent legislator that day, Democrats would request 50 for a quorum, truthful adjacent if each Republican walked retired the archetypal time, Republicans didn’t person 50 Senators present, Democrats could walk the reconciliation measure with a quorum of little than 51 Senators.

Lindsey Graham is trying to signifier a Senate locomotion retired connected a measure that would assistance radical immensely. The Biden proposals successful the reconciliation infrastructure measure are precise popular, truthful what Graham is suggested is different enactment of governmental termination earlier the midterm election.

Republican priorities are each wrong, and a walkout could outgo them immoderate accidental of winning backmost the Senate successful 2022.