Lindsey Graham knocks Mitch McConnell over ‘excessive expectations’ remark

Published August 9, 2017 6:06pm ET



Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Wednesday dismissed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s blaming President Trump for the unrealistic expectations the public holds over Congress.

“I like Mitch, but for eight years, we’ve been saying we’re going to repeal and replace Obamacare. It’s not like we made this up overnight. We have been working on repealing Obamacare all year,” Graham told Fox News Radio’s “The Brian Kilmeade Show” about lawmakers’ failure to repeal Obamacare or pass a new healthcare reform bill.

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