Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said President Joe Biden should focus on the needs of the country instead of the rhetoric of former President Donald Trump after Biden’s campaign likened Trump’s recent comments on immigration to the rhetoric of Adolf Hitler.
In a conversation with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Meet the Press, Graham said Biden has sat on the sidelines and allowed the country to be “invaded.” When pressed on whether he approved of Trump’s rhetoric, Graham said, “I could care less what language people use as long as we get it right.”
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The interview centered on comments Trump made in New Hampshire on Saturday.
“They’re poisoning the blood of our country. That’s what they’ve done. They’ve poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world. Not just in South America … but all over the world,” Trump said at a rally.
“They’re coming into our country from Africa, from Asia, all over the world. They’re pouring into our country. Nobody is even looking at them. They just come in. The crime is going to be tremendous,” Trump said.
The Biden campaign was quoted comparing Trump’s comments to the rhetoric used by Hitler.
“Donald Trump channeled his role models as he parroted Adolf Hitler, praised Kim Jong Un, and quoted Vladimir Putin while running for president on a promise to rule as a dictator and threaten American democracy,” Biden-Harris 2024 campaign spokesman Ammar Moussa said, according to CNBC.
When asked to comment on the remarks on Sunday, Graham immediately said the public is worried about the effects of the situation at the border with Mexico.
WATCH: Sen. @LindseyGrahamSC (R-S.C.) says he “could care less” what language Trump uses to describe migrants, as the Biden campaign accuses Trump of parroting Hitler.
“You’re talking about Donald Trump’s language as you … allow the country to be invaded” via the border. pic.twitter.com/ICYxpy1zaP
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) December 17, 2023
“They’re worried about fentanyl coming over and killing their kids,” he said. He then turned the conversation to the Biden administration.
“To the Biden administration, you’re talking about Donald Trump’s language as you sat on the sidelines and allowed the country to be invaded. One hundred seventy-two people on the terrorist watch [list] have come on your watch. Fentanyl is killing more Americans than any time in history.”
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Welker then pressed the congressman on the language Trump used.
Graham replied, “You know, we’re talking about language — I could care less what language people use as long as we get it right. … If you’re talking about the language Trump uses rather than trying to fix it, that’s a losing strategy for the Biden administration.”
