In a wide-ranging interview, Washington Examiner Editor-in-Chief Hugo Gurdon and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham discuss immigration and the border crisis, gun control, President Joe Biden, and identity politics.
Graham said that Biden is no longer reminiscent of the senator from Delaware he served alongside for several years, known then and during his time as vice president for being a bipartisan deal-maker. Graham added that Biden "no longer exists as we know it," blaming liberal Democrats and saying the administration's agenda is "the most radical in the history of American politics."
"The Joe Biden that we know that would be a deal-maker, that would find a way forward on an infrastructure bill, is AWOL or doesn't exist. I don't know what's happened to the Biden administration," Graham said, noting the president's handling of the southern border is "tragic" and "dangerous."
On Wednesday, Biden put Vice President Kamala Harris in charge of addressing the substantial uptick in migrants, including unaccompanied children, flocking to the border. Graham made an appeal to finding bipartisan agreements between Democrats and Republicans on immigration reform. "There's a way to get the Dream Act passed" if the migrant flow problem can be resolved, he said.
Graham also predicts most of the Senate will vote to "reject" a so-called "assault weapons" ban after Biden and other Democratic lawmakers pushed for reform following the deadly Boulder, Colorado, shooting.
