{"id":1213490,"date":"2022-01-13T08:49:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T13:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1213490"},"modified":"2022-01-13T08:49:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T13:49:40","slug":"lindsey-graham-will-not-support-mcconnell-as-leader-unless-he-can-prove-a-working-relationship-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-will-not-support-mcconnell-as-leader-unless-he-can-prove-a-working-relationship-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham Will Not Support McConnell as Leader Unless He \u2018Can Prove\u2019 a \u2018Working Relationship\u2019 with Trump\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flindsey-graham-will-not-support-mcconnell-as-leader-unless-he-can-prove-a-working-relationship-with-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1213490&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mitch-mcconnell-lindsey-graham-coronavirus-masks-walk-ap-photo-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) cast doubt on the possibility of supporting Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for Republican Senate Leader again.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Fox News\u2019s Sean Hannity, Graham declared that any future Republican congressional leader must \u201chave a working relationship with President Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the most consequential Republican since Ronald Reagan. It\u2019s his nomination if he wants it, and I think he\u2019ll get reelected in 2024,\u201d Graham&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilkapur\/status\/1481469663792050177?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lindsey Graham noncommittal on supporting McConnell. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna vote for anybody for leader of the Senate as a Republican unless they can prove to me that they can advocate an America first agenda and have a working relationship with President Trump.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QBIPwv1GFy\">pic.twitter.com\/QBIPwv1GFy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilkapur\/status\/1481469663792050177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham then emphasized that his support of McConnell would be conditioned on his \u201cworking relationship\u201d with Trump:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I like Sen. McConnell. He worked well with President Trump to get a bunch of judges, including three supreme court justices on the bench. They got the tax cuts passed working together. But here\u2019s the question: can Sen. McConnell effectively work with the leader of the Republican Party, Donald Trump?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not gonna vote for anybody that can\u2019t have a working relationship with&nbsp;President Trump, to be a team, to come up with an America First agenda, to show the difference between us and liberal Democrats, prosecute the case for Trump policies.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m not gonna vote for anybody for leader of the Senate as a Republican unless they can prove to me that they can advocate an America First agenda and have a working relationship with President Trump because if you can\u2019t do that, you will fail.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham is not the only Republican that has concerns about McConnell\u2019s effectiveness as a Republican leader.<\/p>\n<p>Graham is joined by Republican Senate candidates Kelly Tshibaka and Eric Greitens, who openly campaign on replacing McConnell as Senate leader.<\/p>\n<p>Tshibaka, the Trump-endorsed candidate running against establishment incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), declared she \u201cwill not support Mitch McConnell as leader\u201d once elected to the Senate. \u201cMitch McConnell has repeatedly bailed out [President] Joe Biden, giving him gifts of Senate votes, which are the only things keeping the Biden administration on life support,\u201d she&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/12\/13\/alaska-republican-u-s-senate-candidate-kelly-tshibaka-will-not-support-mcconnell-as-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Greitens, former Missouri governor and current Senate candidate,&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/04\/exclusive-missouris-eric-greitens-im-the-strongest-supporter-of-the-second-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;Breitbart News, \u201cwhen I\u2019m in the Senate, I\u2019m voting for new leadership. We don\u2019t need Mitch McConnell\u2019s Senate Majority Leader. We need strong America First leadership in the Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) cast doubt on the possibility of supporting Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for Republican Senate Leader again. 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