{"id":2345275,"date":"2024-09-24T12:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T16:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-warns-harris-will-continue-bidens-insane-middle-east-policies-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T16:12:23","slug":"lindsey-graham-warns-harris-will-continue-bidens-insane-middle-east-policies-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-warns-harris-will-continue-bidens-insane-middle-east-policies-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham warns Harris will continue Biden\u2019s \u2018insane\u2019 Middle East policies &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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-warns-harris-will-continue-bidens-insane-middle-east-policies-washington-examiner%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=2345275&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--><p>Senator\u200d Lindsey \u200cGraham (R-SC) \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-energy-secretary-pick-called-out-by-republicans-for-democrats-awful-record-on-green-jobs-video\/\" title=\"Biden Energy Secretary Pick Called Out By Republicans For Democrats\u2019 Awful Record On \u2018Green Jobs\u2019 (VIDEO)\">expressed concerns<\/a> that the \u200cforeign policy disruptions seen in the Middle East\u2062 under President Joe Biden will persist if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the 2024 election. In an interview on Fox News, Graham argued that both Biden and Harris made significant \u200derrors, such as\u2063 the withdrawal from Afghanistan and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-legislative-push-seeks-to-stop-biden-admin-from-unraveling-iran-sanctions\/\" title=\"GOP Legislative Push Seeks to Stop Biden Admin from Unraveling Iran Sanctions\">lifting sanctions<\/a> on Iran, leading to instability\u200d in the region. He\u2062 emphasized that groups like Hezbollah and Hamas would not exist without Iran&#8217;s influence, and pointed to Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as a major threat, warning\u2063 that\u200b he is close to acquiring nuclear weapons. Graham criticized Harris \u200bfor her perceived lack of support for Israel, referencing her\u2063 absence during\u2064 Israeli Prime Minister \u2062Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s address \u2064to Congress, and suggested Israel should take more aggressive actions against Iran&#8217;s oil infrastructure to counter threats from\u200d Hezbollah.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Lindsey Graham warns Harris will continue Biden&rsquo;s &lsquo;insane&rsquo; Middle East policies<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1767827\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC) cautioned that the disruptions happening in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Middle East<\/a> under President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> watch will continue under Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> if she wins the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Several Republicans, including Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3162516\/burgum-biden-administration-not-putting-maximum-pressure-on-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Doug Burgum<\/a> (R-ND) and Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3163293\/mike-waltz-ceasefire-gaza-permanent-peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Waltz<\/a> (R-FL), have called on the Biden administration to focus on Iran to end the conflict within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>, with Graham arguing that neither Hezbollah nor Hamas would exist without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iran<\/a>. He added that both Biden and Harris oversaw &ldquo;the two dumbest decisions in modern times&rdquo; &mdash; the Afghanistan withdrawal and the removal of Iran&rsquo;s sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re reaping what Biden has sown,&rdquo; Graham said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em>. &ldquo;The people of Israel are reaping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-the-post-roe-right-can-reverse-anti-family-government-policies\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s How The Post-Roe Right Can Reverse Anti-Family Government Policies\">bad policy choices<\/a> of Biden and Harris. The chickens have come home to roost with this idea of coddling the Ayatollah. He&rsquo;s not normal, he&rsquo;s a religious Nazi, he wants to kill all the Jews, he wants to purify Islam, and come after us, and Harris will continue these insane policies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2609916&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=fa4b83ad9314397641222dfc519bf4cc\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Graham&rsquo;s comments on the Ayatollah were in reference to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3155017\/graham-warns-of-911-attack-if-country-does-not-change-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>The senator previously warned<\/a> that Khamenei is &ldquo;on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-agitator-storms-dnc-stage-snatches-microphone-screams-at-harris-supporters\/\" title=\"Anti-Israel Agitator Storms DNC Stage, Snatches Microphone, Screams at Harris Supporters\">verge&#038;rdquo<\/a>; of obtaining a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Graham also rebuked Harris for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3095131\/kamala-harris-declines-attend-netanyahus-address-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>skipping Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s speech<\/a> before Congress in July, accusing her of letting &ldquo;the Left tell her where to go and what to do.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>He then made a call for Israel to threaten Iran&rsquo;s oil business if the country experienced a major attack from Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s go to the root of all evil, the great Satan, the Iranians,&rdquo; Graham said. &ldquo;To my friends in Israel, knock out the oil refineries of Iran to get them off your back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina senator also addressed the recent controversy regarding Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/19\/politics\/kfile-mark-robinson-black-nazi-pro-slavery-porn-forum\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>after a report<\/a> claimed he posted a number of controversial comments on a forum of a pornographic website between 2008 and 2012. Graham contended that the details of the report were &ldquo;unnerving&rdquo; and that Robinson was unfit for office &ldquo;if they&rsquo;re true.&rdquo; He added that if the report was incorrect, Robinson ought to sue CNN, the network that released the report.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson has vowed that his team will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3163359\/robinson-cnn-first-campaign-appearance-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pursue &ldquo;legal counsel&rdquo; against CNN<\/a>, and he&rsquo;d come &ldquo;full throttle&rdquo; after the outlet. This comes after his campaign announced Sunday the resignation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3162557\/four-campaign-staff-members-mark-robinson-resign-following-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>four staff members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1767827\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1767827\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has expressed concern that the turmoil in the Middle East during President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration will persist if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected in 2024. He, along with other Republicans like Governor Doug Burgum (R-ND) and Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL), has urged the Biden administration to address Iran to help resolve the conflict in Gaza, asserting that Hezbollah and Hamas would not exist without Iranian support. Graham criticized both Biden and Harris for what he described as &#8220;the two dumbest decisions in modern times&#8221;\u2014the withdrawal from Afghanistan and lifting sanctions on Iran. On Fox News&#8217; Hannity, he stated, &#8220;We\u2019re reaping what Biden has sown,&#8221; emphasizing that Israel is suffering due to their poor policy choices. He referred to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a dangerous figure who poses a threat to Jews and Islam itself, claiming that Harris would perpetuate these misguided policies.<\/p>\n<p>Graham also condemned Harris for missing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s speech before Congress in July, suggesting she was influenced by leftist ideologies. He advised Israel to target Iran&#8217;s oil industry if attacked by Hezbollah: &#8220;Let\u2019s go to the root of all evil\u2014the great Satan, the Iranians,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Graham commented on recent allegations against North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson regarding controversial posts made between 2008 and 2012 on a pornographic website forum. He found these claims troubling and stated Robinson would be unfit for office if true; however, if false, Robinson should take legal action against CNN for reporting them. Following this controversy, Robinson announced plans to seek legal counsel against CNN after four staff members resigned from his campaign team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2345276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Graham-Iran-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32502,32438,32283,41603,38621],"class_list":["post-2345275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-administration","tag-kamala-harris","tag-lindsey-graham","tag-middle-east-policies","tag-political-warning"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Graham-Iran-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}