{"id":568907,"date":"2021-06-20T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T18:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568907"},"modified":"2021-06-20T14:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T18:36:18","slug":"im-not-going-to-be-extorted-lindsey-graham-blasts-democrats-for-threatening-to-change-the-rules-if-they-cant-win-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-going-to-be-extorted-lindsey-graham-blasts-democrats-for-threatening-to-change-the-rules-if-they-cant-win-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Not Going To Be Extorted\u2019: Lindsey Graham Blasts Democrats For Threatening To Change The Rules If They Can\u2019t Win Votes"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fim-not-going-to-be-extorted-lindsey-graham-blasts-democrats-for-threatening-to-change-the-rules-if-they-cant-win-votes%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=568907&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\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-20-at-10.07.49-AM-1-e1624205959528.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"48.828217821782\">\n<p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham went after Democrats Sunday for what he believed was their strategy to change the Senate rules if they couldn\u2019t win votes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/28\/lindsey-graham-joe-biden-georgia-voting-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graham<\/a> spoke on \u201cFox News Sunday with Chris Wallace\u201d about the possibility that Democrats could change the threshold for the filibuster or get rid of it altogether. <strong><a class=\"text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/18\/lindsey-graham-biden-talking-filibuster-senate\/\">(RELATED: \u2018I Would Talk \u2018Til I Fell Over\u2019 \u2014 Lindsey Graham Responds To Biden\u2019s Idea Of Bringing Back Talking Filibuster)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wallace began the conversation with a question about Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/06\/joe-manchin-opposes-hr1-supports-filibuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchin\u2019s<\/a> attempt to find middle ground on a voting rights bill that would omit some of the more drastic changes proposed in HR-1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you go along with the Manchin stripped-down version, and if not, why not?\u201d Wallace asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs much as I like Joe Manchin, the answer would be no,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/28\/lindsey-graham-joe-biden-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graham<\/a> replied, referring to SR-1 as \u201cthe biggest power grab in the history of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallace noted that several of the provisions <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/13\/disaster-making-lindsey-graham-rips-biden-admin-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graham<\/a> objected to were not included in Manchin\u2019s proposed compromise bill \u2014 and then pointed out what he saw as the biggest risk in not working with Manchin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you run the risk that Manchin and a couple of other moderate senators will eventually say look, bipartisanship isn\u2019t working and, you know what, we are not going to kill the filibuster but we are going to reduce the number of votes you need to stop a debate from 60 to 55. Do you run that risk?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope not because I was in Joe Manchin\u2019s shoes,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we had the House and the Senate and the White House under President Trump, I had a bunch of Democrats wanting to sign a letter with me protecting the filibuster,\u201d Graham added. \u201cEvery one of those Democrats have fled for the hills, so I was beat on every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham said he held this position because \u201d it\u2019s bad for the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope these Democrats understand it\u2019s bad for the Senate to change the rules and I don\u2019t want to be extorted.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham went after Democrats Sunday for what he believed was their strategy to change the Senate rules if they couldn\u2019t win votes. 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