With Democrats preparing for the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate, Senator Lindsey Graham, RS.C., warned his colleagues that moving forward will only do more harm to the nation.
“I would like to end this trial sooner or later,” Graham told Hannity on Tuesday. “For my Democratic colleagues, if you try to call a witness, it will blow up the United States Senate. Don’t do that.”
Graham encouraged the opposition to end the “farce” as soon as possible, especially since Trump has already stepped down.
The South Carolina senator pointed out that not only is Trump’s second impeachment “unconstitutional and poorly conceived”, he has also not been executed legally.
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“The President of the United States was impeached in 50 hours without a witness being called and he had no lawyer,” he said. “We need to make sure that this thing never goes anywhere … because I don’t want to legitimize the impeachment process used in the Chamber. I think it’s a danger to democracy and to the presidency itself.”
Graham explained that on the first day of the trial, there will be a motion to dismiss that he hopes to take place. But if it goes to trial and the administrators of the Chamber try to call witnesses who were not present during the deliberation in the Chamber, the whole process will be dragged on for “weeks, if not months”.
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Meanwhile, President Biden has been a “big disappointment” in carrying out his message of unity, said Graham, who noted that it would be too simple for him to end the entire impeachment disaster and leave the past behind.
“It says a lot about Biden’s ability and desire to bring us together by the fact that he is sitting on the sidelines and his only comment was: ‘I don’t think they have any votes’.”