Sen. Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin GrahamGraham’s post-election call with Georgia’s Secretary of State will be investigated: report The Memorandum: Republican Party Senators face final vote on Trump We know how Republicans will vote – but what do they believe? MOST (RS.C.) said on Friday that he will meet with former President Donald Trump to talk about the future of the Republican Party and his role in it.
“I’m going to try to convince you that we can’t get there without you, but you can’t keep the Trump movement without the GOP together,” said Graham, according Political.
“If we go back in 2022, then it is an affirmation of its policies. But if we lose again in 2022, the narrative will continue, that not only have you lost the White House, but the Republican Party is in a bad situation. “
Although Republicans lost the Senate and the White House during the 2020 elections, they won seats in the House. Trump also received the second highest number of votes in a presidential election in the history of the United States, although he lagged significantly behind Biden in the popular vote and in the Electoral College.
Since then, however, Trump’s actions challenging the election, culminating in the crowd’s ugly and deadly attack on the Capitol that led to his second impeachment, have raised new questions in Republican Party circles about leaving the former president.
At the same time, Trump maintains a high level of support at the GOP bases.
President RNC Ronna McDaniel
Ronna Romney McDanielIs the GOP following the Whigs’ path? The end of the GOP? McConnell says Taylor Greene’s adoption of conspiracy theories is “cancer” MORE he has spoken before about Trump’s future in the party, saying the party will maintain a neutral stance towards the former president, as he caused controversy in the party.
“Trump has to work with everyone,” said Graham. “You have to put your best team on the field. If it’s about revenge and chasing people you don’t like, we’ll have a problem. If it comes to putting your best team on the field, we have a good chance of returning. “
The Senate is expected to vote on Trump’s impeachment trial on Saturday, but it is not expected to have a majority of both to convict the former president.