Senator Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) predicted that former President Donald Trump will lead the Republican Party “in politics” in the coming months and inspire a Republican Party victory in mid-term 2022 on Monday.
Graham made the comments during an appearance on Fox News’ latest addition Hannity. The senator predicted that Trump would be the driving force in the takeover of Congress by the Republican Party after host Sean Hannity asked him about Republicans who “don’t particularly like” the former president and instead “want to go back to the good old men. establishment times. “
“I think you will see, in the coming months, Donald Trump lead the Republican Party in politics and give us the energy we need to retake the House and the Senate,” said Graham. “Democrats are doing their part. If we can support President Trump and follow his example, we will win in 2022. If we argue with ourselves, we will lose. And there is no reason to lose.”
The senator said Trump would show his political leadership during the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where the former president is due to speak on February 28. The speech is expected to be Trump’s first major speech since leaving office as the only president in U.S. history who has been impeached twice.
“Trump will deliver a speech on Sunday that will be very policy-centric,” said Graham. “Every Republican should come together around this. I think it will help us with the independents … I have never felt better about President Trump leading the party than I do now.”
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“He will position himself as an alternative to Joe Biden,” he added. “He, I think, will deliver a speech that will unify Republicans in politics. He is working on the phones. I was with him all weekend. He wants to win in 2022.”
When asked whether Trump plans to pursue a second non-consecutive term in 2024, Graham did not respond directly, but said “stay tuned”. Hannity pressed the question, joking that Graham, a regular guest on his show, was risking his position as a “correspondent” future by not answering definitively. Graham joked that he would give a direct answer when he received his “first check”.
Trump’s CPAC speech is scheduled to be given just a few weeks after his second Senate impeachment trial, for allegedly inciting insurrection in the US Capitol riots on January 6, ended in acquittal because the upper house failed to reach a majority of 67 votes, voting 57-43 in favor of the conviction.
Graham, one of all but seven Republican senators who voted against the conviction, remained a loyal ally of Trump after his presidency. Before the ex-president’s victory in the 2016 election, Graham was a vocal opponent of Trump, calling him “crazy” who was destined to “destroy” the GOP.
Newsweek contacted the National Republican Committee for comments.