ALSO: Graham on shutting down Mueller probe: “It would be a disaster for the Republican Party”
PLUS: Sen. Brown on possible run for President: “I have no real timetable”
NOVEMBER 18, 2018 – In an exclusive interview on Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told moderator Chuck Todd it is “impossible to believe” the Saudi Crown Prince was unaware of Khashoggi’s killing.
The Republican senator from South Carolina called the Crown Price “irrational” and “unhinged,” but stopped short of saying he should be sanctioned for now. “He’s done a lot of damage to the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and I have no intention of working with him ever again.
When discussing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, Graham said it would be a “disaster for the Republican Party” to shut it down. “Let’s see what he finds. I can understand why the president doesn’t like the investigation. He feels wronged by it. I remember the Clinton-Ken Starr episode pretty well. This is sort of standard practice. But I think most Republicans on Capitol Hill, and Democrats, believe that Mr. Mueller should be allowed to do his job. And I have no indication he’s going to be interfered with at all.”
On President Trump’s criminal justice reform bill, Graham urged Sen. Mitch McConnell to bring the bill to the floor, “It’ll get 80 votes. Mr. President, pick up the phone and push the Republican leadership. The Republicans are the problem here, not the Democrats.” Watch the full interview.
In addition, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) joined the program where he stood by his remarks last week that the Georgia governor’s race was “stolen” saying Governor-elect Brian Kemp “did everything he could to put his thumb on the scale and won that election, quote unquote, ‘won’ that election by only about a point.” He continued, “Because a former secretary of state, like me, said that about this election, which clearly is an effort to suppress the vote, not of people that look like you and me, Chuck.”
When asked about a potential run for President in 2020, Brown responded by saying “I have no real timetable. It’s really, as I said, it’s personal. It’s sitting down with Connie and my family and really figuring things through.” Watch the full interview.
White House Correspondent for PBS NewsHour and NBC News Contributor Yamiche Alcindor, CNBC Editor-at-Large John Harwood, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson, and National Review Editor Rich Lowry joined the broadcast’s roundtable for insight and analysis on the week in politics.
Watch the full panel.
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