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Top Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (R- S.C) said former President Donald Trump may lose the 2024 presidential elections if he wins the Republican Party ticket over his personality issues.
Lindsey who
was speaking to reporter Steve Sedgwick on CNBC Saturday said Trump “could be“
the best Republican presidential candidate if he makes a formal announcement to
that effect, Newsweek reports.
"I
think a strong American president, unpredictable, is a good thing as long as
you keep it within the boundaries. His problem is personal, his policies have
stood the test of time but has he worn the American people out in terms of his
personality? Time will tell. But I'll say this, after the Biden presidency, if
there's a policy debate in 2024, I like his chances. If it's a personality
contest, he'll be in trouble," Graham said, according to Newsweek.
Will there be riot if Trump is prosecuted?
Graham who
described the former president as a “consequential” president also referred to
earlier comments he made on Fox News that America could see “riots in the
streets” if Trump is prosecuted over classified documents recovered from his
Mar-a-Lago home, saying he was merely trying to “state the obvious”.
"Here's
what I said, The raid on [former] President Trump's home, the likely nominee
for 2024, better bear some fruit here," Graham said, according to Newsweek.
"If it's just about mishandling classified information, we've had a
standard set when it came to Hillary Clinton.
"Our
country, the people on our side, believe that when it comes to the justice
system, there are no rules regarding Trump, [it's a case of] 'get him, it
doesn't matter how you get him,' so I said that if it's similar to what
happened to Clinton and he gets prosecuted, it'll be one of the most disruptive
events in America," he continued.
Graham had
in the past publicly disagreed with Trump’s handling of the January 6, 2021
riots but also condemned Trump’s idea of pardoning rioters during the Saturday
interview.