Graham: “This Is A National Embarrassment”

During the height of the protests Wednesday in Washington, DC, Senator Lindsey Graham began a series of Tweets for about two hours, between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm. The remarks posted to his Twitter account, as reported by his staff members in Washington, are as follows:

@LindseyGrahamSC 3:33 PM:

I support peaceful protests but not violence and destruction.  People need to leave the Capitol now!  This is a national embarrassment.

@LindseyGrahamSC 4:20 PM:

Those who made this attack on our government need to be identified and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.  Their actions are repugnant to democracy.

@LindseyGrahamSC 4:39 PM:

I could not agree more with President-elect Biden’s statement to the nation. Time to retake the Capitol, end the violence, & stop the madness.  Time to move forward in governing our nation.  Our differences are real but the love of our nation overwhelms our differences.

@LindseyGrahamSC 5:24 PM:

The U.S. Senate must reconvene today and finish our constitutional work.  Calling for federal officials to form task force to identify those who breached the Capitol, vandalized our national institutions, and expect prosecutions to the fullest extent of the law. 

Very grateful to front line police but incredibly upset those in charge lost control of the US Capitol.  Will not let this go unchallenged. (2/2)

Graham went on to make remarks from the Senate floor later in the evening when the session reconvened…