Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Thursday’s “CNN Newsroom” continued floating out a conspiracy theory that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has been “compromised” due to the “360 turnaround” on his support of President Donald Trump.
Omar has previously hinted the president could be blackmailing Graham over being homosexual, and the freshman congresswoman now believes “lots of Americans” agree with her.
“I am pretty sure that there is something happening with [Graham], whether it is something that has to do with his funding when it comes to running for office, whether it has something to do with the polling that they might have in his district or whether it has to do with some sort of leadership within the Senate,” Omar stated. “He is somehow compromised to no longer stand up for the truth and to make sure that he is fighting to protect the oath that he took in serving the American people.”
CNN’s Jim Sciutto pressed, “[T]hat’s quite a charge to make. You say you are pretty sure. Based on what evidence? What facts? That’s a remarkable comment to make about a sitting U.S. senator.”
“The evidence really is present to us,” Omar responded. “It’s being presented to us in the way that he’s behaving.”
“But that’s not evidence. That’s your opinion. But now as a sitting member of Congress, you have tweeted they got him on this. Again, just based on what evidence, congresswoman?” host Poppy Harlow followed up.
Omar then replied, “My tweet was just an opinion based on what I believe to be visible to me, and I’m pretty sure there are lots of Americans who agree on this.”
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