Lindsey Graham On America: 'Our Systems Are Not Racist,' Slams Biden On Foreign Policy
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., appeared on "Fox News Sunday" where he shared his thoughts and opinions on President Joe Biden's first few months in office, as well as the prevalence of racism in the U.S.
Graham, who had once shared a long friendship with Biden, stated that he’s “not very impressed” with Biden’s first 100 days in office, describing the administration's foreign policy and the current border crisis as a "disaster."
"The border is in chaos, the Iranians are off the map, [Biden is] opening up negotiations with the Iranian regime and they haven't done a damn thing to change. Afghanistan's going to fall apart. Russia and China are already pushing him around. So I'm very worried. I think [Biden] has been a very destabilizing president," said Graham.
Biden had recently touched on the Derek Chauvin verdict and referenced "systemic racism." Graham highly disagreed with the assessment.
“No, not in my opinion,” Graham said when asked if he agrees with Biden. “We just elected a two-term African-American president; the vice president is of African-American and Indian descent. So our systems are not racist. America is not a racist country. Within every society, you have bad actors. The Chauvin trial was a just result.”
Graham's comments drew some backlash on social media.
#LindsayGraham is getting his talking points from #TuckerCarlson who gets his from #KKK 🤷♀️ https://t.co/LERrlsH0ju
— Lorraine Gardner (@lorrainegc3) April 25, 2021
1/ Lindsay Graham supports the most insidious forms of racism: policies and laws that cause poverty, hopelessness. And then he hits us with “my best friend is black so I’m not racist” defense 😡 https://t.co/8cIZpRomRS
— Marc Isenberg (@marcisenberg) April 25, 2021
Lindsay Graham knows systemic racism exists. He wants it to continue which is why he pretends he believes that it doesn’t exist. That’s what racists do.
— elizabeth robbins phd ☮️ (@elizabethrobbns) April 25, 2021
Graham said that while America is still a “work in progress,” he will always defend it.
“And Joe Biden spent a lot of time running the place down,” he concluded. “I wish he would stop it.”

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