"Fox News host Sean Hannity went after presidential candidate Lindsey
Graham on Tuesday night,
responding to the South Carolina Republican’s
recent remarks that blamed both him and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow for the
role they play in polarizing American politics.
“I’ve come to conclude that the Republican Party and the country as a whole needs to knock off some of this stuff,” Graham told Hannity.
Graham’s initial comments, aired June 2 in an interview with NBC News’ Chuck Todd, imagined what the two political commentators from opposite ends of the spectrum might have said to Benjamin Franklin.
“You know, Ben Franklin comes outside and Rachel Maddow and Sean Hannity jump on him, ‘Don’t give in, Ben.’ Just think how hard it is in today’s 24/7 news cycle [with] talk radio, cable television and money,” Graham told Todd. “There is a group telling you to say no about everything.”
Hannity ticked through his policy positions available on his website, touting his own solutions.
“Absolutely, you have solutions,” Graham responded. “But so does Rachel Maddow. And the problem is that we can’t blend these solutions.”
“Wasn’t Martin Luther King Jr. polarizing in a good way for justice?” Hannity asked. “He was a polarizing figure, right?”
Ronald Reagan was also described as “polarizing” when he took on sitting President Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination in 1976, Hannity said. The Fox News host also brought up Graham’s own support of President Bill Clinton’s impeachment while he was a member of the House, as well as his support of the troop surge in Iraq.
At times, Graham acknowledged he has been polarizing, but told Hannity that his solutions don’t work. Shutting down the government over the Affordable Care Act, for example, Graham said, “made zero sense to me.”" yahoo
“I’ve come to conclude that the Republican Party and the country as a whole needs to knock off some of this stuff,” Graham told Hannity.
Graham’s initial comments, aired June 2 in an interview with NBC News’ Chuck Todd, imagined what the two political commentators from opposite ends of the spectrum might have said to Benjamin Franklin.
“You know, Ben Franklin comes outside and Rachel Maddow and Sean Hannity jump on him, ‘Don’t give in, Ben.’ Just think how hard it is in today’s 24/7 news cycle [with] talk radio, cable television and money,” Graham told Todd. “There is a group telling you to say no about everything.”
Hannity ticked through his policy positions available on his website, touting his own solutions.
“Absolutely, you have solutions,” Graham responded. “But so does Rachel Maddow. And the problem is that we can’t blend these solutions.”
“Wasn’t Martin Luther King Jr. polarizing in a good way for justice?” Hannity asked. “He was a polarizing figure, right?”
Ronald Reagan was also described as “polarizing” when he took on sitting President Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination in 1976, Hannity said. The Fox News host also brought up Graham’s own support of President Bill Clinton’s impeachment while he was a member of the House, as well as his support of the troop surge in Iraq.
At times, Graham acknowledged he has been polarizing, but told Hannity that his solutions don’t work. Shutting down the government over the Affordable Care Act, for example, Graham said, “made zero sense to me.”" yahoo
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