Lindsey Graham: ‘No Doubt’ Obama Loves America, But He’s Divided It

El senador Lindsey Graham, republicado por Carolina del Sur, hace la señal de la victoria tras ser reelegido el martes 4 de noviembre de 2014, en Columbia, Carolina del Sur. Graham derrotó al senador estatal demóc... El senador Lindsey Graham, republicado por Carolina del Sur, hace la señal de la victoria tras ser reelegido el martes 4 de noviembre de 2014, en Columbia, Carolina del Sur. Graham derrotó al senador estatal demócrata Brad Hutt, de Orangeburg. (Foto AP/Rainier Ehrhardt) MORE LESS
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday said he has “no doubt” Barack Obama loves his country, although he does believe the President has divided Americans.

Graham was asked on ABC’s “This Week” to respond to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s (R) accusation that Obama doesn’t “love America.”

“Well, I love Rudy, but I don’t want to go there,” Graham said. “The nation’s very divided. President Obama has divided us more than he’s brought us together and I don’t want to add to that division.”

“I have no doubt that he loves his country,” he added. “I have no doubt that he’s a patriot. But his primary job as president of the United States is to defend this country and he’s failing miserably.”

Several potential 2016 Republican presidential contenders have addressed Giuliani’s comments in recent days.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), who was present at the private dinner where Giuliani originally said that he didn’t believe the President “loves America,” initially declined to say whether or not he agreed with the former mayor. He later told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that he didn’t “really know” whether Obama loved his country or not because he’d never discussed the matter with the President.

Graham’s response was more in agreement with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), all of whom said questioning Obama’s policies was fair game while questioning his “motives” or patriotism was not.

This post has been updated.

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  1. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    These people are despicable, sorry excuses for humans I guess Lindsey thought he was taking the highroad!!

  2. Avatar for iann iann says:

    It’s progress for a republican to not call the President a secret Kenyan Muslim, who hates America and is treasonous. Saying that the President has “divided America” is almost a compliment from this lot of sick demented hate filled clowns. This loser thinks that he’s fit to be the President whereas in reality none of these jokers are fit to be dirt beneath Obama’s shoes. What a bunch of poisonous cretins!

  3. Lordy, I hope Little Lindsay runs for President! I’d love to see him get crushed! (I’d also like to see him get permanent laryngitis, but I’ll settle for embarrassment in GOP primaries.)

  4. Exactly WHAT has the President said or done to intentionally divide this country on political/racial lines? On the other hand the right with the help of AFP et al haven’t missed a day to put out some new line of crapola that degrades and disrespects the POTUS.

  5. Says the Senator who couldn’t get elected without his divisive rhetoric.

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