Graham: Obama Won’t Fire Biden — But ‘He Can Tell Him To Shut Up’ (VIDEO)

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) thinks Vice President Joe Biden should “shut up.”

Graham said on Fox News today that in order to win in Afghanistan, there needs to be a “unity of effort we’ve never had before” among civilian leaders, and that the firing of General Stanley McChrystal represents a chance to “get a new group in there.”

Of course, Graham suggested, that doesn’t mean President Obama is likely to fire Vice President Joe Biden. But “he can tell him to shut up.”

On Fox and Friends this morning, Graham said that he agrees with the President’s decision to oust McChrystal. He also took a couple of shots at civilian leaders there, saying that Karl Eikenberry, “the current Ambassador to Afghanistan, has a broken relationship with President Karzai” and that “Ambassador Holbrooke is a fine man who has got some friction between him and President Karzai.”

This is “a chance to start over,” said Graham.

Host Gretchen Carlson argued that the President “can change those guys, but he can’t change Vice President Joe Biden. I mean, he could, but he’s not going to.”

Graham responded: “He can tell him to shut up.”

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