Graham Dismisses Trump Trade War Harm: ‘We’ve Just Got To Accept The Pain’

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 19:  Sen. Lindsey Graham questions U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing June 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on recent immigration issues relating to border security and the EB-5 Investor Visa Program.  (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) questions U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 19, 2018. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday shrugged off the current and predicted damage resulting from President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China.

“The Democrats for years have been claiming that China should be stood up to,” Graham told “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan. “Now Trump is, and we’ve just got to to accept the pain that comes with standing up to China.”

“How do you get China to change without creating something pain on them and us? I don’t know,” he added.

American farmers have already been burned by China’s retaliatory tariffs in the trade war, and Trump’s latest round of tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports are predicted to hike up prices for consumers once the tariffs take effect.

Watch Graham below:

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  1. Avatar for gajake gajake says:

    Where was Graham when he and McCain and W were starting wars to be fought on credit? I guess only farmers and Walmart customers should accept the pain. Fuck you, Lindsey.

  2. Eat shit, Graham. Your boy took us out of the TPP, which was a way to have leverage without doing a trade war. Your boy started an unwinnable trade war. This is not necessary pain. Your boy is crashing the world economy because he’s an imbecile. And you fucking well know it.

  3. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    Hopefully the GOP will do that in 2020.

  4. How much of that pain will Lindsey actually suffer? Not much would be my guess. Although, he does look like he’s in some pain in that picture.

  5. He’s just swimming in koolaid.

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