Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is pushing back against home-state conservative critics who have sought to censure the independent-minded lawmaker, arguing that he will not allow the criticism to block his efforts to find common ground with others in the Senate.
The Charleston County Republican Party this week formally censured Graham over his repeated efforts to work across the aisle on the economy, climate change and immigration. The county party also asked the state party to rescind a resolution commending Graham.
Graham spokesman Kevin Bishop issued a statement defending the Senatorโs legislative work and his track record on conservative issues.
โSenator Graham has a lifetime conservative voting record of 90 percent and last year was rated the 15th most conservative Senator by National Journal. Like former President Reagan, he strongly believes elected officials need to find common ground and work together to solve difficult problems like making our nation energy independent and protecting our environment. Working to solve problems and being conservative are not mutually exclusive. You can do both and thatโs what people in South Carolina elected him to do,โ Bishop said.
โSenator Graham will continue to pursue the same common-sense conservative agenda in his second term in the U.S. Senate as he did in his first,โ he added





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