Graham harassed at airport after opposing Electoral College challenges
By Jordain Carney - 01/08/21 03:19 PM EST
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was harassed at an airport in Washington, D.C., on Friday, a day after Congress formally tallied President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College win.
Multiple videos posted to social media on Friday show Graham, who has been among President Trump's most vocal Senate supporters, being followed through an airport and being heckled as a "traitor."
Graham was buffered from the group by uniformed law enforcement as well as a security detail. A spokesperson for Graham declined to weigh in, saying that they don't comment on security issues.
The group, many of whom were filming the incident, appeared to be Trump supporters who believe conspiracy theories about the election. Trump has claimed for weeks that the election was "rigged," despite losing dozens of legal challenges and election experts dismissing claims of fraud.
At one point members of the group yell "audit the vote" and "you know it was rigged," in reference to the presidential election, and call him a "piece of shit."
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