Graham urging Biden to get Pelosi to 'call off' impeachment proceedings
By Jordain Carney - 01/13/21 08:19 PM EST
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is urging President-elect Joe Biden to convince congressional Democrats to drop plans to proceed to an impeachment trial against President Trump.
Graham, who has spoken out against the Democratic impeachment effort, issued the plea to Biden in a series of tweets after the House voted on a bipartisan basis to impeach Trump making him the first president to be impeached twice.
"It is now time for President-elect Biden to rise to the occasion and instruct his party to call off post-presidential impeachment proceedings," Graham wrote in the tweets.
Graham added that Biden should urge congressional leadership to stand down because moving forward with a trial after Trump has left office would be, in the GOP senator's view, a "destructive force" for both the presidency and the country.
"Every president is subject to the laws of the land. However, impeachment is political and will further divide the nation," he added.
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