SHOCK MOMENT: Lindsey Graham Explodes On Newsmax Reporter Pressing Dems About Rashida Tlaib: 'No, Stop!'

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At a press briefing at the US Embassy in Jerusalem on Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) had a testy exchange with a Newsmax reporter asking Democratic Senators about the statements of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

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00:00 - Thank you.

00:01 Can you turn that, thank you.

00:04 Daniel Cohen, I'm the Jerusalem correspondent for Newsmax.

00:08 I wanna say thank you for being here.

00:10 My family lives here.

00:12 I made Aliyah two years ago, so this is personal.

00:14 I know many people were sent from the United States

00:16 and there's international press from around the world,

00:18 and I heard every single one of you

00:21 voicing your support for Israel fervently, stridently,

00:26 and I heard that and I received that into my heart,

00:29 and so on behalf of my family and people,

00:31 I'm an American and an Israeli citizen, I say thank you.

00:34 But it starts at home, and I'd like to ask

00:36 any Democrat senator here that would like to speak

00:38 to Rashida Tlaib, she still has a tweet up

00:42 condemning Israel for a hospital attack.

00:44 - Stop.

00:46 - It's not a-- - No.

00:48 - It's a fair question, Senator Graham.

00:50 - We are here together, not to talk about the problems

00:55 at home, which are many.

00:57 - It's a fair question, Senator.

00:59 - I've got my own view of what to say.

01:01 You're not gonna screw this up.

01:03 - I'm not trying to screw it up.

01:03 - Get this guy out of here.

01:05 Now let me tell you. - I live here.

01:06 I'm an Israeli.

01:07 I want an answer to the question, please.

01:08 - I'm an American.

01:09 - And I am too.

01:10 - And I believe in free speech.

01:12 I don't believe what the squad has to say at all.

01:16 But I came here with Democrats and Republicans

01:19 to let everybody in the world know,

01:22 don't judge every Democrat by the squad,

01:25 and don't judge every Republican

01:26 by some of the things you hear.

01:29 Where the House-- - No comment.

01:31 - Yeah, where the House, they'll get their act together,

01:33 but we need to do our job.

01:36 We need to do our job in the Senate.

01:37 We need to pass a bill that will help Israel, help Ukraine.

01:41 That's at least what I think.

01:42 I think the House will show up.

01:44 And I'm sorry, my friend, I probably shouldn't have said it,

01:46 but my nerves are raw right now.

01:48 - Okay, wait, give him an answer.

01:50 - Yeah, okay, last question.

01:52 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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