“For over two decades, Lindsey Graham has pushed America into wars on a false promise. Using American power to line private pockets.”
Charleston, SC — In response to the Trump administration’s military operation in Venezuela and Senator Lindsey Graham’s renewed calls to escalate U.S. involvement abroad, Dr. Annie Andrews, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in South Carolina, released the following statement pointing to Graham’s track record supporting dangerous foreign intervention:
“For over two decades, Lindsey Graham has pushed America into wars on a false promise. Using American power to line private pockets.
“In 2003, Senator Graham stood on the Senate floor loudly backing the invasion of Iraq, repeating false claims about weapons of mass destruction. He promised a quick victory and regional stability. Instead, the war sold as a moral crusade delivered chaos, thousands of American lives lost, trillions of dollars spent, and a region more volatile than before. American families and service members paid the price while contractors and insiders cashed in.
“More than twenty years later, Lindsey Graham has learned exactly nothing. Cheering on another reckless military adventure while offering no plan for what comes after, no accountability for what went wrong before, and no concern for the Americans who will pay the price.
“What makes this even more dangerous is the hypocrisy. These are the same politicians who can’t produce a real plan to make healthcare affordable. They can’t manage basic national security protocols. They can’t govern competently at home, but they want Americans to trust them to remake another country overseas.
“South Carolina has a choice between an advocate for children and families or an advocate for war.”
Senator Lindsey Graham supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq based on claims of weapons of mass destruction that were later proven false. Since then, he has remained one of Washington’s most consistent advocates for military intervention, frequently calling for expanded U.S. military action in Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan—interventions that resulted in prolonged instability, massive expenditures, and significant civilian casualties.