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Lindsey Graham lost his composure and snapped at CNN host Dana Bash after she sought to correct him on a misleading claim about abortions. <\/p>\n
The Republican senator for South Carolina appeared on CNN\u2019s State of the Union on Sunday to react to the Supreme Court\u2019s Friday ruling to preserve the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s approval of the widely-used abortion drug mifepristone. <\/p>\n
Mr Graham questioned whether the FDA had gone \u201ctoo far\u201d, citing changes to how mifepristone is provided in the 23 years since it was first approved. <\/p>\n
\u201cSending the abortion drug through the mail is a big change in how it is provided,\u201d he said. \u201cIn 2000, when it was first approved, you had to have four visits to the doctor. In 2021, the Biden administration said you don\u2019t have to even consult a physician anymore and send it through the mail.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that safe? Has the FDA gone too far? Have they used the procedures in place to make such a dramatic change? That\u2019s what the court will decide,\u201d he added in reference to the case being put before a lower appeals court next month. <\/p>\n
Tensions rose when Ms Bash questioned whether Mr Graham believes the mifepristone ban is a state or federal issue. <\/p>\n
He appeared to dodge the question, saying: \u201cYeah, it is a human rights issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pressed further, Mr Graham leaned into a common GOP tactic in the debate over abortion: bringing up the very rare late-term abortion. <\/p>\n
He called it \u201cbarbaric\u201d to allow abortions up to the \u201cmoment of birth\u201d – prompting Ms Bash to push back. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor the record, Roe [v Wade] went up to viability, but I just want to button this up,\u201d she said before being interrupted. <\/p>\n
A visibly upset Mr Graham snapped back: \u201cNo, no, no! Quit covering for these guys! No, no, no!<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re media and you keep covering for these guys!\u201d<\/p>\n
He raged on: \u201cThey [Democrats] introduced legislation that allowed abortion on demand with taxpayer funding up to the moment of birth. That was their position in Washington That is the law they want to pass, and nobody in your business will talk about it!\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Bash replied calmly: \u201cSenator, I\u2019m not covering for anybody.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know that, and when I have Democrats on, and I\u2019ve asked many \u2014 all of them \u2014 about their position on where they believe this issue should be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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