Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and one-time colleague, former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) have a friendly wager on the 2024 presidential election.
During an interview on “The Daily Show” Monday night, Graham and Franken made a bet about whether former President Donald Trump could beat President Joe Biden in a rematch. Graham argued that Trump would have to work hard to win back many of his supporters, but bet $20 that he would win, the Daily Wire reported.
“Here’s the question for you and maybe others: Trump is trying to come back,” he said. “I think he’s got a better than good chance of winning the primary and a 50/50 chance of being president again.” As Franken put his head in his hand, and the audience jeered, Graham said: “So you’ve got to ask yourself, how can that be?”
Franken interjected: “Here’s what I know about this country, about this democracy, about our Constitution The number one tradition that’s meaningful in this country is the peaceful transition of power. … How then can you want a guy who allowed us to go through this violent insurrection?” he added, a reference to the January 6 Capitol riot.
While most of the left-wing media and virtually all Democrats have described the incident at the Capitol as an “insurrection,” by definition, it was really just a riot.
“Well let me just say this — the other side of the story is that when President Trump was president, on the things I care the most about — national security — I thought he did a damn good job,” said Graham, also praising the former president for negotiating the Abraham Accords, removing Iranian terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani with a drone strike, securing the southern border, and making the country energy independent. “So I look at the policies of Trump, and I like the policies of Trump,” Graham said.
He did add that he believes both men will be challenged to prove they deserve another four years in the Oval Office.
“At the end of the day, [Trump]’s got to prove to people — not me — that he’s able to lead us again. And that will be a challenge for him. And that will be a challenge for Biden to say ‘Give me four more years after the last four.’ We’ll see what happens,” Graham said.
“Well, l think Biden wins that,” Franken said in response.
“Let’s bet. Can we bet?” Graham responded.
“Yeah, how much?” Franken asked.
“Twenty bucks. To be paid here,” Graham said as the two men shook hands to seal the deal, the DW noted.
