Politics Lindsey Graham says Mitch McConnell speech slamming Trump could haunt Republicans in 2022

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    Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday he thought Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s speech blasting former President Donald Trump would be used against Republicans in campaign ads in 2022 when the party fights to reclaim the Senate.

    McConnell, R-Ky., slammed Trump for potential criminal conduct moments after he voted for acquittal in the 57-43 vote Saturday in the Senate impeachment trial. The vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for conviction.

    McConnell, in a roughly 20-minute floor speech, said Trump's "crescendo of conspiracy theories" caused the Jan. 6 Capitol riots for which he was "practically and morally responsible."

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