lindsey graham was worried.t's a really good reminder that for all all the executive can do, and there's a lot that can be done with the pad and the pen, what really needs to happen so to permanently put some of these changes into legislation. and so i think donald trump understands that he wants to have some tax cuts continued right away, but more importantly will be permanently making some changes to how things are being run in our government. you've got this doge activity that will presumably see a lot of areas where there need to be fixes. so there's going to need to be a competent, strong congress as well. and i think people are -- they're not going to be tolerant of seeing congress operate the way it has previously, with a lot of talk and not getting anything done. maria: great point. mollie, it's great to have you. mollie hemingway. thank you so much. that'll do it for "sunday morning futures" the morning. i'm maria bartiromo. a big show tomorrow morning, join me on "mornings with maria" tomorrow, donald

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lindsey graham just zeroed in on the issue at hand.t to execute president trump's agenda but you've got lots of different priorities among members. is that what's happening here, the new york and california lawmakers are holding the congress hostage to make sure they get their salt deduction in there before they agree to buy in on the rest of this agenda? >> look, i think that the tax cuts are going to be the most difficult aspect of the package because we have differing opinions. you have on the one hand the house freedom caucus says it needs to be paid for and then you have those representing the blue states that are saying no, the salt deduction, there's room for compromise but it can't be what it is right now and actually i thought that the senator actually argued against himself. he's saying he wants border security but he's got issues with something. that's why you have to put it all together. it's going to be a difficult development it's an up or down all of it. we need to deliver for the american people so i am with speaker joh

getting in trouble. old linda lindsey graham doesn't pay male prostitutes to visit his home and united states, and there is no evidence of that whatsoever. so i'd have to clarify that he completely lost his is they say, when the video or you go to any allied canada breton, germany, france. if you try to help the i c. c, we're going to sanction you by and you saw a little justin in canada and his position. what should the penalty be? we should crush your economy. canadians get ready. i mean, does he get to decide who's economy gets crushed? what would you do in america? somebody came across the border, rape women, but babies in of it, what did we do after pearl harbor? we went to all out victory. i don't remember the japanese putting any americans in ovens in pearl harbor, and japan. the smithereens were destroyed. berlin, best option here. you know, and of course, lindsey is so complicated, evil, ridiculously retarded. you know, it's hard to find somebody that could even fit into the category to be things you grampians are very busy with him. and the winner is, but actually we found so

i'm on call lindsey graham. let's have a look at how lindsey is featured over the last year on your moscow mules. on the video we the truth and it looks like the middle aged gay white male who loves to see young man died. freak. you're going to tell them how to fight the war. you're going to tell them. yeah, i want to get an erection looking at the blood and guts about, i'm sure when it comes to is role getting in trouble. old linda lindsey graham and doesn't pay male prostitutes to visit his home and united states, and there is no evidence of that whatsoever. so i'd have to clarify that he completely lost his is they say, when the video or you go to any allied canada breton, germany, france. if you try to help the i c. c, we're going to sanction you by and you saw a little justin in canada and his position. what should the penalty be? we should crush your economy. canadians get ready. i mean, does he get to decide who's economy gets crushed? what would you do in america? somebody came across the border, rape wo

they showed a montage of lindsey graham and kevin mccarthy and marco rubio. they were done. they were finished. they were disgusted with what happened on january 6th. donald trump got to them and his political career was on the line so it was beneficial for them to go along with donald trump's agenda. >> there you go. and we have that montage and we have time to play it later in the show. harry dunn, much appreciated, we'll be right back. right bac. that too. dupixent is an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. it works with your asthma medicine to help improve lung function. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems and doesn't replace a rescue inhaler. it's proven to help prevent asthma attacks. severe allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for face, mouth, tongue or throat swelling, wheezing or trouble breathing. tell your doctor right away of signs of inflamed blood vessels like rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in limbs. tell your doctor of new or worsening joint aches and pain, or a parasiti

you know, maybe lindsey graham will put out a stiffly worded statement.ut they're not going to do anything about that. and it will be news for a couple of days. so i actually expect at least maybe commuting the sentence. i expect donald trump is going to go pretty far on this stuff. you know, it's not going to be great for justice. and by the way, the justice department absolutely should have started this investigation. they basically started the investigation after we on the committee began presenting our evidence. and we didn't have near the tools they had. so it's really sad, disappointing and upsetting. >> to that reporting, evan's reporting, it is stunning. you heard what congressman kinzinger's saying. they could have gone so much earlier. they could have, should have. but evan's reporting also says there are people within the justice department who are saying they wasted time. >> evan's reporting is incredible because it's talking about prosecutors themselves, people inside the justice department saying look, we spent a lost year, we just lost an e

trump's allies, lindsey graham raising a red flag about a blanket pardon >> i will leave that to his power to exercise but people who beat up police officers or put them in different category than others. >> of course, his men, you can see them on video, on this day four years ago, marching towards the capitol. one of them in this video using a police officer shield to bust out a window in the capitol. allowing rioters to flood in. now, just today, four years after those moments, trump, today, was certified as the president-elect of the usa. today was obviously a very important day. and it was about what should be the norm and what the american people should be able to take for granted which is one of the most important pillars of our democracy is that there am be a peaceful transfer of power. >> of course, the vice president is tasked, right, with certifying the election. she did that. a calm, respectful procedure. a moment that might make us all forget that feeling four years ago that we had when we sat glued to whatever your screen of choice was. maybe you were moved to tears that

on the republican side, lindsey graham will be a key voice. he's done immigration legislation in the past so he could be a voice there. john cornyn in texas could be another one, known for working bipartisan deals. james lankford was a republican who led the last round of these bipartisan talks which ultimately ended in failure, so he could be another one. but it will be an interesting watch. host: fact the sunflower state, republican, good morning. caller: good morning. the certification in january 6, what is the thirst for prosecuting liz cheney? i think there's a lot of republicans that really would not rather move on and would like some accountability from her. i know there's a lot of deep state ghouls who would like to not prosecute liz cheney and thompson. what do you think is going to happen there? guest: i mean, it is clear that trump has said that he would want to prosecute some of his enemies. he's also referred recently to his pick to lead the justice department, pam bondi is looking likely to get confirmed there. kash patel will be

by the way lindsey graham may have issues on taxes. we are more of a majority in the senate we could lose one or two senators, republican senators and still get this done. we have no flexibility in the house whatsoever so they have to take their lead a little but were. maria: that's the issue they cannot lose easily and they have a slim majority last time to reconciliation packages were done was under newt gingrich that was the speaker of the house. and they were able to get it done but that a much better majority. a bigger majority when newt gingrich was a speaker. >> i think the american public is looking for massive change for how the sausage is made in this first pass that were getting the sausage is so full of stuff that we cannot even get anything actually done especially when it comes to not so much the border with the tax policy that trump talked about continuing and renewing. it's a big problem if people do not want to see trump come in and have a repeat of his first administration which was completely hamstrung. maria: by the

maria: senator lindsey graham said you why am i subsiding new york?es in south carolina why do i need to subsidize new york which has out-of-control taxes many new york city including myself agree with sky-high taxes mike through out 60,000 would you vote for 60,000 lifting the salt to 60? >> i am not giving a number if you talk about average salt detection in my home state 1200 dollars, so, i am from the same camp that lindsey graham is in, but about what we have to do, is deliver on president trump's priorities, that is why we need one big, beautiful bill. because, everyone is going to have to give-and-take, maria, that is what we're going to do it is gonna have to be a balance lindsey graham has to give jason smith is going to have to give mike waller has to give we will failure is not an optional. >> a good strategy to make sure everybody is onboard putting all in one bill, jonathan fahey. >> in addition to salt deduction or anything else in bill is there hope with margins so small in the house and senate able to get a through democrats onboard to

south carolina senator lindsey graham told me he is against the salt deduction being added. this. >> as we negotiate tax cuts they are taxcutting people and i am one of them that won't vote for the border until they get all their taxes. i'm not a big fan of the salt deduction. i live in south carolina with low taxes. why should people in south carolina subsidize california and new york tax policy. you could have a hard time with me on that. maria: house speaker mike johnson told me this is why one big reconciliation bill is needed not to lose the salt lawmakers on their body and on the border money. watch. >> there is a fear without getting all of the elements in one place you could lose some members. there are some members that have priorities and taxes they want the salt deduction back in place. the new york lawmakers do you lose those lawmakers on the border if the tax issues are not in the one bill. >> that the benefit of doing altogether. no one is going to love every element of the large package like that. there will be enough elements in there to pull everyone along,

senator lindsey graham and i have been asking for briefings on isis. k we have sent letters. >> we have made requests. the biden administration needs to let us know what's going on after their disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan, that the media did not shed proper light on. >> we have seen a rise in extremism and radical islamic extremism. when you're looking at what hakeem jeffries said today, that couldn't be further from the truth. first off, they've had four years to actually work to secure our border, and they've done the exact opposite. if you look at the number of terrorists that have come across our border under the biden administration, known terrorists that were caught at the border, it was 382 people in three fiscal years alone. >> if you look back under president trump, kayleigh, as you know well, from fy 17 to fy 20, same amount of time, president trump only had 11 known terrorists come to our border at that time. >> that's because he understood peace through strength. >> he sent a message to the world that we were going to have secure

. >> but house and senate are not on the same page, south carolina senator lindsey graham told me this plan is concerning he wants two reconciliations packagesing taxes the end of the year watch this. >> if we don't put border first and get it done, it is gonna be, a nightmare for national security. to the tax cut wing of the party i am with you but if you hold border security hos containabling to get tax cuts, you are playing russian roulette with national security i am saying that as we negotiate tax cuts, their tax cutting people i am one that won't vote for border until they get taxes, i am not a big fan of the salt deduction i live in south carolina low taxes, why should people in south carolina subsidize california and new york? >> and now, we have the rub whether or not able to get over this, and get trump's agenda executed, liz if you have new york, california lawmakers holding congress hostage to salt deduction you are having battle after battle. liz: i think a serious compromise raising salt limit obviously, was done the last time around, and the last time we had a change to

. >> yes, because lindsey graham senator from south carolina told me he is worried about one package,e with his views kansas senator roger marshall a membert senate budget finance -- and health committees senate doge caucus cofounding member senator great to see you if you so much for being here this morning. >> maria happy new year regarding reconciliations this is going to be president trump's call but listen there are two paths often that you can take two routes to get to the same goal i think what senators need to be carefully though we have empathy look at house side, 34 years in the house speaker johnson says only way to get impel through one big, beautiful bill we need to listen to him. i think that he is a little bit situation with congress members from new york care about that salt tax deduction if part of reconciliation kill care debt limit no one talking about that in ridges bill going to border the border is sweetener i would for any republican willing no, not vote for a bill that including border security. >> great point you hit on two hot spots salt, and debt ceiling you

. >> i want to get david to react to what senator lindsey graham is warning about involving trump. he's warning that trump should not even consider pardoning some of those january 6th rioters. listen and watch lindsey graham. >> people beat up police officers -- >> this comes -- i don't know if you heard that. he said -- let met read it. the people who beat up police officers, i put them in a different category than others. he's talking about a pardon coming from the new president. that comes as "the wall street journal" editorial board, as you probably saw, is cautioning trump against these pardons as well. how do you think he navigates this? >> well, there were obviously some prisoners who were treat, i think, disproportionately to what similarly situated people were. that is a proper way for the president to use the pardon power or the commutation power. and people saw something that was unjust. so, that needs to be corrected. i think there are few americans who would disagree if you showed up and weight up police officers that there shouldn't be consequences, but the overzealou

lindsey graham has been working on two separate bills.ith the response to president trump wanting one bill. so it's a little inside the weeds but it gives you a blueprint of how president trump is going to approach the economic story and get growth going strongly once again, rachel. rachel: that's right. you have ron johnson, mollie hemingway and buy roll byron bee monday aldz. maria: that's right. he's going to come on to talk about how this will go on. tomorrow they will certify the election, certify president trump's win of not just the electoral college but the popular development we'll talk about that as well. january 6th is tomorrow, four years almost to the day and we're talking about the agenda with president trump coming in two weeks. rachel: always a jam-packed awesome show. maria bartiromo, sunday morning futures, coming up. thanks, maria. maria: see you in 10 minutes, guys, thank. rachel: the nfl playoff picture is getting clearer. we're going to to break that down today's must see matchups are next. ♪ >> it's the final week o

in the senate i look forward to supporting s. 160, senator lindsey graham 20 week abortion ban. and when it comes to protecting innocent life, i look to god because life is -- every life is a blessing. in washington i will work with president trump to continue the incredible economic progress our nation has seen. because of our presidents policies, we are growing our economy and jobs at a record pace. every day new jobs are created for working moms and dads, for young graduates and for that waitress just looking for a chance. i have been called soft-spoken, but i've also been called a lot worse. in congress i may not be the loudest voice in the room, but you don't have to be shrill to be tough. and when it comes to fighting for georgia, i will never back down. no one will fight harder for our state, for our nation, for our president and for our conservative values, because here's the thing. contrary to what you might see in the media, not every strong american woman is a liberal. many of us are conservatives and proud of it. with all of the important things to be done in washing

. >> sender lindsey graham is calling out the media.te, as i watch coverage of this barbaric, cowardly attack that was isis inspired, it is disturbing how far america has drifted from the fact that we are in a state of war with radical islamic forces. coverage suggest that we are fighting a crime and that isis inspired attacks are mere criminal events top part of the larger war on terrorism. it is now time for america to realize that radical islamic directed or inspired attacks are acts of war, not part of a criminal enterprise. isis inspired radicals have been attacking our country for over a decade, claiming nearly 100 lives. it is time for media to cover it accurately and the federal government to shut it down entirely. and alabama senator joins me now. senator, welcome. i want to begin with his sound bite from the other chamber of congress and the house of representatives. he had the audacity to use extremism today, three days after a terrorist attack but he used it in a very interesting way, listen to this. >> we will work with any

lindsey graham was a jag officer for most of his life. is that what you believe about those who implement our justice system in the military? mr. hegseth: i was begin particular j--speaking of particular jag officers i've dealt with -- sen. slotkin: is the secretary of defense going to get involved in the code of justice? mr. hegseth: there will be a big part of my job to evaluate decisions -- sen. slotkin: i will take that as a yes. is cq brown on your list on the whereabouts to be removed from his position? mr. hegseth: every single officer will be reviewed based on meritocracy, standards, lethality, and commitment to lawful orders they will be given. chair wicker: thank you, senator slotkin. i recognize senator shaheen for unanimous consent request. sen. shaheen: i have a request from a former general who served 35 years who most recently was a commander of the 94th regional readiness command who was asked that his letter opposing mr. hegseth's nomination be entered into the record. chair wicker: is there objection? without objection,

lindsey graham is talking about that. again, the scary part is the trump tax cuts expire at the end of the year. that's a $5 trillion tax hike. >> failure is not an option. we are not going to increase taxes on american families by $5 trillion. we will get this done. similarly we will secure the border. now are there border security things the president can do via executive order? yes and liz he will do that. we do need to, just as you described come along behind that and make sure that we codify as much border security as we can. now here is the interesting thing. border security is an 80/20 issue. there are democrats who understand how their party lost their way and it cost kamala harris the election. so we may get a few votes along the way from democrats who understand the insanity of what has been going on at the southern border. liz: that's really interesting news to recap what congressman dusty johnson just said. house democrats may go along with the law and new legislation to stop and possibly shut the border. cong

maria: well, you just heard senator lindsey graham.e subsidize new york and california given your high taxes there? make the case. >> well, there's no question that that new york and california have terrible leadership under kathy hochul and gavin newsom. we don't dispute that. but the fact is that we are a high donor state to the federal government. new york sends more federal dollars than almost any other state down to the federal government, so the fact is this our folks are not subsidized by, you know, red states. we, in fact, are helping subsidize the federal government on an annual basis. if you look at south carolina, for instance, they are one of biggest recipients of federal dollars in comparison to other states by a percentage. so, look, i understand the arguments, i get it. but the fact is that it's double taxation, and our residents should not be penalized simply because, you know, some folks don't like blue state policies. we get it. we don't like 'em either. we're fighting back existence them. but that doesn't -- against

competition, they see us as a competitor pulling ticket. eventually remember how american senator lindsey graham previously commented on this. in september 2023, he referred to us assistance to ukraine as and i quote, a good investment for the american people. the celebrated that they were destroying the russian army without losing a single soldier. fridays, of course only one case study and failure. mister britton can manage stuff for the buffalo, but the fun, but we think the world flew at him. we were determined to do everything we could to help ensure that october 7th will never happen again. we also wanted to make sure that the war wouldn't spread. the conflict wouldn't, wouldn't spread to other fronts, to other countries because that would mean more death and destruction. it would also mean that the actions as are always taking and gaza were likely to enjoy or even longer. and i can come to that in a minute. 3rd, and we want it to make sure to the best of our ability that the children, the women, the men in gaza, who were caught in the crossfire of a mazda as initiation. that they did noth

the capital last wednesday, during which senator thune and other senate republicans including lindsey graham, ted cruz, all these more traditional trump allies were making the case directly to him, to the president for the two-step process. president trump is still siding with speaker johnson in terms of one bill, not necessarily because he thinks his ideas are better, but because he think the house is too dysfunctional right be able to pass two separate pieces of legislation on this front ma don't want either of those to go by the wayside. post: this may be very much in the weeds of how these things work, but how do you get two bites at the reconciliation apple, how can you do this in two vs. one? guest: you have a chance to do this under the procedures and rules of the senate, and if you can do it twice, you have two chances to get this done. and it depends sort of whether those budget resolutions, those vehicles were used in the previous year or not. there are a lot of different rules. they decided to let them up into one year and the next. host: larry in the keystone state, democrat, goo

you, finding victory still peddled by the west africa by go test creatures like bar johnson, lindsey graham, who isn't gay after state, that every time we talk about, lindsey is not gay to somebody on homeless actual man to come to his home and have sex with him, but that does not happen. it's not true. well, those kind of bloodthirsty creatures, you know, keep handling this more, drop the draft age, you know, in their english actions. strongly good. you know, we've got to get the russians out. you know what's happening, even the french look pearl mcwilliam to great fun for announce the creation of so 155 to begin to we will arms and we will trans am. well turns out that the 155th brigade, when it turns open powers, most of them prefer the bright lights and stuff of the box went down to town and said, we are not going to you kind to buy for your mother and stole the good collapse dealer a half, they did a bone kept in the box and you frame so those show is collapsing, everybody knows it. so what goes a way to if you're lucky enough to be a voluntarily convinced, let's call us to join ukrain

you, finding victory, still pedals by the west africa by go test creatures like bar johnson, lindsey graham, who isn't gay after state, that every time we talk about, lindsey is not gay to somebody on homeless actual man to come to his home and have sex with him, but that does not happen. it's not true. why those kind of bloodthirsty creatures, you know, keep handling this more, drop the draft age, you know, in their english actions. strongly good. you know, we've got to get the russians out. you know what's happening, even the french look pearl mcwilliam to great fun for announce the creation of so 155 to begin to we will arms and we will trans am. well turns out that the 155th brigade, when it turns open powers, most of them prefer the bright lights and stuff of the box went down to town and said, we are not going to kind to buy for your mother. and stole the good club, steel or a half. they did a bunk out in the box and you frame so those jo is collapsing. everybody knows it. so what to is a way to if you're lucky enough to be voluntarily convinced, let's call us to join ukraine's a dila

i think lindsey graham also told the truth out loud about ukraine having all these resources and peter, you know, you did mention to as well about the fact that, you know, donald trump said all ended in 24 hours. and that awful debate he had, he said, you know, a lot of stupid things about, you know, complying that haitians are reading people's pets and whatnot. but the one thing he said that resonated with a lot of people was the fact that people are dying in the ukraine and russia with this war. and he wants to end, well, his new guy that he just have keith kellogg in the ad. yeah. what people say oh, he didn't started a new voice. yeah, peter, that's true, but he didn't end any good fight record greg, breaking contracts right. he gave the key every james weapons that brock obama wouldn't give them. he gave the sod, his weapons to start genocide, continue genocide in the admin. so this guy is not a piece candidate. and now with that he's, he's coming out and saying if putting doesn't come to the table, he's going to send the key of more weapons. you know, i think this is all about th