Lindsey Graham in CNBC 2015 GOP primary debate
On Energy & Oil:
I'm no scientist, but 90% of them say climate change is real
I've talked to the climatologists of the world, and 90 percent of them are telling me that greenhouse gas effect is real.
That we're heating up the planet. I want a solution that would be good for the economy.
Source: GOP "Your Money/Your Vote" 2015 CNBC 2nd-tier debate
Oct 28, 2015
On Foreign Policy:
Let China choose: clenched fist or open hand
Do you think Putin would be in the Ukraine if Ronald Reagan were president? Why are the Chinese stealing our intellectual property? Because they can get away with it. The foreign policy of Barack Obama needs to be replaced, and the last person
you want to replace his foreign policy is his secretary of state. To the Chinese, when it comes to dealing with me, you've got a clenched fist or an open hand. You pick. Make me commander-in-chief and this crap stops.
Source: GOP "Your Money/Your Vote" 2015 CNBC 2nd-tier debate
Oct 28, 2015
On Homeland Security:
Problems in V.A. are real; threats to homeland are real
Q: What about national security spending in the 2015 budget deal?GRAHAM: Without national security, there is no economic security. Without the sacrifice of the veteran, all of our hopes and dreams are at risk. Hillary Clinton said that the problems
with the V.A. are being exaggerated by Republicans. They are not; they are real.
Q: Gov. Jindal calls the 2015 budget deal a "phony deal, it doesn't do anything."
GRAHAM: Well, let me tell you what is real. The threat to our homeland. I've never seen
so many threats to our homeland. There are more terrorist organizations with safe havens to attack the American homeland than anytime since 9/11. We're in the process of reducing our defense spending by half. I am looking at this budget with one view in
mind, will it restore the ability to defend this nation. We're on track to have the smallest army since 1940, the smallest navy since 1915, this budget, if it is paid for, will put $40 billion dollars back in the defense department at a time we need it.
Source: GOP `Your Money/Your Vote` 2015 CNBC 2nd-tier debate
Oct 28, 2015
On Immigration:
Increase legal immigration because we need workers
I want to fix a broken visa system. I want to increase legal immigration, because we're gonna have a shortage of workers over time.
As to the 11 million [illegal immigrants here now], I want to talk about fixing the problem. We're not going to deport 11 million people and their legal citizen children.
Source: GOP `Your Money/Your Vote` 2015 CNBC 2nd-tier debate
Oct 28, 2015
On Immigration:
Those who stay will have to learn our language
We're not going to deport 11 million people and their legal citizen children.
But we will deport felons. And those who stay will have to learn our language to stay, because I don't speak it well but look how far I've come.
Source: GOP `Your Money/Your Vote` 2015 CNBC 2nd-tier debate
Oct 28, 2015
On Jobs:
We got Boeing in South Carolina because we welcomed them
We can talk about corporations all day long but my goal is to help the middle class, somebody who makes too much to be on government assistance but still lives paycheck to paycheck. The best way to grow the middle class is to make it a good place to
create a job. You know why Boeing came to South Carolina when they could have gone anywhere to build the 787? Because we had a low-tax structure. We welcomed them there. I'm going to take the South Carolina attitude.
Source: GOP "Your Money/Your Vote" 2015 CNBC 2nd-tier debate
Oct 28, 2015
On Principles & Values:
America is already great; make America strong again
America is great. I intend to make America strong again. I'm going to be the champion of the middle class, where I came from. If you make me your president, our best days are ahead.
I'm ready to be commander- in-chief, ladies and gentlemen, on day one. I intend to win a war that we cannot afford to lose.
Source: GOP "Your Money/Your Vote" 2015 CNBC 2nd-tier debate
Oct 28, 2015
On Social Security:
50% of seniors would be in poverty without Social Security
Social Security is not a concept to me. I know why it exists; 50% of today's seniors would be in poverty without a Social Security check. If it wasn't for a Social Security survivor benefit check coming into my family, we wouldn't' have made it because
my dad died 15 months later. I have a military retirement. I'm in good shape. I would give up some of my benefits to help those who need it more than I do. To young people here, I will ask you to work a little bit longer because we have to.
Source: GOP "Your Money/Your Vote" 2015 CNBC 2nd-tier debate
Oct 28, 2015
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