Lindsey Graham has begged Joe Biden to call off a second impeachment, insisting that Donald Trump should be given credit for having made a 'helpful' statement, and pleading with Biden that impeachment 'will destroy the country even further.'
The South Carolina senator appeared on Sean Hannity's Fox News show on Friday night, hours after the articles of impeachment were unveiled.
House Democrats are planning to impeach Trump with a single impeachment article charging him with 'incitement of insurrection'.
The move is on a hyper-fast track after Wednesday's Capitol riot – with the article set to be introduced Monday.
A draft of the article prepared by Reps. David Cicilline, Ted Lieu, and Jamie Raskin states that, 'Incited by Trump, a mob unlawfully breached the Capitol,' injured law enforcement, menaced lawmakers and the vice president, and interfered with the count of the Electoral College.
But Graham, looking shaken, urged Biden to call his colleagues and tell them not to proceed.
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