Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) accused a Republican lawmaker without evidence of being "compromised" Tuesday.
In a tweet from her verified account Tuesday night, Omar shared a 2015 video of then-presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) criticizing Donald Trump.
They got to him, he is compromised! https://t.co/m8sB3EmElg
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 16, 2019
In the video, Graham slammed then-candidate Trump for his character and views. At the time, the senator and Trump were dueling for the 2016 Republican nomination. Since Trump's election, Graham has worked closely with the president on a range of issues, and has generally been supportive of his agenda, to the puzzlement of many in the media.
Omar's unsubstantiated accusation came hours after MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle implied that Trump has kompromat on South Carolina's senior senator. During a panel discussion on the relationship between the two, Ruhle jumped in with the suggestion. "It could be that Donald Trump or somebody knows something pretty extreme about Lindsey Graham," Ruhle said before ending the segment. "We’re gonna have to leave it there," she concluded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLTuT_lz6iE
The Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday that Ruhle's accusation, and now Omar's, follow an unsourced allegation by Jon Cooper, a super PAC Democratic official. He claimed Graham was "being blackmailed by the Russians" over "some pretty serious sexual kink."
https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1084631630654918656