Lindsey Graham: Black People ?Can Go Anywhere? in South Carolina if They?re Conservative

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Friday that Black Americans “can go anywhere in this state,” as long as they’re “not liberal.” During a debate forum with his Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison, Graham was asked to talk about the recent wave of protests by the Black Lives Matter movement as well as increased talk of police reform and systemic racism. “To young people out there, of color, to young immigrants, this is a great state, but one thing I can say without any doubt, you can be an African American and go to the Senate but you just have to share the values of our state.”WATCH: Lindsey Graham Says Black People, Immigrants Can 'Go Anywhere' in SC, 'You Just Need to Be Conservative, Not Liberal' https://t.co/06IXSLXS9u pic.twitter.com/9VHuOaq6foIn his answer, Graham said that Black Americans will only be successful in running for statewide office if they are conservative. The senator pointed out that his fellow Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is the only Black Republican senator as an example of why in South Carolina “it isn’t about the color of your skin or where you came from, it’s about your ideas.”Lindsey Graham finally said the quiet part out loud: he only cares about South Carolinians who belong to his political party.This isn't about political parties. “Lindsey Graham finally said the quiet part out loud: he only cares about South Carolinians who belong to his political party,” Harrison wrote on Twitter.