Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) this weekend drew ire from Donald Trump’s MAGA base after he dared to criticize the president’s blanket pardoning of the Jan. 6 rioters — including those who had engaged in acts of violence.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, affirmed his opinion of Trump pardoning Jan. 6 rioters saying he doesn't like anything that would send the "wrong signal"

President Trump issued a sweeping clemency order covering around 1,500 rioters for their role on the Capitol attack that attempted to block congressional certification of Joe Biden's 2020 election victory on Jan.

Trump pardoned over 1,500 people charged with attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, 34 of them from South Carolina.

Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday said President Donald Trump sent “the wrong signal” in pardoning Jan. 6 rioters who violently assaulted police officers.

Senator Graham said while President Trump had the legal authority to issue the pardons, he thought it was a mistake to pardon people who "beat up a police officer violently.... because it seems to suggest that's an okay thing to do".

Pardoning the people who went into the Capitol and beat up a police officer violently I think was a mistake,’ Lindsey Graham says