Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday that some of President Donald Trump’s White House staff have “irrational” views on immigration.
“There are people in the White House who are outliers,” the South Carolina Republican said in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Dana Bash. “There are people around the President who have an irrational view of immigration. They always have, and if you follow that lead we’ll never get anywhere.”
Last week, Graham presented a bipartisan immigration deal to the White House alongside Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois. Trump rejected the deal.
Earlier this week, Graham told reporters that Trump was “not well served by his staff” on the immigration debate. Asked about chief of staff John Kelly specifically, Graham called him a good man but noted that he is a member of the staff, and added that some at the White House have “an irrational view.”