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Republican Presidential Candidate Lindsey Graham speaks about the threat America faces from radical islamic movements at the Metropolitan Republican Club on November 19, 2015 in New York City.Spencer Platt—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Dec 3, 2015 3:31 PM UTC South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham excoriated several of his Republican rivals for their harsh rhetoric on immigration and social issues Thursday, suggesting that Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio are incapable of winning a general election because of their positions. Speaking before the Republican Jewish Coalition, Graham set aside his usual speech on foreign policy to call for moderation in a party that he said has shifted to the extreme. “I believe Donald Trump is destroying the Republican chances to win an election that we can’t afford to lose,” Graham said. “I believe that it’s not about turning out evangelical Christians; it’s about repairing the damage done by incredibly hateful rhetoric,” he added, alluding to Ted Cruz’s electoral strategy and the damage the party has done with Hispanic voters. Cruz has argued that the party needs to embrace its conservatism in order to turn out millions of evangelical voters he argues have “stayed home” when moderates are running as the GOP nominee. Graham rejected that notion. “It’s not about turning out more people, it’s about winning more people over to our cause,” he said. “If you think it’s about turning out more people and continuing on this path, you’re setting up this party for oblivion.” Suggesting Mitt Romney’s embrace of “self-deportation” in 2012 was electorally fatal with Hispanic voters, Graham observed of Trump, “Now it’s not self-deportation, it’s forced deportation.” “That is the leader of the Republican Party,” he added. “You think you are going to win an election with that kind of garbage.” Speaking minutes after Ted Cruz left the stage, Graham said he too could not win, owing to his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape and incest. “If the nominee of the Republican Party will not allow for an exception for rape and incest, they will not win,” Graham said. “Ted Cruz doesn’t have an exception about rape and incest.” Neither does Sen. Marco Rubio, who defended the same exceptions during a primary debate earlier this year. Graham closed his speech with a quick tour of the nation’s foreign policy threats, calling for the immediate abrogation of the Iran nuclear deal and espousing his support for Israel. The hawkish lawmaker, who barely registered in the polls, made an appeal for support to the well-heeled audience, saying, “I’m at 1 percent. The election is a long way away. Help me stay in this race.” **Read Next:** [_Republicans Ask NBC for Equal Airtime After Trump Hosts SNL_](http://time.com/4116676/gop-equal-time-nbc/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4134622/lindsey-graham-immigration-rhetoric/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4134622/lindsey-graham-immigration-rhetoric/"},"headline":"Lindsey Graham Blasts Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Over Immigration Rhetoric","datePublished":"2015-12-03T15:31:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:51.177Z","description":"\"I believe Donald Trump is destroying the Republican chances to win.\"","url":"https://time.com/4134622/lindsey-graham-immigration-rhetoric/","keywords":["Lindsey Graham","2016 Election","Immigration","Sen. 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