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On Friday night, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham virtually debated his Democratic challenger, Jamie Harrison, because Graham refused to undergo a COVID-19 test.

As a result, both Graham and Harrison were asked separate debate questions. And when asked if he had met with Black Lives Matter leaders, Graham said in part, “I take care of everyone. If you are a young African American or an immigrant you can go anywhere in this state. You just have to be conservative and not liberal. “

The context of Graham’s terrible soundbite was that anyone can have a safe political career in the state, regardless of skin color, as long as they are conservative. “You can be African American and go to the Senate, you just have to share the values ​​of our state,” he said earlier in his response, but his aforementioned closing line seemed to stammer the black host as she moved on to the next question.

Lindsey Graham faces a black challenger: “If you’re a young African American … you can go anywhere in this state, just be conservative, not liberal.” #SCSen pic.twitter.com/5PfdIoYyJQ

– Steve Morris (@stevemorris__) October 9, 2020

Graham’s answer almost sounded like saying if you are white you will be perfectly okay in the state, but if you are black or from another country you will only be okay if you are conservative like him.

Of course, it doesn’t magically protect blacks from harassment or killing, no matter what state you live in.

Twitter users weren’t impressed with Graham’s creepy response:

If you’re a young African American in this state, you need to know your place, do what you said, and don’t bother these good whites. And you can have anything you want. Besides education, healthcare, clean water, fair police work, paved roads …

– Michael Reed (@ mr2ed) October 10, 2020

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– Ron ~ Roni ~ 🇺🇸 I’m dating Gov Whitmer (@ paleblueeyes24) on October 10, 2020

So a white man still believes he is setting the rules for the existence of the BIPOC? “You can go anywhere in this state” is already an arrogant statement … but when I add “except”, I went up in flames.

– Primrose Lane (@ridiculoustimes) October 10, 2020

In his best voice, from Bob Ross, to reassure us that he didn’t just spit the most hideous anti-American racist rubbish ever. pic.twitter.com/eFQtmuHnvD

– avalovesyou (@ avalovesyou2) October 10, 2020

I have never heard a clearer explanation of intolerance from a great politician than this. Graham clearly says you’re only welcome here if you think like me. This is not the America that I love.

– Tia Will (@ medwoman1) October 10, 2020

So you are being followed? Fined? So this is not a free country? Do you have to do what the overlords of the Republican elite say or you cannot be treated with human decency?

– Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) October 10, 2020

Graham has decided that black people in SC should have GOP or DEM on their clothing to decide how to treat them

– Donald J. Trumptin (@siberiancandate) October 10, 2020

A sitting US Senator who has vowed to uphold the basic human rights of every person and who suggests that people of color who are not “conservative” can expect persecution?!?!?! Persecution of people is not allowed.

– Joseph Robertson (@poet_economist) October 10, 2020

And just when I thought it was impossible, I think no less of Lindsey Graham, he opens his spare bottle of Racism.

– Matthew J. Kuiken (@Juris_Sequoia) October 10, 2020