Democrats have accused Republicans of playing politics over the 2012 Benghazi attacks. Sen. Lindsey Graham says that isn't true, but anyone who does use the tragedy for political gain will get burned.
"So if we're playing politics with Benghazi, then we'll get burned," the South Carolina senator said Sunday on "Face the Nation."
"If our Democratic friends are shielding the administration and trying to protect them, and if the administration tried to protect themselves – the re-election – because they couldn't stand the truth about Benghazi, then they'll get burned," Graham said.
Republicans say President Barack Obama's White House blamed the attacks on a spontaneous protest over an anti-Muslim video. Such protests were happening elsewhere in the Muslim world, but intelligence officials found no such connection in Benghazi, where four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed.
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- May 6, 2014 1:50 am
