The South Carolina lawmaker also hinted that U.S. medical supply chains with the country should be cut in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said the world should send China a bill for the novel coronavirus pandemic as the number of confirmed cases worldwide topped the 1.3 million mark.' Sean Hannity on Monday night that he would make China"pay big time" for the COVID-19 outbreak, echoing demands from some of his congressional colleagues.over the COVID-19 outbreak, Sen. Graham said:"Makes sense to me. If it were up to me the whole world should send China a bill for the pandemic.
"Yeah, I'd make China pay big time. And here's the question for 2020: Who do you want to take on China? Trump or Joe Biden? I don't think that would be a hard decision for most people."Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Graham is not the only Republican lawmaker to have argued that China should pay for the COVID-19 pandemic. In a resolution filed at the end of last month, Sen. Josh Hawley called for anAmericans Want to Boycott Chinese Goods, Senator Rick Scott Says"The cost of Beijing's criminal conduct should be assessed and they should pay damages to USA and the world," the congressman said.
The proposal was co-signed by three Republican senators and introduced to the House by Rep. Elise Stefanik on March 25.the number of people infected or killed by the disease within its borders, President Donald Trump said their numbers appeared"a little bit on the light side.
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