R-S.C .参议员林赛·格雷厄姆说，他“心碎了，崩溃了，疯了”六名人质的尸体在周六被发现在加沙。
以色列国防军发言人少将·丹尼尔·哈加里说，人质中包括23岁的以色列裔美国人赫什·戈德堡-波林，“在我们接近他们之前不久，就被哈马斯恐怖分子残酷杀害了”。以色列国防军官员确认另外5名人质为Carmel Gat、Eden Yerushalmi、Alexander Lobanov、Almog Sarusi和Ori Danino中士。
“如果你想让人质回家，我们都想，你必须增加伊朗的成本。伊朗是伟大的撒旦。哈马斯是小伙伴。他们是野蛮的、宗教的纳粹——哈马斯，他们根本不关心巴勒斯坦人民，”格雷厄姆在周日的一次采访中告诉《本周》的联合主持人乔纳森·卡尔。“我敦促拜登政府和以色列让伊朗对剩余人质的命运负责，如果人质不被释放，就把伊朗的炼油厂列入目标名单。”
格雷厄姆敦促美国总统乔·拜登和以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡“告诉阿亚图拉(阿里·哈梅内伊)他重视的东西在目标清单上。在那之前，没有人会回家。”
前总统唐纳德·特朗普在国会山最亲密的盟友之一格雷厄姆也批评副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯没有参加内塔尼亚胡的派对7月份在国会联席会议上的演讲，称:“她抵制比比在国会的演讲，向哈马斯和伊朗发出信号，美国并没有真正支持以色列。”
当时，哈里斯的一名助手向ABC新闻坚持说，副总统没有主持会议是因为日程安排冲突，而不是抵制或冷落以色列总理。当卡尔周日追问共和党副总统候选人JD Vance也决定不参加演讲时，格雷厄姆为这位俄亥俄州参议员辩护说:“JD一直明确支持以色列。她(哈里斯)很糟糕。她是慢行武器。她没有参加演讲，这让该地区的每一个恐怖分子都兴奋起来。”
格雷厄姆说:“我要说，在外交政策上，她(哈里斯)一直是一个破坏性的球。”。
格雷厄姆说，特朗普应该强调她在外交政策上的失败以及她在美国南部边境的角色ABC新闻总统辩论定于9月10日举行.
尽管格雷厄姆承认，鉴于哈里斯的政治经验，她“显然有些才能”，但总体而言，作为副总统，“她的工作表现一直很糟糕”。他敦促特朗普在一场激烈的竞争中专注于问题，他说:“每次民调都在说同样的事情。美国人民把对他们来说最重要的事情托付给你们——经济、通货膨胀、边境安全以及管理政府。”
“如果我是你，我的朋友，我会像激光一样关注这些问题，你会赢得这场比赛，”他补充说。
特朗普上周增加了一个新的竞选承诺，由政府支付试管婴儿费用或由保险支付。当周日被问及特朗普的试管婴儿声明时，格雷厄姆告诉卡尔:“我认为他(特朗普)只是试图表明他对试管婴儿治疗的支持，你知道，我们一直被指责，党一直在反对节育。我们没有。我们被指控反对试管婴儿治疗。我们没有。”
格雷厄姆说，他支持对使用体外受精和其他治疗方法怀孕的美国人进行税收抵免。
“我支持税收抵免，”格雷厄姆说。“这对我来说很有意义，鼓励人们生孩子。”
然而，当卡尔追问时，这位南卡罗来纳州参议员表示，他不支持强制保险公司覆盖特朗普提出的体外受精。
"你不会支持这种要求保险公司承保的想法，是吗?"卡尔问道。
“不，不，我不会，因为那没有尽头，”他说。“我认为给孩子的税收抵免是有意义的。...我会和我的民主党同事谈谈。我们也许能在这里找到共同点。”
由美国广播公司新闻频道举办的总统辩论将于9月10日在费城的国家宪法中心举行，并将由“今晚世界新闻”主播兼执行主编大卫·穆尔和美国广播公司新闻直播“Prime”主播林西·戴维斯主持。它将与abc电视台WPVI-TV/6abc联合制作，并将于美国东部时间晚上9点在网络和ABC新闻直播24/7流媒体网络、Disney+和Hulu上直播。
Lindsey Graham 'heartbroken, devastated' over 6 hostages recovered in Gaza
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he is "heartbroken, devastated, mad" over thesix hostages whose bodies were recovered Saturdayin Gaza.
The hostages, which included 23-year-old Israeli American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, "were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them," Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said. IDF officials identified the additional five hostages as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi and Master Sgt. Ori Danino.
"If you want the hostages home, which we all do, you have to increase the cost to Iran. Iran is the great Satan. Hamas is the junior partner. They're barbaric, religious Nazis -- Hamas, they could care less about the Palestinian people," Graham told "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl during an interview on Sunday. "I would urge the Biden administration and Israel to hold Iran accountable for the fate of [the] remaining hostages and put on the target list oil refineries in Iran if the hostages are not released."
Graham urged President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "tell the Ayatollah [Ali Khamenei] what he values is on the target list. Until that happens, nobody is coming home."
Graham, one of former President Donald Trump's closest allies on Capitol Hill, also criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for not attending Netanyahu'sspeech to a joint session of Congress in July, saying: "She boycotted Bibi's speech to Congress, sending a signal to Hamas and Iran that America does not really have Israel's back."
At the time, a Harris aide insisted to ABC News that the vice president did not preside because of a scheduling conflict, not to boycott or snub the Israeli prime minister. When pressed by Karl on Sunday that Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance also decided to not attend the address, Graham defended the Ohio senator, saying: "JD has been unequivocally supporting Israel. She [Harris] has been horrible. She is slow-walking weapons. She did not attend the speech, and that juiced up every terrorist in the region."
"I would say on foreign policy, she [Harris] has been a wrecking ball," Graham said.
Graham said Trump should highlight her failure on foreign policy and her role with the southern U.S. border at theABC News presidential debate scheduled for Sept. 10.
While he acknowledged Harris "obviously has some talent" given her political experience, Graham said overall "her job performance has been lousy" as vice president. He urged Trump to focus on issues in a head-to-head race, saying: "Every poll says the same thing. The American people trust you with what matters the most to them -- the economy, inflation, border security and just managing the government."
"If I were you, my friend, I would focus on those issues laser-like and you will win this race," he added.
Trump last weekadded a new campaign pledge to get IVF paid for by the government or covered by insurance. When asked Sunday about Trump's IVF announcement, Graham told Karl: "I think he [Trump] just tried to show his support for IVF treatments that, you know, we've been accused, the party has, of being against birth control. We are not. We've been accused of being against IVF treatments. We're not."
Graham said he'd support a tax credit for Americans using IVF and other treatments to become pregnant.
"I would support a tax credit," Graham said. "That makes sense to me, to encourage people to have children."
However, when pressed by Karl, the South Carolina senator said he does not support mandating insurance companies to cover what Trump proposed regarding IVF.
"You wouldn't support this idea of mandating insurance companies to cover this, would you?" Karl asked.
"No. No, I wouldn't because there's no end to that," he said. "I think a tax credit for children makes sense, means tested. ... I'll talk to my Democratic colleagues. We might be able to find common ground here."
The presidential debate set to be held by ABC News will take place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10 and will be moderated by "World News Tonight" anchor and managing editor David Muir and ABC News Live "Prime" anchor Linsey Davis. It will be produced in conjunction with ABC station WPVI-TV/6abc, and will air live at 9 p.m. ET on the network and on the ABC News Live 24/7 streaming network, Disney+, and Hulu.
