Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said his Republican colleagues should give former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a chance after President-elect Donald Trump selected him to be attorney general.

“So, we’re going to give the president a chance to put his people forward. To every Republican: ‘Give Matt a chance,'” Graham said in an interview Wednesday. “I say elections have consequences when Republicans don’t like it, and I’m telling my Democratic friends, elections have consequences whether you like it or not.”

Following his nomination, Gaetz resigned from Congress “effective immediately,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced on Wednesday.

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