Ocasio-Cortez: By Lindsey Graham's 1999 standard for Clinton, Trump should be impeached

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezOcasio-Cortez: By Lindsey Graham's 1999 standard for Clinton, Trump should be impeached Ocasio-Cortez mocks idea Kushner could be Trump's chief of staff Nearly the entire country gets it wrong on the minimum wage MORE (D-N.Y.) blasted Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamOcasio-Cortez: By Lindsey Graham's 1999 standard for Clinton, Trump should be impeached Senate votes to end US support for Saudi war, bucking Trump Former FBI official says Mueller won’t be ‘colored by politics’ in Russia probe MORE (R-S.C.) on Twitter Friday for seemingly reversing his stance on the standards necessary to impeach a president.

Ocasio-Cortez tweeted a Daily Beast story quoting Graham saying that he is fine with President Trump Donald John TrumpAustralia recognizes West Jerusalem as Israeli capital, won't move embassy Mulvaney will stay on as White House budget chief Trump touts ruling against ObamaCare: ‘Mitch and Nancy’ should pass new health-care law MORE “lying about sex," writing, "Didn’t he impeach Bill Clinton William (Bill) Jefferson ClintonOcasio-Cortez: By Lindsey Graham's 1999 standard for Clinton, Trump should be impeached A missed opportunity for Democrats in the border wall showdown Dem pollster blames Gingrich for current partisan strife MORE over the same thing?"

During 1999 impeachment proceedings for former President Clinton, Graham said, "You don’t even have to be convicted of a crime to lose your job in this constitutional republic. If this body determines that your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in your role."

“You don’t need to have been convicted of a crime. Impeachment isn’t about punishment. It’s about cleansing the office,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a tweet tagging the GOP senator.

“Sen. Graham himself established a standard that demands Trump’s impeachment,” she wrote.

“You don’t need to have been convicted of a crime. Impeachment isn’t about punishment. It’s about cleansing the office.”

Sen. Graham himself established a standard that demands Trump’s impeachment. pic.twitter.com/s4937hsKaB — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 14, 2018

Ocasio-Cortez also included a video from Now This, a liberal media outlet, that showed several prominent Republicans, including Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump touts ruling against ObamaCare: ‘Mitch and Nancy’ should pass new health-care law Federal judge in Texas strikes down ObamaCare Ocasio-Cortez: By Lindsey Graham's 1999 standard for Clinton, Trump should be impeached MORE (R-Ky.) and Graham, calling for Clinton's impeachment.

Ocasio-Cortez's comments came in response to an appearance by Graham on Fox News Friday, in which the senator defended Trump, claiming that the president is "always under siege."

"He is saying this one minute and that the next. It’s what he does that matters,” Graham added.

Graham dismissed allegations that Trump ordered his onetime lawyer Michael Cohen to make hush money payments to two women claiming to have had affairs with Trump in order to buy their silence in the weeks leading up to the 2016 election.

Graham later compared Trump to former President Bill Clinton, who was impeached after he was found to have lied about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

“I voted against that article of impeachment, because I think most people, blindsided, would lie to protect their family,” Graham said. “Lying about sex wasn’t enough then for me and it’s not enough now.”