South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the U.S. does not have systemic racism, citing former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris as reasons, according to HuffPost.  

Graham responded to a question by Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace on President Joe Biden, who said that the country needs to confront systemic racism following the conviction of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd.  

“Is there systemic racism in this country in policing and in other institutions?” Wallace asked.  

“No, not in my opinion,” Graham said. “We just elected a two-term African American president. The vice president is of African-American-Indian descent. So, our systems are not racist. America is not a racist country. Within every society, you have bad actors.” 

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Graham said that the U.S. is a “work in progress” but that it’s the best country in the world.  

“This attack on police and policing ― reform the police, yes. Call them all racist, no,” Graham said.  

Adding, “Joe Biden spends a lot of time running the place down. I wish you would stop it.”