Lindsey Graham Gets Linda Tripp Trending While Defending Trump

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Memories of the secret tapes that marked Bill Clinton downfall

Linda Tripp speaks outside U.S> District Court in 1998.Photographer: Larry Morris/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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By Ros Krasny

September 28, 2019 at 5:05 PM UTC

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Lindsey Graham stirred up a blast from the past on Saturday in a Twitter message intended to defend Donald Trump, saying he hopes a president can’t be impeached “based on hearsay testimony.”

Within minutes, the long memory of Twitter users had the name “Linda Tripp” blowing up on social media as people recalled the former White House aide’s pivotal role in President Bill Clinton’s 1998 impeachment.