Lindsey Graham: US would pull out of Winter Olympics if North Korea attends

Lindsey Graham wants the U.S. to pull out of the Winter Olympics if North Korea is involved.

South Korea is hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics which will launch in Peyongchang in February. According to NBC News, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un indicated that they’d be open to attending the games, saying that North Korean participation would show "unity of the people."

North Korea did not participate in the last Winter Olympics in 2014.

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However, Senator Graham was having none of it. He tweeted: "Allowing Kim Jong Un’s North Korea to participate in #WinterOlympics would give legitimacy to the most illegitimate regime on the planet."

Graham added: "I’m confident South Korea will reject this absurd overture and fully believe that if North Korea goes to the Winter Olympics, we do not."

At this point, the U.S. will be participating in the Winter Olympics.

Last month, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted: "The protection of Americans is our top priority and we are engaged with the South Koreans and other partner nations to secure the venues."