Lindsey Graham jets off to Europe as Hurricane Dorian batters his state

[CatWoman]

As Hurricane Dorian brought flooding and power outages to South Carolina, the state's senior senator was nowhere in sight. Instead, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was 5,000 miles away visiting Croatia and Montenegro, according to the State Department.

"U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham headed a Congressional Delegation to Montenegro September 3-5," The U.S. Embassy in Montenegro announced on Wednesday. That same day, Graham was photographed with the president of Croatia, smiling in a building overlooking a gorgeous body of water with clear skies in the background.

Meanwhile, thousands of South Carolina residents lost power and homes were damaged as a pair of tornadoes touched down in North Myrtle Beach and Little River. Graham's decision to skip town as a hurricane barreled toward his home state left many officials questioning his priorities.

"Sen. Graham chose to go to Europe during a state of emergency while hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians were threatened by the impact of Hurricane Dorian," Jaime Harrison, who is challenging Graham in the 2020 election, told Shareblue Media. "He should have followed the lead of other elected officials and stood with us as we weathered the storm. His failure to come home continues his pattern of putting himself before the very people who elected him."

"Low country taxpayers should not be paying for Senator Graham's trip to Europe during a hurricane while over 200,000 South Carolinians are still without power, including myself," state Sen. Marvin Pendarvis (D-Charleston) told Shareblue.

https://shareblue.com/lindsey-graham-europe-trip-hurricane-dorian/?fbclid=IwAR3zwsUp8t_ZhRkXUCZ9NZU24Tl_bmv03fVLMCBBLpmrbDM6VUf-yT1qnuI

[brooklynite]

1. This is terribly unfair...

He can offer "hopes and prayers" with the same effectiveness as if he were in South Caroline.

[abqtommy]

2. It's too bad we can't make it a one-way trip with no return ticket!

[Meadowoak]

3. Probably shopping for a new ball gown for Trump's 2nd inaugural.

[Blue_true]

4. Now, now!!! nt

[Ms. Toad]

5. Please stop using gay as an insult. n/t

[912gdm]

6. yeah, good luck with that

the inbound "Thats not what I meant!", "I was just being funny!" will be followed with the "But my best friend is gay!" will leave your head-spinning.


oh, and ETA:

Now now. *whatever laugh out loud emote*

[Ms. Toad]

7. I know. But I'm fed up with people who are theoretically allies

always being willing to use me as a bludgeon against anyone they don't like. So - if I see it happening I'll comment on it. How much I respond depends on how beaten down by life I'm feeling.

(I'll also alert on it - although I didn't on this one. And I really struggle with the reality that it is a good day if I don't lose my alert privileges for 24 hours for pointing out that a progressive sige should not be using homophobia, bigotry, sexism, etc. to score political points.)

[912gdm]

8. I'm with you

it becomes tedious and you don't want to click on the site because of it. Feel free to PM if you ever need to vent.

And FYI, I did alert on it because it was tacky and homophobic. I doubt any action will be taken, and I doubt the person will do the right thing about that post. But, baby steps.

[Ms. Toad]

9. That's why I didn't alert.

At least you are guaranteed not to have a 24-hour timeout.

[Meadowoak]

11. Didn't mean to offend. I am gay myself.

[912gdm]

12. mmmhmmmm.

[cwydro]

16. Thank you.

It’s becoming more and more common here.

[cwydro]

15. Nice.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. was he hauling laundered Russian mob money?

[Captain Zero]

13. Any refueling stops at out of the way airports in Scotland?

Or Ireland? Any overnights at Trump resorts to /wink,wink/ rest up from jet lag?

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. He is just plain slimy. Yuk. nt