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Watch Lindsey Graham run away from a Marine Corps Iraq Vet who respectfully tried to talk to him about Trump being in violation of the Constitution. Graham is a coward. Lets make this viral. @NoOneIsAboveLaw #VetsForImpeachment
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11:15 AM - Nov 22, 2019
TEB
(12,841 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)What a shitheel!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)MLAA
(17,288 posts)I add crook because if whatever he was being blackmailed with was legal, just embarrassing he could tell his blackmailers to fuck off. But if it is illegal.....
Roland99
(53,342 posts)blugbox
(951 posts)whathehell
(29,067 posts)That veteran deserved much better.
Baitball Blogger
(46,703 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)If he was a brave sort of guy he would stated his point of view in the matter, but alas, he's too chicken.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)because the vet is right. Graham sold his soul to tRump, or the Russians for some reason. Now he is stuck defending a useless piece of crap like tRump. He looks smaller than usual, is he shrinking?
Texin
(2,596 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)mjvpi
(1,388 posts)Piasladic
(1,160 posts)I really don't understand what happened to Graham. I've seen video of his praise for Biden and his disregard of Trump. I've heard people say it's
*the Russians didn't just hack the democrats.
*rumors of his homosexuality (but can one really go years in the military, gov, etc. without being discovered? I vote asexual)
*money he might have taken from dubious sources
*weird attachment issues (like he has to attach to 'strong' men to feel confident)
When it comes out, I hope I'm ready.
One day noble, the next green jello.
Alithea
(99 posts)He looked and sounded like a very sincere and empathetic person when praising Biden. I find it impossible to characterize him as just a callous narcissist, a conscience-free manipulator who will nonchalantly do anything to anyone to preserve his power. There is something else driving his 180. Strange.
I wonder what the McCains, who are also very friendly with the Bidens, make of his change and what they ascribe it to.
Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)mysteryowl
(7,383 posts)That man seemed quite genuine. Actually, he could even be type-casted as a MAGA.
Lindsey clearly became instantly enraged. The republicans are not able to HEAR anything.
CatWoman
(79,301 posts)Mr. Sparkle
(2,932 posts)He didnt even have the decency to hear him out, he just ran away shamelessly to his safe space.
JDC
(10,127 posts)Quiet_Dem_Mom
(599 posts)or did you take an oath to support and defend Trump? If these Rs can't even answer that, they've got no business being in the legislative branch at all.
Couldn't scurry away fast enough once he got an inkling that this vet wasn't going to be a boot-licking toady. Like a certain senator from SC.
Coward.
kairos12
(12,858 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,654 posts)OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)LeftTurn3623
(628 posts)I cannot stand that guy
AllaN01Bear
(18,191 posts)crickets
(25,969 posts)He didn't even bother to try to put up a defense. Doesn't Lindsey realize people will question him on this? He doesn't even have a comfortable lie ready?
His actions make less sense every day.
extvbroadcaster
(343 posts)You have to wonder about McCain's ability to pick friends. He was not even cold in his grave before Lindsey unbuckled Trump's pants and said "what is your pleasure, oh great one?" Lindsey seems weird, first calling Trump a con man and liar and then having his lips surgically attached to Trump's ass. He was super hot to impeach Clinton, but with Trump not so much. I guess being a Russian mole is far less serious than a oval office hummer.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Such disrespect to a brave veteran who was nothing but respectful to him.
I REALLY want to know what Trump has on him, because it must be something really, really bad.
I just donated to Jamie Harrison who is challenging Lindsey Graham's senate seat. Does anyone know how to post the donation link that takes you right to the site? I tried, but couldn't do it for some reason. It only goes to my personal Act Blue account.
matt819
(10,749 posts)I know the conspiracy theories that have been roiling about for years. But this recent 180 is just too weird, even for your run-of-the-mill politician. For someone with Graham's history and seniority, it's weirder.
They say confession is good for the soul. If he just told the truth - about himself, about the 180, about the cravenness toward trump, and more - he might actually gain some sympathy. And if he doesn't, then so be it. It would at least leave him with some version of a spine, however shriveled, and a shred of dignity.
Although every politician has to have a streak of narcissism, he is nowhere on the level of his new Dear Leader, and this cravenness, this violation of his link with McCain, and more, has to be eating him alive.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)'But despite the views of Shah and Pitts [veterans for Impeachment], a majority of veterans surveyed recently said they support Trump, though some of them question his ability to make the right decision when using military force and nuclear weapons, according to a July report by the Pew Research Center. . . . . .
"The Pew report also found the support for Trump among veterans is mostly attributed to the military having a greater number of Republicans within its ranks
"But Shah said liberals are underrepresented in the veteran community and the growing number of women and minorities in the ranks are moving the military more to the left politically.. . . . ."
https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/veterans-for-impeachment-banners-protest-trump-during-world-series-game-1.605054
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)That veteran is at least 6 inches taller and probably outweighs him by 50 pounds, not that it matters.
Graham is just a chicken shit - no matter what size the other guy is.
Thank you Vet for holding Graham's feet to the fire!
pamdb
(1,332 posts)In spite of being a Jag attorney, Miss Lindsey is a chickenshit.
Desert grandma
(804 posts)Lindsey Graham is a sniveling hypocrite. As a veteran and former Jag officer, he owed that Marine a respectful hearing. I am donating to his Democratic rival in SC. Graham needs to go.
Moe Joe MoFo
(28 posts)And goes to his Fainting Couch.
wendyb-NC
(3,325 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)Will be forced to hear what people think of them and what they're doing to OUR country. Graham will never live this down, and he'll soon regret siding with trump.
LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)He's never held accountable for anything he does so long as he works against Democrats and supports the evil power structure that is dominant in this country. The people of South Carolina will send him back to Washington over and over until he dies or he decides he's weary of the job. This is a good example of what he's made of.
japple
(9,823 posts)the inimitable, the tan canary: Johnny Adams
ClusterFreak
(3,112 posts)Hassler
(3,377 posts)majdrfrtim
(317 posts)As an Iraq War vet, I am disgusted by yet another Russian ASSet masquerading as an American.
RainCaster
(10,870 posts)majdrfrtim
(317 posts)Its a *traitorous* butt-hurt weasel, actually.
Crowman2009
(2,495 posts)...pool room?