Lindsey Graham: If Trump concedes election, Republicans will 'never' elect another president

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned that President Trump should not concede defeat in the 2020 presidential election in part because Republicans will "never" be able to elect another president from their party again.

"If Republicans don't challenge and change the U.S. election system, there will never be another Republican president elected again," Graham said Sunday on Fox News. "President Trump should not concede. We're down to less — 10,000 votes in Georgia. He's going to win North Carolina. We have gone from 93,000 votes to less than 20,000 votes in Arizona, where more — more votes to be counted."

Every major news network and The Associated Press on Saturday projected Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 race for the White House. Trump has said he will not concede, alleging widespread voter fraud led to tens of thousands of illegal ballots being cast against him.

The Trump campaign has provided no evidence to back up the president's claims.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/525063-lindsey-graham-if-trump-concedes-election-republicans-will-never-elect-another#.X6i0orU-5nE.twitter

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He makes this sound like a bad thing...

[rustysgurl]

1. Those 3 states won't add up to 270 ...

Lindsey doesn't do maths well.

[RockRaven]

2. LOL, that was the motivation for a shit-ton of Biden voters, yeah....

[dchill]

3. Never say never.

[JenniferJuniper]

4. And if he doesn't concede?

[elleng]

5. Sounds good, but

of course it's b.s.; 'civility' MAY prevail, some time in the future.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Yeah, what's the problem?

Maybe if they actual evolved along with the rest of the world and genuinely helped more than a handful of billionaires, they wouldn't find themselves falling off the cliff of total irrelevance.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

58. Total irrelevance?

I think it may be inaccurate to call the party that got the second highest number of votes cast in a presidential election ever to be totally irrelevant.

I am very glad that Biden won. I am happy that more people voted in this election than in any other in US history. I am distressed that almost half - 70million+ people decided Trump was the better choice.

Biden won, but that doesn't make the GOP irrelevant. The fact that down ticket races did not, in many cases, reflect a dissatisfaction with the Republican party means they are not going away.

We won. Yeah! But we need to keep a realistic view of what that means and not fall into hubris, thinking that now we have a mandate to push forward the Democratic agenda without resistance.

The White house was a tight race - one that is still not fully over if Trump decides to resist though legal and electoral means. The Senate is still up in the air.

We still have a long fight ahead. Lets keep that in mind.

PS - Not picking on you or your post in particular. I have just been seeing a lot of people voicing the same basic sentiment. Yours was simply the one that finally sparked my response.

[C_U_L8R]

59. I'm very curious to see the deep analysis of this election

It seems demographics and culture have/had been moving away from Republicans at lightspeed. So when you see a result like what just happened, it makes one question everything. We should understand. But I still don't think Republicans have a very solid longterm proposition.

[demigoddess]

62. Rush Limbaugh back in the 90s used brainwashing techniques on the radio to convince

listeners that if you were poor, and voted republican, you would end up rich. These days I imagine it is probably more like, vote democratic and you will end up in a socialistic/communist country.

[DBoon]

7. He said, "Republicans will 'never' elect another president"

promise?

You swear that honestly counting the votes means we will never have to suffer another Nixon, Reagan, Bush, or Trump?

[olddad65]

21. I think he is saying "we can't win without cheating"

[Progressive Jones]

28. Thank You. RE: I don't think for a minute that McConnell's win is legit.

A 34% approval rating in KY, and he wins that big??? I call bullshit.

I know this may make me sound like a Trumper whining, but I calls 'em as I sees 'em.

[johnnyfins]

30. There is NO way he won that race...

...Miami/Dade is suspect too. Along with other places. I hope cheeto accidentally blows the lid off Republican cheating while he tries to have the courts select him.

[AdamGG]

37. I find Susan Collins winning by 8 points even more suspicious than turtle

McGrath was a great candidate, but all indications were that McConnell would win.

[Progressive Jones]

39. I didn't even think about the Collins situation. I knew it would be hard for McGrath, but

McConnell, no doubt, has a well oiled machine down there, and they find votes as needed.
Yes, I accuse them of election fraud, and cooking the books just enough to get by.

I also suspect there was GOP election corruption in other places, but they still came up short.
There were just too many Biden voters, and/or potential Trump voters who've had it, and stayed home.

[Rebl2]

38. Yep!

[burrowowl]

22. Would be nice!

[doc03]

8. Limp lips Lieberman said Lindsey Graham is a bridge builder on the TV this morning.

[groundloop]

20. Sounds like he's building a pretty damned rickety bridge if that's the case.

And who the fuck would put Lieberman in front of a camera?????

[sandensea]

29. Traitor Joe

The neocons' most useless tool.

I'm just here for the bribe

[maddogesq]

31. What rock did Holy Joe crawl out from?

Seriously WTF? He’s even less relevant than Newty.

[AdamGG]

36. They used Lieberman to present Betsy DeVos to the Senate

Back when this 4 year nightmare was just beginning, so I guess it's appropriate to bookend him and trot him out at the end.

[Progressive Jones]

40. Doesn't he have a kid in politics, maybe in a Southern state? nt

[groundloop]

41. Yes, he was running for Senate in Georgia and refused to gracefully bow out when way behind

[Progressive Jones]

42. Oh, OK. I heard about that situation, but didn't know the guy's name. nt

[Thekaspervote]

9. Lady g will have to continue to support dotard long after he leaves the WH. Blackmail is for life

He knows how vengeful dotard is.

[Stallion]

10. 7 out of 8 Popular Vote Losses-He Might be Right-Not Going to Get Any Easier

[yaesu]

11. Great! Hope they don't elect another president. nt

[Turbineguy]

12. You've got it backwards dickhead!

[redstateblues]

13. Somebody has got something on Graham. Something smelly about his motivation

[TryLogic]

24. Exactly.

A place to start looking: Who got in touch with Graham during a break at the Kavanaugh hearing?

[SpankMe]

14. Yeah...bullshit.

Repubs have a perpetual advantage with electoral college math. For POTUS, Dems, will always have to win by large margins to take the White House.

It took someone as low, profane, corrupt, ineffective, bigoted, and in every other way flawed as Trump to lose to a Democrat. And still it was a close vote.

A super clean, transparent, empathetic, educated and brilliant Democrat makes one misstep and dives in the polls for weeks or even months. But, an evil, homophobic, klan-tolerant Republican goes only two days without tripping over his dick - and he soars in the polls.

This country is broken. The high percentage of the vote that went Republican after all that has happened in the last 4 years proves it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

49. You're right - it's not just Trump that is always projecting, it's the Republicans in general

They know the American system for electing a president is biased towards them (electoral college), for electing the senate (smaller states have the same power as populous ones) and the House (gerrymandered districts, kept in place by the existing gerrymandered districts). And all that gives them a bias in the courts too, because they get to appoint more judges.

So when a situation comes along which should have been a landslide defeat for them, but the system protects them, they can't just say "oh well, maybe we should choose a candidate who actually cares about Americans next time"; they have to blame the system. They don't want Democrats to be able to point out the flaws in the system.

[Efilroft Sul]

15. Haven't seen this kind of suicidal determination since 9/11.

[Piasladic]

16. I am tired of his predictions

He must lick his finger every morning to see which way the wind blows.

Though, I wonder... that first time he went golfing with Trump... WHAT do they have on him that can afford such utter acquiescence? It cannot be queerness... can it?

[oldsoftie]

53. Finger?

[George II]

17. Promise?

[marble falls]

18. Keep talkin' lak that Lindsa n' ya'all'll end up locked up in the attic next to gran'ma!

[Progressive Jones]

43. LOL !!!

[bucolic_frolic]

19. Republican power has been destroyed by the Information Age

Citizens are infinitely more aware of how our democracy works. Think of what we didn't know even 15 years ago. The tools available to the minority to control the majority - Electoral College, money in politics, Senate rules, complicit stooges in the press, PACs and dark money.

So yes, I would say the Republican Party is in its death throes as far as the ability to elect presidents who thwart the will of the majority of the people. Knowledge is now power, and the truth shall set you free.

Stock markets do the same thing - the masses always lose, but we're starting to figure that out too. What will elites do?

[groundloop]

23. I've heard that 'repub party in death throes' too many times now..... it ain't happenin'

The repub party was in its death throes after Nixon..... then Saint Ronnie stole the election from Jimmy Carter by making a deal with Iran to hold our hostages until after the election.

The repub party was in its death throes after Shrub ruined the economy. It took President Obama (and President-Elect Biden - I love the sound of that) years to get our country straightened out from that, but Moscow Mitch put roadblock after roadblock in the way and managed to keep anything substantive from being done in the final years. That, all the bullshit they threw at Hillary Clinton, and help from Russia gave us the nightmare of the last 4 years.

Nope, the repub party isn't in its death throes. So long as there are greedy rich men willing to cheat the system to get even richer the repub party will be alive and well. And greedy rich men will always have superior resources to game the system.

[TryLogic]

26. "So long as there are greedy rich men willing to cheat the system to get even richer

the repub party will be alive and well. And greedy rich men will always have superior resources to game the system."

Sad but true - as far as I can tell.

[Steelrolled]

64. One party control will never last long.

I think after the war years, the longest for the presidency has been 12 years. And for one party control of presidency and both houses, I think in recent memory it has been two years (?).

I think the exodus of Trump will be a milestone for the Republican party.

[lastlib]

25. IT'S A DEAL, MissLINDSEY!!

Where do I sign???

(sorry, we don't have a handshake emoji..... will this do?)

[disalitervisum]

27. Political party dying of the same heart attack for a hundred years

You know, it must really suck to be a conservative. Always afraid of new things. Always afraid of old things. Always telling everyone else that they have to be afraid of new things and old things. Always living in fear. Who the fuck raised Americans to live in fear?

[Lock him up.]

45. Fux $nooze and hate Radio because it pays them very, veRy well.

[nilram]

32. "If Republicans don't challenge and change the U.S. election system" like, ah

get rid of the electoral collate? Thank-you, Sen Graham! High-five!

[johnnyfins]

33. It's kind of funny that there have been stories for the last 3 days about Cheeto...

...being pissed about none of his allies coming to his aid. Now his family pet is right there. You think he threatens AND bribes Lindsey? Or just threatens? What pond scum...

[Orrex]

34. Graham's just worried that he won't be able to extract his head from Trump's ass

[turbinetree]

35. Dear enabler to treason....................resign....................fucking fascist .

[Progressive Jones]

44. I suspect that Graham somehow goes down if Trump goes down. He's terrified. nt

[yuiyoshida]

46. start a new party Lindsey Graham ...

You could call it , lets see... um the Asshole party...that works!

[Rebl2]

47. Never another

Republican president. Fine by me.

[disalitervisum]

48. Why is this fucking piece of shit Lindsey Graham significant

I just sent a fuck you forever message to this filthy whore's website I hope he reads it and tries to prosecute me for exorcising freedom of speech. Fuck you Lindsey Graham you filthy fucking cocksucking trump whore. piece of shit. I lived in South Carolina you are a criminal FUCK YOU.

You know, senators can have people killed. Who's being naive now?

[disalitervisum]

50. Hey I am a naval veteran and I lived in South Carolina

to Lindsey Graham: go fuck yourself you filthy fucking whore. How dare you besmirch the people who defend you.

[Sherman A1]

51. Works for me

I suspect that millions of Democratic voters would agree as well.

[Magoo48]

52. No downside there.

[Woodwizard]

54. If that's the case

Maybe you guys are doing something wrong Lindsey?

[Luciferous]

55. Sounds good to me!

[Oneironaut]

56. Republicans: "If our ideas are unpopular,

We’ll just make sure only those who support them can vote! The rest of you, shut up and bow to your new overlords!”

[mdbl]

57. Congrats South Carolina, you put a mental stooge back in office

Just like the a-holes in the senate that voted to keep an awful person like trump in the white house, SC voted to keep Lindsey Graham in a position to make America weird again. Thanks a lot South Carolina. You screwed up again!

[Chrisdutch]

60. Lovely Lindsey

And the problem with that thought is exactly what Lindsey?

[abakan]

61. That doesn't seem like a bad thing to me. NT

[sarge43]

63. Is that a promise, Lindsey? n/t

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

65. Until the Old Republican Guard purges the authoritarian/fascist out of their ranks....

... then I hope LG is correct.

[TexasBushwhacker]

66. How is he even remotely relevant?

Why do the networks give the blithering ninny airtime?