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Lindsey Graham insists impeachment might destroy the nation
10/09/19 02:25 PMUpdated 10/09/19 02:37 PM
By Steve Benen
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has reason to feel frustrated. The Republican senator has gone out of his way to maintain a sycophantic alliance with Donald Trump, hoping that it would offer him an opportunity to help guide the presidents foreign policy. That plan failed: Trump not only ignored Grahams pleas for U.S. policy toward Syria, the White House didnt even bother to tell the South Carolinian what was going on.
At the same time, Graham is also apparently frustrated that he cant stop the impeachment of the president who doesnt much seem to care about his loyalty.
Graham, in an appearance on Fox Newss Fox & Friends, said that he was going to ask other Senate Republicans to sign a letter to Pelosi saying that they do not believe the transcript of the phone call between the president and the Ukraine is an impeachable offense.
Theyre about to destroy the nation for no good reason, Graham said. And I want Nancy Pelosi to know that Republican senators are not going to impeach this president based on this transcript, so she can stop now before she destroys the country.
Its a curious approach to the issue. Graham seems to believe, for example, that he and other Senate Republicans will side with Trump no matter the results of the impeachment inquiry, so theres no point in the U.S. House pursuing the matter. The South Carolinian is the second GOP leader this week, following Mitch McConnell, to effectively rule out the possibility of Republicans holding their president accountable.
The Senate trial isnt close to beginning, but some in the majority party apparently want to make it clear that the fix is in.
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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/lindsey-graham-insists-impeachment-might-destroy-the-nation?cid=sm_fb_maddow&fbclid=IwAR1cT4bzpVjmv1CoYSz92LUwXKCXjEisUmEneLn9vX-yuoceTMcbEwBCNT0
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Enabling in Reverse Land.
Is that all they have? Reverse mirror images? Reflections?
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...to offer up their 1999 spine.
malaise
(269,198 posts)He's a detestable creep
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)As it stands, if Trump isn't unelected he isn't going anywhere and if he was removed the GOP will not lose the WH Pence will slither into the oval office.
Destroying the nation means effing up the GOP's chances of keeping the WH.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)He is NOT going to be POTUS; the dotard has already got the bus warmed up and chains on the tires!
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)There is not even any talk of impeaching him. Again as it stands Pence walks.
I would agree that if Trump was removed, Pence couldn't get elected to a term of his own but that is not even in the cards yet.
MineralMan
(146,336 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Funny that his concept of what is "destroying our country", only applies if his team is winning.
Wasn't this the same guy who said Clinton should be impeached if he didn't comply with subpoena? Yeah, it was:
ooky
(8,930 posts)30 days before the voting in SC starts.
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)He wanted to purge the WH and heal the nation? That works for me in this instance.
The one thing guaranteed to "destroy the nation" is a 2nd term for the MAGAt Overlord.
BigMin28
(1,181 posts)But hopefully it will destroy tRump and his family. There should be no refuge for any of them.
Meadowoak
(5,562 posts)albacore
(2,407 posts)..hate America?
Everything that is happening in that direction is in the Constitution. It's part of our governmental system.
How about we let our system work. Unless changing our system is what they have in mind...
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)If the constitution is nothing but toilet paper what is there to save.
You will be counted by history as a traitor.
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)move the public to greater outrage and a sound rejection of Trump, so he warns that the outcome will be to destroy America, exactly what Trump is doing every day he is in office.
In fact, Trump is an existential threat to the world. He has now actively consigned millions of Kurds to a terrible death. As well, since they are guarding ISIS fighters, he unleashes potential terrorist
reprisals in the West. He is a calamity.
As if Graham doesnt know...
spanone
(135,889 posts)his hypocrisy is stunning
dugog55
(296 posts)comes out, it will destroy the Republican Party as it has been known for decades. So many of them are into this mess up to their eyeballs they are starting to panic. If Americans had any sense (40% do not), there would be only a handful of Republicans left in Congress after the 2022 election.
Lulu KC
(2,574 posts)God willing.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,808 posts)Keep playing back the 1998 clips of him supporting the Impeachment of Bill Clinton for a far lesser crime.
Trump ASS KISSER. Putin has something on ole Lindsey that needs to surface.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)So sick of that little whining hypocrite. I despise him! I want to see him exposed and humiliated!
2naSalit
(86,821 posts)Scoopster
(423 posts)By sycophants like Lindsey and Trump. All we can do is get rid of them and start rebuilding.
GoCubsGo
(32,095 posts)You want to see what's destroying this country? Take a good, long, hard look in the mirror, you loathsome sack of shit.
Wednesdays
(17,430 posts)The mob bosses have spoken.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)It's time for a great big disinfecting with plenty of bright sunshine (and bleach, when it comes to stuff Trump's touched). Criminals are, of course, afraid. See them whine and scatter.
flying_wahini
(6,659 posts)I want to see him squirm.
DFW
(54,447 posts)Leningrad Lindsey was one of the House managers who was so nasty in going after Bill Clinton in his impeachment trial, one might have thought he truly thought he had a chance to convict and expel Clinton, even though the experienced South Carolina icon Strom Thurmond said there was no chance, so let's get this over with.
And now, with a president who has blatantly committed real crimes, Graham NOW thinks impeachment might destroy the nation? Why? Did some militia let hm know that they have 1500 AR15s in a house in NE Washington, ready to storm the Capitol if things don't go "their" way?
kentuck
(111,110 posts)And he might lose his seat?
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)and rub whatever with whomever.
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)dchill
(38,550 posts)...over recent really bad choices he's made. I hope so, anyway. That F&F appearance is a cry for help.
sprinkleeninow
(20,267 posts)don't give one frick about you, lindy. Pathetic.
lame54
(35,328 posts)Trump should resign
dem4decades
(11,306 posts)MissMillie
(38,583 posts)The office matters more than the man.
Same for you, Senator Graham.
Doodley
(9,142 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Republicans fundamentally have no shame.