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yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:39 AM Jun 2020

Looks like Lindsey Rat may be looking for an escape route off the sinking Trump ship.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/lindsey-graham-pushes-back-on-trumps-antifa-bashing-rhetoric-and-praises-obamas-police-reforms/

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) acknowledged that George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers was a “wake up call” for the country, adding that he wants to get to the “root cause” of police violence against African American men.

Graham said that he’s sure “antifa” has a role to play in the rioting and looting, “but I’m old enough to remember 1968, like many of you.”

“The overwhelming issue for us is after you stop the rioting, which we will, what are you going to do about the problem that led to the protest?” Graham said.

“I think this committee has a unique opportunity to build on some things that the Obama administration did, and ask ourselves some hard questions.”


Ouch. That Obama reference is going to leave a mark.

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Looks like Lindsey Rat may be looking for an escape route off the sinking Trump ship. (Original Post) yellowcanine Jun 2020 OP
The exit is the same way you came in... through the bunker. C_U_L8R Jun 2020 #1
Like crawling out of a sewer... lame54 Jun 2020 #12
Too bad protesters can't go to this traitor's office dalton99a Jun 2020 #2
Leningrad Lindsey is just staking out Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #3
Jaime Harrison, Graham's black Senate opponent, is doing quite well in the polls and fundraising. sop Jun 2020 #18
How wonderful would it be for South Carolina to have two African-American senators Bucky Jun 2020 #22
Funny thing, Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #26
That was exactly my response when I read what he said. Desert grandma Jun 2020 #4
LOL!!!!! nt sfstaxprep Jun 2020 #8
Oooohhhh, Liiiind-seeeeyyy??? lindysalsagal Jun 2020 #5
I think a lot of them are going to start jumping ship. They still have time to change their nominee cbdo2007 Jun 2020 #6
Unless they actually remove him from office he IS the candidate. They changed the rules Ford_Prefect Jun 2020 #14
Wake up call?... lame54 Jun 2020 #7
+1 chowder66 Jun 2020 #31
Really? aquamarina Jun 2020 #9
Lindsey is on the ballot this year DrToast Jun 2020 #10
Lindsey will say absolutely anything that serves his interest at the moment. Deceit is the only Cognitive_Resonance Jun 2020 #11
+1 chowder66 Jun 2020 #32
Leningrad Lindsey has absolutely zero moral authority. Trump owns him like a puppy, and Trump... NNadir Jun 2020 #13
Can't wash out the stink in your clothes lindsey...way too late and there is no detergent strong... SWBTATTReg Jun 2020 #15
I'm ANTIFA I inherited it from my dad. gibraltar72 Jun 2020 #16
Same here gibraltar72 Trailrider1951 Jun 2020 #28
My dad was in the tank corps that landed at Normandy. MurrayDelph Jun 2020 #37
An ANTIFA OG! Mopar151 Jun 2020 #44
My dad was antifa too. WWII Captain Zero Jun 2020 #45
He's old enough to remember 1968, but hasn't done shit to address the issues over decades in office. TheBlackAdder Jun 2020 #17
I wonder if Lindsay's old enough to remember COINTELPRO? gratuitous Jun 2020 #20
He remembers. Which is why he wants to send the country back to 1950..... . nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2020 #24
Leningrad Lindsey will need to escape to ... Leningrad. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #19
something to be understood about rats who leave a sinking ship Bucky Jun 2020 #21
He must have been ODing on sleeping pills for the past few decades. nt LAS14 Jun 2020 #23
Donald's puppy keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #25
behind or tied with a black democratic opponent is having an impact beachbumbob Jun 2020 #27
No. He is going down on the Trump ship on Nov 3, 2020 irisblue Jun 2020 #29
Uh-oh. Looks like no more "Presidential" golf outings Zambero Jun 2020 #30
Lindsey will vote this very day for more unqualified Right Wing cranks to assume Federal Judgeships. Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #33
Hopefully, the voters of SC provide Lindsey with his "exit" ramp... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #34
Lindsey Your Breath Smells Like Trump's Ass DanieRains Jun 2020 #35
That exactly. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #41
Just for spouting that horse shit I'm upping my donation to Jaime Harrison. ancianita Jun 2020 #36
Too little, too late. nt crickets Jun 2020 #38
Busy buttering up the other side of his bread! lunatica Jun 2020 #39
Fuck him. I hope he gets trapped below deck. 11 Bravo Jun 2020 #40
He's pandering to the African Americans in South Carolina. Mickju Jun 2020 #42
"Today I've decided to wear my centrist costume" struggle4progress Jun 2020 #43
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Leningrad Lindsey is just staking out
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:44 AM
Jun 2020

a future position just in case.

Graham is in deep doo doo with his reelection. Graham is just a Opportunist always has been and always will be.

sop

(10,190 posts)
18. Jaime Harrison, Graham's black Senate opponent, is doing quite well in the polls and fundraising.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:08 PM
Jun 2020

Lindsey could be in trouble in South Carolina.

Bucky

(54,013 posts)
22. How wonderful would it be for South Carolina to have two African-American senators
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:14 PM
Jun 2020

I'm gonna start calling Jaime Harrison "the Ratcatcher"

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
26. Funny thing,
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:15 PM
Jun 2020

the Prof's at the University of South Carolina,as of yesterday,have become more than active in support of Harrison. This comes from my Neighbor who's Son is a Prof at the U.

Desert grandma

(804 posts)
4. That was exactly my response when I read what he said.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:46 AM
Jun 2020

Maybe, just maybe, some of these Republican enablers of the orange Liar in Chief are beginning to grasp their own vulnerabilities in November. Lindsey is a two faced hypocrite that cannot be trusted IMO.

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
6. I think a lot of them are going to start jumping ship. They still have time to change their nominee
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:47 AM
Jun 2020

before the convention.

That would be absolutely amazing if they all met for their convention and nominated Romney to be the candidate behind Trump's back.

I know it won't happen but am holding out hope and would probably be one of the best things I've ever seen.

Ford_Prefect

(7,901 posts)
14. Unless they actually remove him from office he IS the candidate. They changed the rules
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:55 AM
Jun 2020

to make it so.
The current plan for the convention is as a pep-rally for Trump and those who sail in him. Along with meet-and-greet events for the money to connect in person with GOP candidates and co-ordinators.

 

aquamarina

(1,865 posts)
9. Really?
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:49 AM
Jun 2020

“The overwhelming issue for us is after you stop the rioting, which we will, what are you going to do about the problem that led to the protest?” Graham said.

The police have had decades, DECADES to clean house going back to Rodney King and even further going back to civil rights protests in the 60s. The police have had DECADES to clean house and at every turn have poo pooed any meaningful reform and in fact have grown more brazen after getting their precious qualified immunity to run wholesale ruff-shod over anyone they want to. So poo poo to you Lindsey Graham. Any one with two functioning eyes can identify the problem that led to the unrest.

NNadir

(33,523 posts)
13. Leningrad Lindsey has absolutely zero moral authority. Trump owns him like a puppy, and Trump...
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:54 AM
Jun 2020

...doesn't even like dogs, except when he's cowering in his bunker, hoping vicious dogs will rip people to pieces.

Lindsey should just get out of the way. It's clear he's a racist.

SWBTATTReg

(22,129 posts)
15. Can't wash out the stink in your clothes lindsey...way too late and there is no detergent strong...
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:57 AM
Jun 2020

enough.

gibraltar72

(7,505 posts)
16. I'm ANTIFA I inherited it from my dad.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:58 AM
Jun 2020

He spent 1942 through 1945 bucking wing rivets in the bombers that helped stop the Nazis. Prouder of that than anything else he did.

Trailrider1951

(3,414 posts)
28. Same here gibraltar72
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:28 PM
Jun 2020

My dad spent 1942 through 1945 in a tank with the 1st Armored Division in North Africa and Italy. I guess our dads were Antifa before Antifa was cool.

Mopar151

(9,983 posts)
44. An ANTIFA OG!
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 04:03 PM
Jun 2020

My Dad - bronze star, purple heart, wounded in action in the Vosges Mountains of France. 100th division, 3rd Army. He had PTSD, back when it was "That's just how Dad is!" OTOH, I grew up an a neighborhood of "veteran dad's" - You never so much as pointed a stick "gun" around any of them.

Captain Zero

(6,806 posts)
45. My dad was antifa too. WWII
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 04:17 PM
Jun 2020

He spent it in England getting Ordnance unpacked And put together to go across the channel on dday. After dday more of the same, plus guarding Nazi POWs in transit to pow camps.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
20. I wonder if Lindsay's old enough to remember COINTELPRO?
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:11 PM
Jun 2020

Or if his selective memory stores 1968, but not J. Edgar Hoover's secret program to disrupt, intimidate, and kill activists for reform.

irisblue

(32,975 posts)
29. No. He is going down on the Trump ship on Nov 3, 2020
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:34 PM
Jun 2020

Send Jamie Harrison some green to pay for Graham's passage

His website-https://jaimeharrison.com/

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