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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAm I wrong, or is there compramat on a lot of public officials?
I cant help but think that Lindsay Graham is being blackmailed, considering his total turn around.
Yep, go ahead and say I am a victim of conspiracy theories, but consider the money and the means and the inroads that Putin has to play any dirty cards he wants.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)... him laughing about Carter joking about Dana Rorbacker (sp) and Trump getting paid from Russia in a recording here - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/17/gop-leaders-laughed-about-trump-colluding-with-russia-long-before-wikileaks/?utm_term=.b1876ba6d4d3
I'd put some money on it
tavernier
(12,388 posts)and was warned about Putin who was at that time stirring the pot. He worked hard and did finally find the soft spot in our country.
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)I don't know what the deal is with Lindsay Graham, but I have little doubt a number of other members of Congress are complicit. Definitely Dana Roherbacher, and probably Devin Nunez. It wouldn't surprise me at all if Ryan and McConnell are on the list, as well, along with other congressional leadership. I could see Graham being blackmailed, though. If all the rumors about him are true, I'm not sure how long he'd last in public office in this hellhole of a state.
tavernier
(12,388 posts)I would have thought...
But no.
wishstar
(5,269 posts)and the way in general all of the top Repubs seem to have caved to Trump and are not standing up for Mueller, the FBI and against Russian influence in our elections.
tavernier
(12,388 posts)But is it enough to buy control of our country? Apparently it seems to be.
Scary!!
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)Ghost Owl
(59 posts)that even in this weird, sycophant Trump fanboy phase (which seemed to start in earnest around the time McCain got diagnosed with cancer), he does this thing where he states exactly what to do to thwart the thing he's supposedly promoting, or reveals the secret motivation you're not supposed to talk about. He's like a hostage blinking Morse code to the cameras.
Like, on the tax bill, he was the first to just come out and say "Me and the Republicans are doing this for the donors". He said if the tax bill flops, the Republican party is finished. He said flat out "I have no idea what I'm doing" in regards to the Graham-Cassidy bill. That whole 'kook' fiasco. Why do they keep trotting him out, he's terrible as their stooge. Even his brown-nosing is so obvious it's sad and ineffective.
Atman
(31,464 posts)We all know Russia also hacked the RNC. We know they have tons of dirt. They've been sitting on it for a reason.
It's payday.