Tag: Lindsey Graham

Graham: If You Back Putin Now, You’re ‘Dumber than Dirt’

Buck Banks

“If you jump on the Putin train now, you’re dumber than dirt. It would be like buying a ticket on the Titanic after you saw the movie. Don’t do this. The most catastrophic thing that could happen to the U.S.-China relationship, in my opinion, is for China to start to give lethal weapons to Putin in his crime against humanity.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by Politico.

Comedian Lindsey Graham Jokes About Suicide

Buck Banks

“What’s the worst thing the Democratic Party wants to hear? Chairman Jim Jordan. There are gonna be people jumping off bridges in San Francisco by the thousands. You know, New York City, they may literally shut down.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) “was met with roaring laughter from a crowd of Republican voters on Tuesday evening when he suggested that Republican Rep. Jim Jordan’s ascension to chair of the House Judiciary Committee could result in a raft of suicides,” Insider reports.

Trump Attacks Graham for Not Talking Nonsense

Buck Banks

“Lindsey’s a nice guy, but he’s a RINO. Lindsey’s wrong …. Lindsey Graham doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about.”

— Former President Donald Trump ripped Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), one of his staunchest supporters, telling Newsmax that the senator is a “RINO” for saying that pardoning the Capitol rioters would be “inappropriate.”

The Downside of a ‘Talking Filibuster’ — Lindsey Graham

Buck Banks

“I would talk ’til I fell over to make sure we don’t go to ballot harvesting and voting by mail without ID. I would talk ’til I fell over to make sure that the Equality Act doesn’t become law, destroying the difference between a man and woman in our law.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by The Hill, threatening to make full use of the so-called “talking filibuster” if Democrats reform the Senate procedural move.

Clyburn: Graham Needs to ‘Go Back to Church’ Over Reparations Remarks

Buck Banks

“Lindsey Graham is from South Carolina. He knows South Carolina’s history. He knows what the state of South Carolina and this country has done to Black farmers in South Carolina. They didn’t do it to White farmers. We’re trying to rescue the lives and livelihoods of people. He ought to be ashamed of himself. … I think you ought to go back and maybe go to church. Get in touch with his Christianity.”

— House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) blasted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) over his comments that aid to Black farmers in the Covid-19 relief bill are “reparations,” CNN reports.