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Lindsey Graham on Cruz vs. Clinton: 'They Will Tear Him to Shreds'
PJ media ^ | 01/20/2016 | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 01/20/2016 9:06:52 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he threw his endorsement behind Jeb Bush because he thinks the former Florida governor will "get stronger over time" -- and because Donald Trump is "pissing" away the Latino vote.

Graham, who suspended his own presidential campaign just before Christmas, told MSNBC he looked at the candidates in the GOP field and considers Bush "most qualified to be president."

"He'll do well and beat expectations. His opponent is expectations. Can he beat Mr. Expectations? I think he can," the senator said.

"Donald Trump is the most unelectable Republican I've seen in my lifetime," Graham continued. "He's got an 81 percent disapproval rating with Hispanics, with growth potential. What did we learn in 2012? We're pissing the Hispanic community off because we talk so harshly about illegal immigration. The answer to self-deportation is not forced deportation, including their American-born kids or the millennials. Donald Trump is going nowhere with young women."

Asked if Trump is a brilliant politician, Graham replied, "For Democrats."

"He's doing well with those people who believe -- that are angry for a good reason. But 75 percent of his voters believe that Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya," he added. "I don't think you can convince Hispanics, after what he said, that you actually love them."

"I think there's a percentage of our people that have a hard time accepting Obama to be president. He's driven our party crazy. He started -- if he had governed like he campaigned it would be different, but he's gone so extreme in many areas that people in our party, at least a fraction of them are just so upset by him, and Obama is giving -- excuse me, Trump is feeding in to that. What is his campaign about? What is Donald Trump's campaign about? His message is not a good message for us and it will catch up with us in general. So, if you really want to make Hillary Clinton president of the United States, vote for Donald Trump. Dishonest beats crazy."

Graham said the GOP lost twice to Obama because the party is in "a demographic death spiral."

"Look at the demographics with Trump. Every problem we had in 2012, he's made worse with women, with Hispanics. He has openly said in the past that he felt President Obama was actually born in Kenya. He will not to this day admit that President Obama was born in Hawaii," the senator said. "...You know why he won't say he was born in Hawaii? Because half the people that support him will get mad."

Graham opined that one of his fellow senators, Ted Cruz (R-Texas), would not be any better than Trump.

"He's going to get killed," Graham said. "When I think of Evangelical Christian, 'the first thing in my mind is Donald Trump.' No. When I think of problem solver, the first thing in my mind is not Ted Cruz. All I can say, I've learned one thing in 20 years, if a law is named after the president of the United States and they are still president, you are probably not going to repeal it."

"He took our party down a strange road of shutting down the government to repeal Obamacare. And those of us that thought it was a bad tactical choice, he said, you're actually for Obamacare. I'll never forget that, that is McCarthy stuff. Because you disagree how to repeal Obamacare, you're for the thing that you actually are against. I don't like that kind of politicking; they will tear him to shreds."

 



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary; lindseygraham; tedcruz
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To: SeekAndFind

Sour grapes, lil’ Linda?


21 posted on 01/20/2016 9:38:32 AM PST by bkopto
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To: jennychase
Same is available of Cruz.

And I'm sure Trump as well.

22 posted on 01/20/2016 9:40:03 AM PST by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Tell Lindsey Graham to go to hell.


23 posted on 01/20/2016 9:44:06 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The Bush family needs to just go away. The Clinton family needs just to go to prison.)
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To: freedumb2003

From what I hear, it’s the Hispanics and their neighborhoods that are suffering the most from illegal immigration and the crime they bring because that’s where the cartels and criminal Hispanics live. They’re not living in the black and the white neighborhoods. So I wouldn’t be so sure Trump is ‘pissing’ away their vote.


24 posted on 01/20/2016 9:47:44 AM PST by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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To: SeekAndFind
"He took our party down a strange road of shutting down the government to repeal Obamacare. And those of us that thought it was a bad tactical choice, he said, you're actually for Obamacare. I'll never forget that, that is McCarthy stuff. Because you disagree how to repeal Obamacare, you're for the thing that you actually are against. I don't like that kind of politicking; they will tear him to shreds."

The way to repeal Obamacare is to do nothing, apparently.

25 posted on 01/20/2016 9:50:33 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: SeekAndFind

I just hate the way Bush states “Trump will never be the nominee” with such certitude. Politics are a dirty business. I think the opinion from the Bush camp is that Trump will outlast Cruz on the unfortunate citizenship issues, then “anonymous” sources will bring up something shady in Trump’s past that they are now sitting on, to demolish Trump’s candidacy. Just a feeling in my bones, and hope it is just that.


26 posted on 01/20/2016 10:09:55 AM PST by kiltie65
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To: MagnoliaB

>>They’re not living in the black and the white neighborhoods. So I wouldn’t be so sure Trump is ‘pissing’ away their vote.<<

I think walking up and talking straight is better appeal to Latinos than the pandering the eGOP does. Either way, the Latinos are going to break (D) but the small remainder that doesn’t is interested in solutions, not platitudes (and I have read some who believe exactly what Trump said about the worst of the Mexicans being the illegal aliens),


27 posted on 01/20/2016 10:30:26 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: All
Please participate in the Free Republic Caucus 01/20/16

If you already have, thank you.

LINK

28 posted on 01/20/2016 10:30:29 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EDST)
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To: ifinnegan

I think Linda hearts Hellary.


29 posted on 01/20/2016 10:32:18 AM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: LMAO
Is he referring to the democrats or the republican establishment or both?
30 posted on 01/20/2016 10:32:58 AM PST by Know et al (Keep on Freepin'!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

What would they do to you, then Lindsay?


31 posted on 01/20/2016 11:02:06 AM PST by JSDude1
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To: SeekAndFind

From the mouth of one who thought he could be president...and failed. Sort of a credibility gap here. (Shut up Lindsey!)


32 posted on 01/20/2016 11:08:02 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: freedumb2003

By Lindsay’s own admission Donald will get19% of the Hispanic vote! Pretty darn good!


33 posted on 01/20/2016 11:16:44 AM PST by subterfuge (TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
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To: SeekAndFind
he threw his endorsement behind Jeb Bush because he thinks the former Florida governor will "get stronger over time" -- and because Donald Trump is "pissing" away the Latino vote.

...as opposed to Jeb, who is "pissing" away the votes of millions of Republicans who want something done about illegal immigration.

34 posted on 01/20/2016 12:20:43 PM PST by ek_hornbeck
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