Posted on 04/07/2020 6:51:33 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday pledged to cut funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Congress's next appropriations bill unless it makes changes to its leadership.
Graham said during an appearance on Fox News that he would use his position as chairman of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee overseeing foreign operations to ensure the WHO did not get funding from the U.S.
"I’m not going to support funding the WHO under its current leadership," Graham said. "They’ve been deceptive, they’ve been slow, and they’ve been Chinese apologists. I don’t think they’re a good investment under the current leadership for the United States, and until they change their behavior and get new leadership, I think it’s in America’s best interest to withhold funding because they have failed miserably when it comes to the coronavirus."
Graham's comments came as President Trump on Tuesday repeatedly threatened to cut funding for the WHO, a body of the United Nations responsible for international public health, citing its response to the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
The president said during a White House coronavirus task force briefing that the organization deserves criticism over its handling of the coronavirus, claiming it seemed "very biased towards China," where COVID-19 originated.
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Thanks for the input, Lindsay.
Now about those hearings....
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Didn’t know Sen. Graham could pull 60 votes.
If he can, great but last I heard Pelosi in the House was protecting the ChiComs from any action.
This is perfect though, get the Rats on the record for defending China.
Trump just set the trap.
“Unless it makes changes?” No just stop funding it; if it has a need to exist on its own, it can get private funding.
The DEMs have been put on the record numerous, and NOT A G.D> THING HAS BEEN DONE TO THEM! AAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!
They’ll cave
*numerous times
It’s different this time. The vast majority of Americans are really pissed off at China right now.
Flimsey Grahamnesty 3.1?
(subject to revision after election day)
What are the odds that the senior management at the WHO is on the Chinese payroll?
I’m thinking about something in the range of 99% to 100%.
I’m also thinking that the Lindsey New WHO Management that he envisions will be so as well.
The solution to this should be obvious - Zero out the WHO budget forever.
“Didn’t know Sen. Graham could pull 60 votes.”
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Unless you’ve been living on Mars, HOW do you think he gets them to vote for 185 TRUMP JUDGES in the past 3 years surpassing obama and Bush combined?
I know there are a lot of Lindsay haters on FR but this dude can convince RINOS like Romney to vote for for those Trump appeals court newbie judges???
Stupid Linda. It would make much easier for China to control WHO.
“This is perfect though, get the Rats on the record for defending China.
Trump just set the trap.”
True Gator, very true. But I heard Pelosi was blocking any action against the ChiComs in the House.
How the hell is she going to protect the WHO and its Marxist head out of Ethiopia who said in mid-January the ChiCom Virus was not transmitted person to person.
President Trump is just ripping them all apart. He’s locked in and in The Zone.
“Unless you’ve been living on Mars, HOW do you think he gets them to vote for 185 TRUMP JUDGES in the past 3 years”
Oh I don’t know maybe you think Graham is the Sen. Majority Leader? He isn’t.
I’m not hating on Graham. He did great leading into the impeachment scam. It’s just that he talks way too much and shows up on Fox all the time saying what’s he going to do on this or that committee but he doesn’t do anything.
So, you want to know why I’m skeptical here? That’s why.
Well well, Graham has scanned conservative media and picked out an issue he can huff and puff about.
What else is new?
Lindsay always promises stuff, then it disappears and the Democrats win.
I’ll bet it’s already getting tons of funding from Gates, Soros, and the usual gang of useful idiots.
Funding bills, unlike confirmation votes, still require cloture.
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