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Graham: Trump accomplishments 'tarnished' after Capitol breach
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | January 7, 2021 | Emily Brooks

Posted on 01/07/2021 3:35:14 PM PST by lowbridge

Sen. Lindsey Graham said that President Trump's accomplishments were "tarnished" by Wednesday's siege on the Capitol, and suggested that the president was partly to blame for the breach.

"This president has been consequential from a conservative point of view. It's been an amazing four years in terms of judges, securing the border, a vaccine in record time, deregulating the economy, cutting taxes, historic Mideast peace agreements, the destruction of the caliphate — on and on and on — was tarnished by yesterday," Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina and a top ally of the president, said in a press conference on Thursday.

"The president needs to understand that his actions were the problem, not the solution," he said, adding later, "It was a self-inflicted wound."

His comments came a day after pro-Trump protesters-turned-mob that was opposed to Congress counting Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden rather than Trump breached the Capitol building while both the House and Senate debated an objection to Arizona's results, forcing an hourslong lockdown. Graham described it as the "United States Capitol be[ing] taken over by domestic terrorists."

Despite his criticism of Trump, Graham said that he did not agree with calls to remove the president by invoking the 25th Amendment. "I do not believe that's appropriate at this point. I'm looking for a peaceful transfer of power," he said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; graham; lindseygraham; trump
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1 posted on 01/07/2021 3:35:14 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Only by revisionist historians.


2 posted on 01/07/2021 3:36:46 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: lowbridge

Does this guy sniffs his own farts all day long?


3 posted on 01/07/2021 3:37:07 PM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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Graham: Trump accomplishments 'tarnished' after Capitol breach

This guy really is a queen, isn't he.

4 posted on 01/07/2021 3:37:46 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Trump.Deplorable

Lindsey is not nearly as smart a fellow as he thinks he is.


5 posted on 01/07/2021 3:38:38 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (I do not regret my decision to cut all ties with Fox News. )
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To: lowbridge
Nice boy Lindsey. The Uniparty will remember you.
6 posted on 01/07/2021 3:38:49 PM PST by McGruff
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To: Trump.Deplorable

He likes media farts best.
Butt sniffer Lindsay.


7 posted on 01/07/2021 3:38:52 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: lowbridge

He did great work helping certain politicians get reelected.


8 posted on 01/07/2021 3:38:57 PM PST by webheart (Coronavirus, I give up. Come get me.)
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To: lowbridge

Wonder if South Carolina can recall the lying sack of do nothing shit.


9 posted on 01/07/2021 3:38:59 PM PST by jersey117
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To: lowbridge
Does Graham want to talk about "tarnished?"

Where are the hearings he promised?

Where are the subpoenas he promised?

If anyone's reputation is tarnished, it's Graham's.

-PJ

10 posted on 01/07/2021 3:39:16 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

GOP in done they just do not know it...they jumped the shark...it was Antifi that led the riot...but who will know


11 posted on 01/07/2021 3:40:42 PM PST by Hojczyk ( )
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To: lowbridge

Doesn’t know when to shut up.


12 posted on 01/07/2021 3:40:59 PM PST by cp124 (Time for a new America.)
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To: webheart

And the politicians he supported will fail you when it counts.


13 posted on 01/07/2021 3:41:46 PM PST by RBW in PA
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To: lowbridge

Linseed can go to hell. His career is over.


14 posted on 01/07/2021 3:42:43 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (See Profile: I'm giving up.)
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To: Trump.Deplorable

Wafting Wafting, everybody loves their own brand.


15 posted on 01/07/2021 3:43:17 PM PST by crosdaddy
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To: lowbridge

Little drama queen.


16 posted on 01/07/2021 3:43:52 PM PST by madison10
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To: lowbridge

I hope SC gets rid of this guy in 2026. His constant begging for money on TV shows was beyond unseemly. He is truly the love child of the utterly reprehensible John McCain.


17 posted on 01/07/2021 3:44:16 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: lowbridge

Graham: Trump accomplishments ‘tarnished’ after Capitol breach

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We’ve really never had a chance to put some one better into the SC Senate other than this weasel?


18 posted on 01/07/2021 3:44:38 PM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: lowbridge

President Trump did not shoot himself in the foot. He was shot from behind while at the theatre by a bunch of back stabbing cowards.

Does Graham think Pelosi’s and Schumer’s “accomplishments” were tarnished by the country-wide riots of the last 8 months? If not, why not? (The obvious answer is they had no accomplishments)


19 posted on 01/07/2021 3:44:39 PM PST by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: lowbridge

The walls of Constantinople have been breached by the Turks, and Graham’s looking to survive with the new regime.


20 posted on 01/07/2021 3:46:30 PM PST by PGR88
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