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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Only by revisionist historians.
Does this guy sniffs his own farts all day long?
This guy really is a queen, isn't he.
Lindsey is not nearly as smart a fellow as he thinks he is.
He likes media farts best.
Butt sniffer Lindsay.
He did great work helping certain politicians get reelected.
Wonder if South Carolina can recall the lying sack of do nothing shit.
Where are the hearings he promised?
Where are the subpoenas he promised?
If anyone's reputation is tarnished, it's Graham's.
-PJ
GOP in done they just do not know it...they jumped the shark...it was Antifi that led the riot...but who will know
Doesn’t know when to shut up.
And the politicians he supported will fail you when it counts.
Linseed can go to hell. His career is over.
Wafting Wafting, everybody loves their own brand.
Little drama queen.
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.
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?
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)
The walls of Constantinople have been breached by the Turks, and Graham’s looking to survive with the new regime.
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