And Graham has now admitted the quotes are true.
Posted on 11/02/2021 7:52:19 AM PDT by rktman
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has his moments. There are good moments and then there are miserable ones. Lindsey 2.0 is who we like—but he also reverts to his squishy self at times. On January 6, he channeled a darker version when he wanted Capitol Police to open fire on the rioters.
“We give you guns for a reason—use them,” he said during the riot (via Fox News):
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham urged Capitol police to use their guns and regain control of the Capitol on Jan. 6, a new report details.
"What are you doing? Take back the Senate! You've got guns. Use them," Graham told Capitol police, according to an extensive report from the Washington Post, which described Graham as "irate" that senators were forced to leave their chambers during the storming of the Capitol.
"We give you guns for a reason," he said. "Use them." The Washington Post stated the quotes were based on an unnamed Republican senator with knowledge of the incident.
Graham’s office confirmed the quotes are "accurate" in a statement to Fox News on Monday.
"Graham was quite clear on this point, noting that the backpacks and other items brought into the Capitol could have contained bombs and explosives. The damage could have been much, much worse," Graham’s communications director, Kevin Bishop, said.
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Time to demand he step down!
My disgust knows no bounds.
Of course he did, he hates Trump Supporters. Of course he wants us murdered. Can we get him voted out now?
Did he say this about actual rioters in DC on January 29, 2017?
I didn’t think so.
Lindsey is CIA...get it yet?
It just begs the question....if none of the 200-odd people who entered...had anything other than water bottles, backpacks, and flag poles...then the police reacted the way he suggested...shooting dead sixteen-odd protesters, how would 6 January be written today?
I’d also suggest a review of history in the 1850 era around the house and senate. Weren’t most of the southern members packing a pistol or knife for defensive purposes in those days?
Graham is a sadomasochistic phony.
Wimps always tell others to do their dirty work.
sorry I live here in SC we cant get rid of the homo because of our open primaries...and our so called GOP reps here in SC are actually demoncrats in disguise
He was a big friend of McCain too.... which does NOT speak well of Linda.
Linseed can’t tell the difference between flag waving patriots and ISIS.
I’m betting that he wasn’t the only one who wanted the cops to mow down the “most peaceful” demonstrators.
Graham is a sissy.
Graham is a sissy.
On what do you base this assertion? 😉
He impresses me as a sissy.
There was NEVER a Lindsay 2.0.
Stop fooling yourselves, he is and always will be an Assistant Democrat.
He has voted for amnesty and a permanent Democrat majority THREE times.
That two faced POS is as useless as teats on a boar hog . . .
After THREE amnesty votes, SC voters re-elected him TWICE.
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