Posted on 10/23/2020 6:23:50 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
Fox Business host Lou Dobbs sent a message to South Carolinians on Friday: Feel free to vote Sen. Lindsey Graham out of office in November.
Dobbs, a veteran TV host and staunch supporter of President Trump, criticized the South Carolina Republican over his decision not to subpoena the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter after concerns were raised about potential liberal bias in their fact-checking and social media monitoring of news articles and comments.
Graham had announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, was close to getting a voluntary appearance by the heads of the companies, and he would wait until after the Nov. 3 election to have a hearing with the Silicon Valley executives.
But Dobbs didn't stop there when attacking Graham.
Dobbs pointed to unanswered questions regarding an investigation led by Graham into whether Obama administration officials had improperly targeted Trump's 2016 presidential campaign amid the Russia investigation. Graham has long gone on cable news shows hinting at major developments in his investigation, but substantial information has yet to come out about what occurred in that time frame.
"I dont know why anyone in the great state of South Carolina would ever vote for Lindsey Graham," Dobbs said. "It is just outrageous. This is a guy who keeps saying 'stay tuned.' He said he would get to the bottom of Obamagate with the Judiciary Committee, which has been a year and a half, actually longer, of absolute inert response to these pressing issues of our day."
Dobbs also played back Trump's one-time animosity toward Graham, whom he called a "disgrace" in 2016. Graham and Trump have since developed a better relationship, but Graham is typically not considered a loyalist to the president like some of his other Republican colleagues.
"Graham has betrayed President Trump at almost every turn," Dobbs said. "He has betrayed the American people and his oath of office. He's done absolutely nothing to investigate Obamagate except to tell everyone, 'Stay tuned.' Time and time again, 'Stay tuned.' Sen. Graham needs to be tuned out in South Carolina."
Graham, who has held his seat since 2003, is facing a competitive challenge from Democrat Jaime Harrison, whose fundraising efforts have broken national records in the 2020 campaign cycle. The race, likely one of the most closely watched in the country, is considered a "Toss Up" by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
This is why I won’t listen to Fox news. They are fake news and their “conservative” folks like Lou Dobbs are fake. Stop listening to Fox News. They have gone to the dark side!
Torres Small supports Pelosi and votes with her 95% of the time. She was a staffer for retiring NM US Senator Tom Udall who is one of the radical environmentalists in the senate. She can say those things but they are meaningless if AOC and the Squad take over policy in the house.
Here in New Mexico we are not under any illusions about where her loyalty really lies. We who live here see massive support for Trump and even the flawed Pub candidate opposing her.
Sorry but Linda is corrupt to the bone! Lose Collins and Linda and gain James in MI and Tuberville in AL and we have the same amount of seats and purge part of the DC pond scum!
Whats gone in with Dobbs, he reminds me of Alec Guinness in the Bridge on the zRiver Kwai. We need the fn senate . Granted Graham is not perfect but whats the alternative. Dobbs should take a vacation.
I think you misread my post.
Oh, do shut up, Lou.
We need the seat. Reelect Graham!
Not as much as Schumer loves Biden.
Lou Dobbs is an idiot. The threat to our way of life, our Republic, and the Free World is not Lindsey Graham. He is just another Establishment Republican. Annoying and stupid, but not someone who will bring this nation to ruin.
The Democrats will do that and are damned close to achieving that communist goal. I thought that Lou Dobbs knew better, but he turns out to be no better than Bill Kristol and Mitt Romney.
If we lose the senate by a 51/49 margin, that is infinitely worse than whatever Linsay has done wrong.
Instead of Linsey, wed actually get Schumer in our faces for the next 2-6 years as senate majority leader.
Not really. Graham supported Hillary Clinton in 2016 and has spent the past 4 years supporting the ongoing coup against President Trump. Particular low lights being Graham’s offer to sponsor a Mueller Coup protection act and also threatening POTUS not to fire Sessions.
Frankly, Graham deserves to lose. If that throws the Senate to the Democrats that is Graham’s doing. He made his bed. Now he gets to lay in it.
We have 10 vulnerable seats, not just two.
AZ, GA(1), GA(2), SC, ME, NC, IA, KS, MT, AK
We can afford to lose none with a mere 3 seat majority at present. AL is the only certain gain of a Dem seat we have. MI is looking better and better all the time...but nothing is guaranteed.
I never knew before that Lou Dobbs is a stupid fool. The only time to unseat a Republican Senator is in the Republican primary.
Interestingly, Lindsay Graham does not hold that opinion. He supported Hillary Clinton and her SCOTUS in 2016 over POTUS.
That never occurred.
Please stop making things up.
Actually make that 11 - CO is also very vulnerable.
Suppressing the vote for Trump as Graham did was supporting the only other viable candidate: Hillary Rodham Clinton.
This country can not survive without a free press and exchange of ideas. Big Tech is busy dismantling it on an unprecedent scale and Republicans like Lindsay Graham couldn’t care less.
He’s giving Democrats a mulligan to defeat Trump. If Trump voters do the same to Graham it will be his own fault. He’s earned in spades every bit of the scorn he has gotten.
Lou, Put down the crack pipe.
While I share the concerns Lou Dobbs raises, his recommendation is penny wise and pound foolish. We do not need to lose even 1 inch of ground to Democrats in either the House or the Senate. When we can primary him is the time to move against him.
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