Lindsey says Trump will have 'a place in history' for Capitol riots

The Hill ^ | 02/07/21 11:30 AM EST | BY JOHN BOWDEN

[RandFan]

One of former President Trump's longtime allies in the Senate said Sunday that Trump would be remembered for his role in the events leading up to the deadly riot that overtook the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Speaking on CBS's "Face the Nation," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) indicated that he thought history would judge Trump's responsibility for the siege that resulted in the deaths of several people, including one Capitol Police officer, but added that he did not think it was the Senate's role to convict the former president for inciting the riot.

"Well, I mean, he’s going to have a place in history for all of this, but the point of the matter is that we're in Congress. We're not prosecutors. Impeachment was never meant to be a prosecution," Graham said.

"I think I'm ready to move on. I'm ready to end the impeachment trial because I think it's blatantly unconstitutional," Graham continued, before adding, "As to Donald Trump, he is the most popular figure in the Republican Party. He had a consequential presidency. Jan. 6 was a very bad day for America, and he'll get his share of blame in history."

Graham's comments come as the Senate GOP has signaled that a conviction of the former president is unlikely to occur, as many members have expressed doubt over whether such a maneuver is constitutional.

A number of Republicans, including Graham, have criticized the former president over the Jan. 6 violence. The president's second impeachment by the House last month saw 10 Republicans vote in favor of charging him with inciting an insurrection.

The South Carolina Republican, a top ally of the former president during his one term in the White House, said last month that Trump's legacy had been "tarnished" by the riot and that Trump's "actions were the problem" that led to the violence.

[RandFan]

He was never an ally...

[Gene Eric]

There were no riots!!!

[pepsi_junkie]

I hate the GOP with the passion of a hundred burning suns. That’s nearly half as much as they hate people like us.

[nonsporting]

What Trump “actions” were responsible for the “riots”? There weren’t any.

He encouraged his supporters to peacefully make their petitions known — a 1st amendment protected activity.

Disgusting. Graham has betrayed his friend, if ever he was.

[Citizen Soldier]

And he will go down in history as the biggest two faced senator

[ETL]

"They're not going to stop," she said.

"This is a movement, I'm telling you, they're not going to stop, and everyone beware because they're not going to stop before Election Day in November, and they're not going to stop after Election Day.

And everyone should take note of that, on both levels, that they're not going to let up, and they should not, and we should not.”

"...a longer version of the exchange posted by the 'Late Show' shows Harris saying that the protests continuing is "critically important" to achieve change.

[AnthonySoprano]

Lindsey and Tim Scott thought Trump was too aggressive with the May and June DC Rioters, and Tim Scott called him a Racist for warning the Rioters.

The Secret Service had to move Trump to a bunker and the News Media made jokes about that.

[AnthonySoprano]

‘
The GOP wanted Biden. There’s no question.

They repeated said that Hunter Biden had to testify and in 1,460 days they never issued one subpoena which could’ve been done with a simple 10 minute Committee Vote.

The Senate is where the sabotage originated. Graham met wit Wray and Barr repeatedly and the Senators are of the opinion that Presidents come and go, but they’re there for 40 years.

The Deep State is controlled from the Senate.

[albie]

And who goes down in history with this past Saturday in DC? BLM and Antifa punks screaming “if we don’t get it, burn it down”. NG told to stand down. But if my 92 year old mom wears a MAGA hat, she’d be thrown to the ground and arrested.

[The Duke]

[RandFan]

TWO Faced is exactly right

Lindsey sucks up to whoever is in power.

[Lauren BaRecall]

This guy has been all over the place with his statements like the ball in a pin ball machine. He was on his best behavior until he got a fresh new 6 more years, by riding on President Trump’s coattails. Then it seems as though a dam burst and he can’t control himself. Does he even know what he’s saying? It looks like he craves the attention he’s getting and will say absolutely anything just to keep it coming his way.

[SaveFerris]

We sure do live in interesting times.

Also known as “The Bizarro World”.

[ETL]

The Secret Service had to move Trump to a bunker and the News Media made jokes about that.

And to the commie fake news media the big story was that Trump posed with a Bible in front of the historic church that days earlier the anarcho-communists had thrown a firebomb into the nursery of. They clearly didn't care about that part of the story.

[Altura Ct.]

Linda you GOP AH’s are in for a big surprises come election day...if we make it that far.

[Bodega]

There were no riots!!****************
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Absolutely there were no riots.

I am finally so ashamed of the Democrats and their ilk, I have eschewed all them that I know...and if there was a way to disenfranchise them I would support it. I have listened to their lies which cover vast areas...of history, current news, causes of this and that, economics, their own personal histories and almost all of Americann, USA, history. They have no regard for people unlike them...indeed, I think now they would kill us all, those that use logic and love the Constitution if they had a chance.

What I dislike equally is their misuse and disuse of logic. I despise their lies to support their insane policies...the absolutely dishonest handling of the so-called Cov-19 is a disgrace that will live long in history while cottoning up to the Chinese.

And Lindsey is an off again, on again, gone again, less than human and I cannot understand why he is re-elected time after time...but then again, let’s talk about PA’s Wolfe...a veritable monster without a brain in his head. He has no idea what “consequences” means.

And then we have AOC...and the Hollywood elites, the media elites, Soros lovers and supporters and all the elites that don’t need thoughtful, fairminded, well educated, people around who will point out illogical, emotionally immature and unstable ideas and the dangers those ideas pose to a functioning, high functioning, society.

[dforest]

You will not be moving on long, jackass. Your back stabbing days are numbered.😤

[JudgemAll]

Lindsey crying for more dollars, for more IrS, more NGOs

If that is the way the GOP “crevarts” think they are going to get donations....

Lindsey now joins antifa... if Trump has a role in capitol riots, Lindsey joins the cry baby antifa bLM terrorists, using the same rhetoric Bin Laden used to justify the 911 terrorist attack, by the way, the same stupid sycophant compassionate Conservatism of the GW Bush camp was echoed in Bin Laden crying about Israel like Ishamel crying with Hagar, if you recall...

This is what we are up against. The gop turning intifafadah Khmer Rouge antisemites... angry at the peace Trump promulgated in the mid East.

[JudgemAll]

He reminds me of an ex girlfriend who had two kids fromtwo different guys... always using the “solidarity” crying of her baby for herslef and against me to try to make me cough up some money.

Compassionate Conservatism of the neo GoP red fascists is a disease. They counted on arabs crying in the middle east the same for more funding, but Trump allowed peace to obtain in the mideast and kept these blood sucking McCain/Bush/Graham neo cons and democrats out the way.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Lindsey is not two faced, but has a face for any situation all of them false.