Posted on 02/08/2021 12:44:05 AM PST by 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.
Yeah, and your forever poster will read, “I love me some BOHICA!”
Gaslight media
Biden and Pelosi had a hand in last year’s hot summer of deadly riots
The GOP needs to be dismantled, brick by brick. If President Trump continues to break bread with these traitors he will have squandered his legacy and broken the trust of his most ardent supporters. Even without a 3rd party the lack of conservative enthusiasm in 2022 will be a disaster for the Republicans.
Lindsey is a low life piece of excrement
🤡🌎
Why hasn’t SC censured him yet?
President Trump and Mike Lindell are going down as like minded men living in the same era that used their American blessing of wealth to actually try to DO something to clean up and correct a corrupt system.
Has ANYONE ever thought how could it be so many intelligent and influential men "just happened" to be living at the same time, the same era ... to formulate and produce all that transpired for us to become The united states of America ?
The hand of God.
And I pray HE is not done revealing HIS plan and choice for us going into the future.
Then again, HE also gave us the Book of Revelation of Jesus Christ
There was not even one riot.
Graham has been deepstate scum for a long time. I hope President Trump starts a new party. The GOP is thoroughly riddled with bad actors like this reprobate.
When people start talking “another party”...
The concept of needing one party from which to work in this day and age may be obsolete; modern, lateral-horizontal communications are the future. That prospect terrifies the Deep State.
No ONE political party can solve all of our problems. The future is of horizontal-lateral communications and of the new forms control that emerge from such freedom of association; these are “robust” systems-difficult to contaminate and corrupt.
NCSWIC
If there are enough of “us” -independent, motivated, doing our own research, creating our own communications and media, organizing for clean elections in our local precincts, counties and states, no specific party affiliation or even heroic “strong man leader” is necessary.
The only people for whom party affiliation is important is “them” -and thats because WITHOUT a central organization “them” can focus on, manipulate and obtain control over, ...”them” can do nothing....about what is coming.
NCSWIC-nothing can stop what is coming.
This probability terrifies the DeepState , which is why they are doubling-down on 20th century control mechanisms-which ultimately are futile. This is the Time Magazine story.
“Them” wants “Us” paralyzed by buying into the last century’s political paradigms.It is their only remaining real control mechanism.
NCSWIC
think about that every day every night 24/7/365
Long time ally,...... I quit reading right there
Lindsey, you and Cheney can GFY.
But at the federal level, they screwed President Trump and us in every way possible.
I don't have an answer.
Lindsey is totally screwed up.....every day he sings a different song.
Trump was golfing with him until the end...
Lindsey got what he was looking for: five minutes of facetime before the camera and a chance to ingratiate himself before the enemies of society. He and his “party” are dead to me.
Another party is needed. Idiots like Graham, the easily manipulated are killing the country.
Poor mouse running on that treadmill in Lindsey’s brain cavity.
The real tragedy for America was Nov 4, 2020.
Two-faced, backstabbing, lying POS speaks again.
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