Senator Lindsey Graham has reached new heights–or sunken to new depths, depending on how you look at it–in his adulation for Donald Trump.
Speaking to Sean Hannity last night, Graham was asked about the Republican party turning on Liz Cheney for her continued criticisms of the ex-president.
“I would just say, to my Republican colleagues, can we move forward without President Trump? The answer is no,” the senator from South Carolina said. “I’ve always liked Liz Cheney, but she’s made a determination that the Republican Party can’t grow with President Trump. I’ve determined we can’t grow without him.”
Cheney became persona non grata among her Republican cohorts earlier this week when she said the 2020 election wasn’t stolen from Donald Trump and then urged people to stop pushing “THE BIG LIE.”
How about we take this to the next level?
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The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) May 3, 2021
The tweet was followed by an op-ed published in The Washington Post in which she urged the party to move way from “the Trump cult of personality.”
Speaking to Hannity yesterday, Graham claimed the party is gaining traction among minorities thanks to Trump’s “economic populism” and “America First agenda.”
“If you don’t get that, you’re making the biggest mistake in the history of the Republican Party,” he said.
The strange irony, of course, is that Graham is saying the GOP “can’t grow” without Trump when Trump is the reason the GOP lost the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives and why voters are leaving the party in droves.
Watch.
Lindsey Graham is living in a condo deep in Trump’s ass.#KidVicious?
— KID VICIOUS? (@kirkacevedo) May 7, 2021
And now, the reactions…
Lindsey Graham really misses his daily walks with Trump ?? pic.twitter.com/D35hQBbtVS
— Jack Cocchiarella ???? (@JDCocchiarella) May 7, 2021
The former President’s lap dog, Lindsey Graham has been found and reunited with his owner.
— Dan ?? (@HStarshot) May 7, 2021
I’m old enough to remember when Lindsey Graham illegally pressured Georgia election officials to throw away a lot of votes. How is he not in prison yet?
— Andrea Junker ® (@Strandjunker) March 28, 2021
You can always count on Lindsey Graham (the new Lindsey) to do and say the wrong thing.
— Republicans against Trumpism (@RpsAgainstTrump) May 7, 2021
Breaking: Lindsey Graham just announced that the Republican Party has no future.
— ??Heyoka ?? (@HeyokaEmpath01) May 7, 2021
Question of the Day is Lindsey Graham a Trumplican or not? ?????
— Ginger Gano ?? (@GingerGano) May 7, 2021
Im old enough to remember Lindsey Graham warned us that if cheeto was the nominee the republican party would be destroyed and they would deserve it. The GOP is dead and they deserve it.
— Alfredo Montanez?????? (@Deadpool650) May 7, 2021
Thank you, Lindsey Graham, for reminding us you’re truly the worst Republican Senator.
— Jack Cocchiarella ???? (@JDCocchiarella) May 7, 2021
Lindsey Graham is a national embarrassment.
— Hold Them Accountable (@AccountablePAC) May 7, 2021
Lindsey Graham tried interfering with our election and he needs to answer for his crimes.
— Mayo (@MayoIsSpicyy) May 7, 2021
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Liquid Silver
Good. A nicely divided Republican party sounds great to me. It matches the divided Democrats.
AxelDC
How are Democrats divided?
woodroad34
@AxelDC — I think the reference might be made to Bernie Sanders/AOC and the rest of “The Squad” fighting with the more moderate and established Democrats. It’s just that the Republicans have given over to their extremist sides, where the Democrats haven’t (yet).
Liquid Silver
A few glances should show the growing divisions, yes. History says it’s fairly predictable.
Ultimately, both parties will survive–in name only. As to their actual contents, time will tell.
Cam
@Liquid Silver
Except you didn’t answer his question. The Dems are pretty much voting as a block outside while the Republicans are eating their own.
Liquid Silver
@Cam
You did with “pretty much.” Also, which account are you using this evening? Go away now, whining cancel troll.
Chrisk
Yeah, here we go with the whataboutisms and they’re all the same BS. Nope. One party is on the extreme. The Democrats are no where near that.
Liquid Silver
Did I say that? No. Merely divided. Nor is it a whataboutism, it’s an observation that a split is good because, frankly, the Dems can’t hold the field together for ten minutes without a crack showing. Cross reference 2016 and damned near 2020.
Alternately, as I’ve always said, for the partisans, we can buy nice buckets of sand for them to stick their heads in to avoid seeing anything that might trigger their fee-fees. It’s why nothing ever gets fixed and why the parties always break.
GayEGO
The Republicans are the divided party, e.g. Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney, and others who are not in favor of Trump. The Democrats are more interested in the Biden plans except for Manchin.
Den
The Democratic party clearly has a breadth of philosophy among its politicians, but they are nonetheless managing to work together and compromise, AND come up with policy supported not only by the rank and file of the party but by enough of the Republican voters to constitute a solid majority of our population.
By contrast the Republicans are more and more insistent on ludicrous loyalty tests that require distaste for democracy and fealty towards a failed autocrat. And the popular support they claim is in their imagination to a sadly large extent.
How Liquid can possible see some sort of similar division in both parties is beyond me! The Democratic party is functional despite all attempts by Republicans to obstruct. The Republican party is a backwards looking, reality denying hot mess.
Liquid Silver
Let’s try this again because it got blocked for moderation for no good reason. As noted, Manchin and the Grand Compromise on the Unemployed. I found it amusing, and somehow, it means that (while the pandemic sure isn’t going to end in August), any assistance sure will.
There’s just one example you can justify away with, “But nobody…” Waves hand. Democrat here and I think vast amounts of assistance should continue for much longer across the board. But that opinion is apparently unpopular and I can apparently get lost.
It’s fun seeing the false equivalencies bandied about and things attributed to me I never said. Seriously, folks. Neither party is perfect. Learn to deal with that. If there were a non-crazy third option, I’d give it a serious look, because yes, the Dems contain some serious imperfections.
mailliw110
I’m pretty sure that us Democrat’s don’t have anyone with as much whiplash as Lady G.
Fahd
Newsflash: He is unprincipled and soulless. He will say whatever will keep the contributions flowing and keep him “relevant” in the moment. Evil seems to have come to stay.
triguykeith
If you can’t see the irony here i don’t know what to say Graham cracker has literally lost it. In every way on every front. The man is just shy of a rattle and bib for a long extended stay at the nut house!
exgoalie
I think calling this deplorable piece of $hit a “man” is WAAYY too generous and kind. Graham has his head so far up the orange scumbag’s ass, his white hair is $bitty brown!
AxelDC
“I’ve always liked Liz Cheney, but she’s made a determination that the Republican Party can’t grow with President Trump. I’ve determined we can’t grow without him.”
That doesn’t bode well for the GOP, given that Trump is 75 years old, in terrible shape, has deep legal and financial problems, and just lost his last election by 7 million votes.
Mister P
Axel nailed it
fur_hunter
Miss Lindseybelle is a F UCKING C UNT!!!!!
BoomerMyles
AMEN! But that’s an insult to c*nts.
tjack47
Not to denigrate rimming, but Graham is a Trump suck-ass.
cuteguy
It says more about South Carolina that they would vote for a spineless closeted sycophant like Lady G. Beyond pathetic
BoomerMyles
Lady G is a bdsm bottom when it comes to Daddy trumpf.
GayEGO
Linda Graham Cracker is as nutty as they come. First, he slams Trump during the 2016 campaign, then he sucks up to his…..ahem!
Mr. Stadnick
That nasty old queen hates everyone except trump. You know he beats off at night with visions of being impaled by the trump mushroom. The people who vote him in are either ignorant of evil.
Robothedestroyer
Lady G, Lady G what mess have we gotten ourselves into? I haven’t decided if the tumor that is trump is going to eat the GOP from the inside oit or its going to mutate into a new more horrible form. What’s terrifying about this asshole is that even a gay sex scandal could not bring him down. Usually that’s the death knell of a GOP senator or rep.
TomG
Obviously, like so many others in the GOP that are still worshiping Trump, while in office he had Barr dig up dirt on them all to use as blackmail for their support. And he is still probably holding all that information over their heads to continue to receive their support, however fake that support may be.
Prax07
I say someone should fullfil the crazy conspiracy theories out there and engineer a virus that Only targets Republicans, Conservatives, and Evangelicals. Wipe them out in one fell swoop for the benefit of mankind.
Jimmy
That closet case makes me ill.