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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 03:57 PM Feb 2017

Lindsey Graham warns Trump: Free press and judiciary 'are worth fighting and dying for'

Source: RawStory



DAVID EDWARDS
19 FEB 2017 AT 12:29 ET

-snip-

“The backbone of democracy is a free press and an independent judiciary,” Graham told CBS host John Dickerson. “And they are worth fighting and dying for.” Appearing on Face the Nation, Graham argued that Trump was undermining American values by calling the media an “enemy of the people” and attacking judges for striking down a travel ban aimed at Muslim countries.

According to Graham, America was not in imminent danger of becoming a dictatorship as Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) seemed to suggest in a recent interview on NBC’s Meet the Press. “Sen. McCain was right to say we need, as politicians, to understand the role of the press and jealously guard it,” the South Carolina senator explained.

But Graham also said that the “coverage against President Trump has been almost to the point of being hysterical. But I think our friends in the press need to up their game because it really is hard to watch from a Republican point of view.”

“Y’all need to do some self evaluation, in my view,” Graham opined. “But the enemies of democracy are not the press, it’s Russia, it’s Iran and radical Islam.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/lindsey-graham-warns-trump-free-press-and-judiciary-are-worth-fighting-and-dying-for/

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Lindsey Graham warns Trump: Free press and judiciary 'are worth fighting and dying for' (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2017 OP
Keep it up, Senator Graham. Your country is calling. nt Hekate Feb 2017 #1
Things are pretty messed up when this board is rooting for Chris Wallace and Linsday Graham. johnnyrocket Feb 2017 #8
LOLOL !!! pangaia Feb 2017 #11
And I think it was yesterday DU shared a Shepherd of Fox duhneece Feb 2017 #21
Please:Not just words: actions! Chasstev365 Feb 2017 #2
Sen. Graham TALKS a good game and that is it. dae Feb 2017 #3
Graham and McCain are great at talking QED Feb 2017 #15
Exactly. tenorly Feb 2017 #16
then they should get out in front of it barbtries Feb 2017 #17
What a pile of weasel words BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #4
Kick for exposure! red dog 1 Feb 2017 #5
I wish ice cream was not so fattening. pangaia Feb 2017 #12
Have you tried "fat-free" ice cream? red dog 1 Feb 2017 #22
RW BS distraction, he votes ultra-con puke every time, fuck him and Grumpy, both pretenders! FreeStateDemocrat Feb 2017 #6
And he was outspoken on preventing Garland nomination hearings from proceeding diva77 Feb 2017 #13
Yep AuntPatsy Feb 2017 #23
"But I think our friends in the press need to up their game because it really is hard to watch from mdbl Feb 2017 #7
how ironic is it we are now cheering lindsey graham dembotoz Feb 2017 #9
sunk,, how far has the GOP SUNK.. pangaia Feb 2017 #14
Hey Lindsey, you slithering asshole...... pangaia Feb 2017 #10
Put your money where your mouth is... LA-Italian Feb 2017 #18
Is President Pence the end game? oberliner Feb 2017 #19
Pence would be awful yes. But... EllieBC Feb 2017 #20
You give him to much credit, he's done nothing to earn any except to his right handed flock... AuntPatsy Feb 2017 #24
Lindsey has moments that make sense TNNurse Feb 2017 #25
I agree with your assessment. nt raccoon Feb 2017 #37
was he sober when he said this stuff? Why defend our country now? KewlKat Feb 2017 #26
Then do something about it Lindsey! IronLionZion Feb 2017 #27
The gird your loins, Graham, and fight against him. n/t Beartracks Feb 2017 #28
People tried and tried to tell Trump, Stonepounder Feb 2017 #29
But watch how this dick wad edhopper Feb 2017 #30
Totally worth sending teenage boys to kill other teenage boys over! Oneironaut Feb 2017 #31
So, when did Graham not vote with Republicans? dalton99a Feb 2017 #32
Then stop voting for his Cabinet appointees AnnieBW Feb 2017 #33
Never thought I would agree with Lindsay Graham on anything! Initech Feb 2017 #34
He'll change his tune when The Wizard Feb 2017 #35
He Saw Nothing Hysterical About The Coverage. . . ProfessorGAC Feb 2017 #36
Despicable weasel. Scruffy1 Feb 2017 #38

duhneece

(4,104 posts)
21. And I think it was yesterday DU shared a Shepherd of Fox
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 05:35 PM
Feb 2017

saying something truly news-y. I celebrate these little wins....and sing, "Mama said there'd be days like this, there'd be days like this, my mama said..."

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
16. Exactly.
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 04:32 PM
Feb 2017

He knows King Con's days are numbered, and just doesn't want to be pulled down with him when he falls. Same goes for almost all these crocodile-tear Rapepublicans.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
5. Kick for exposure!
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 04:15 PM
Feb 2017

I wish Senator Graham would co-sponsor a bill to authorize a full, independent, bi-partisan investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
22. Have you tried "fat-free" ice cream?
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 05:44 PM
Feb 2017

Look, I'm no fan of either Lindsay Graham or John McCain; but they at least have the courage to speak out against Trump, unlike all the other GOP senators, including so-called "moderates" like Susan Collins.

 

FreeStateDemocrat

(2,654 posts)
6. RW BS distraction, he votes ultra-con puke every time, fuck him and Grumpy, both pretenders!
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 04:15 PM
Feb 2017

None of them have an ounce of empathy or morality, know you enemies and this bozo right up towards the top of the list.

diva77

(7,604 posts)
13. And he was outspoken on preventing Garland nomination hearings from proceeding
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 04:28 PM
Feb 2017

no credibility!
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/16/republican_reaction_to_obama_s_scotus_nomination_of_merrick_garland.html

snip...Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a statement reported by NBC News: "One thing I know for sure is that if the shoe was on the other foot, the Democratic leadership would not even entertain such an appointment coming from a Republican president."...snip

mdbl

(4,972 posts)
7. "But I think our friends in the press need to up their game because it really is hard to watch from
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 04:18 PM
Feb 2017

a republican point of view"

What view is that Lindsey, a view of nonsense?

dembotoz

(16,737 posts)
9. how ironic is it we are now cheering lindsey graham
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 04:19 PM
Feb 2017

he seemed to be one of the lesser awfuls in a field of omg awfuls...how far has the gop sank?

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
14. sunk,, how far has the GOP SUNK..
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 04:28 PM
Feb 2017

Oh god, sorry, I just got back from the gym and everything aches...and reading about Lindsey the Klan Leader and Johnny One Note just makes my hyper-critical





pangaia

(24,324 posts)
10. Hey Lindsey, you slithering asshole......
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 04:23 PM
Feb 2017
But Graham also said that the “coverage against President Trump has been almost to the point of being hysterical. But I think our friends in the press need to up their game because it really is hard to watch from a Republican point of view.


Well, fuckhead, what do you think WE have suffered for 35 years???


“Y’all need to do some self evaluation, in my view,” Graham opined. “But the enemies of democracy are not the press, it’s Russia, it’s Iran and radical Islam.

NO. it is the republican party..you shit-faced, hate-filled mollusk....


Whew. that was pretty intense...



LA-Italian

(18 posts)
18. Put your money where your mouth is...
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 04:36 PM
Feb 2017

Graham needs to grow a pair of balls and stand up and stop voting for all of Trump's chumps as well as other things Trump is doing to reverse all US strides made in past 60 plus years.

EllieBC

(2,959 posts)
20. Pence would be awful yes. But...
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 04:44 PM
Feb 2017

he might not flush the 1st Amendment or lead us to out of control prices by destroying trade agreements or lead us to a civil war.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
26. was he sober when he said this stuff? Why defend our country now?
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 06:07 PM
Feb 2017

I don't think of him as being patriotic.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
29. People tried and tried to tell Trump,
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 06:50 PM
Feb 2017

"Never pick a fight with someone who buys their ink by the barrel." Yeah, it is hard for the GOP to listen to, but it was Trump that started the fight. I suspect that it will be the MSM that finishes the fight.

Oneironaut

(5,461 posts)
31. Totally worth sending teenage boys to kill other teenage boys over!
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 08:21 PM
Feb 2017

Republicans do it so well. He's speaking from experience!

AnnieBW

(10,350 posts)
33. Then stop voting for his Cabinet appointees
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 10:13 PM
Feb 2017

Lindsay - you and your BFF Johnny Mac need to stop rubber-stamping Der Gropenfuhrer's Cabinet picks!

Initech

(99,912 posts)
34. Never thought I would agree with Lindsay Graham on anything!
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 10:23 PM
Feb 2017

But Trump's reckless disregard for a free press, and the GOP's reckless disregard for a free press and a free judiciary, are completely unconstitutional and downright treasonous.

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
36. He Saw Nothing Hysterical About The Coverage. . .
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 09:24 AM
Feb 2017

. . . of HRC's email server? Really? No hysteria there, but he sees hysteria now? How convenient.

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