Lindsey Graham letter to Schumer

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

Tweet text:
Greg Sargent
@ThePlumLineGS
Again, this is basically extortionate: Sorry, no unity until the demands for accountability are dropped. The answer to this is "No. You are the ones who have committed the offense. You don't get to set one-sided conditions for unity after what you did." https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/12/republicans-must-unambiguously-admit-that-trumps-lies-threaten-more-violence/…

Lindsey Graham
@LindseyGrahamSC
My letter to Democratic Leader Schumer.

The Senate should vote to dismiss the article of impeachment once it is received in the Senate. We will be delaying indefinitely, if not forever, the healing of this great Nation if we do otherwise.
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[C_U_L8R]

1. No healing without justice

[KPN]

2. Pay no attention. Just little boy Lindsey trying to avoid his own accountability.

[agingdem]

3. is this for real???

[Nevilledog]

5. Seeing as Lindsey Graham is the one who tweeted it.....yes.

[agingdem]

14. Who the hell is Graham to demand anything?

he's a boozed up punchline...

[smirkymonkey]

32. I think someone needs to hire a really good private investigator to get the goods on Lindsey.

I am tired of him holding this country hostage because of his fear of exposure. Expose him already and remove the threat. Once he has nothing left to lose, he will not have to kiss Trump's ass any longer.

[AwakeAtLast]

34. Yes! He just blamed Nancy Pelosi

For the security failures at the Capitol. He's delusional!

[agingdem]

35. I never thought Lindsey was anything other than a foul shapeshifter...

there's nothing to him

[AwakeAtLast]

36. I hope he disappears

Like a fart in the wind.....

[VA_Jill]

4. Who

is that remora going to try to attach himself to now?
Interesting fact: Although it was initially believed that remoras fed off particulate matter from the host's meals, this has been shown to be false; in reality, their diets are composed primarily of host feces
So now you know.

[Takket]

6. quite the ratio on this tweet..............

if you aren't familiar with the twitter term "ratio", if a tweet has a lot more replies then it does retweets/favorites (which this tweet does), it means that the tweet is despised by nearly everyone reading it.

in other words, this is going very badly for Lindsay

as of this post the tweet has 13000 replies 2300 retweet and 3600 favorites

[bamagal62]

7. F*** Lindsey Graham

[alterfurz]

8. "Forgiveness requires HONEST admission of wrongdoing...

...SINCERE ATONEMENT for your shitty actions...
...and PROOF that you have become a better person.
Until then, take your "unity and healing," fold them tightly until they are all sharp corners, and then shove them right up your ass."
-- Jim Wright @Stonekettle

[Mr. Ected]

9. The only voice we should give a co-conspirator is their right to state before a judge:

"Guilty, your Honor".

[Towlie]

10. "Healing of this great Nation"? Without conviction how could we ever claim to BE a great nation?

 
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[Demsrule86]

17. What makes you think there will be a conviction...I don't think he will be convicted. We don't

have 17 votes. As for Graham who cares what he thinks? But we should consider that the GOP is likely to be to cowardly to convict Trump no matter what.

[Towlie]

25. Apparently you meant that as a response to another post, since as a response to me it made no sense.

 
?

I didn't say anything about what I think will happen. My post above was a counter-argument to Lindsey Graham's argument that Trump's crimes should be ignored and remain unpunished so that this great nation can "heal". I'm simply saying that a nation that ignores the crimes of its leaders and leaves them unpunished can not call itself a great nation.

[Demsrule86]

29. My apologies...for wrong post.

I didn't say ignore it. I said delay it...then move fast have all your ducks in a row...call what witnesses you can...get in and get out. We don't need to spend enormous amounts of time which we don't have in order to attempt to gain votes in the Senate, I don't think we can get or to persuade Trumpers that Trump is a traitor which is not likely either although true.

Let's try to spend as much time fixing the pandemic, ACA, economy, civil rights, and lets work tirelessly on green jobs...we really have to try to save the house in 22 or we are shut down...we have to assume we will lose the house and work on our top priorities in the limited amount of time we may have.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. No trust. No unity.

[Demsrule86]

19. Do you think Republicans care about unity? Everytime I read post like this one I want to bang

my head on a nearby wall. We'll show them how? Every minute we spend on this more than we have to in order to hold Trump accountable...is a minute we don't get policy. If we go all in and spend months on this...Joe Biden's presidency will be ruined in terms of policy. And I think we lose the House in 22 and maybe the Senate and the presidency in 24. Trump is not worth that.

[theneworiginal]

37. Unity is RW code for conformity.

Suck it Lindsey. We've had enough of that. Besides, we don't need your vote anyway. What are you going to do--make a sad face when you get out-voted?

Wah.

[lastlib]

12. Charles Manson: "The jury should drop these charges. No healing of this nation otherwise."

That's a close equivalent.

[dalton99a]

13. Treasonous attention whore

[stillcool]

15. Lindsey is so up to his eyeballs...

just in his job as major cleaner-upper. Wonder if we'll ever find out what his game has been.

[Demsrule86]

16. This needs to put on hold until Biden gets the Vaccine out, a pandemic economic rescue

package and his cabinet in place. Time is precious. I don't want to see us with nothing in terms of policy in the end. I have to tell you, I don't think we get 17 votes from the GOP Mitch/Lucy has the football once again and his desire is to harm Biden not Trump. I also fear it will make Trump a sympathetic figure in a nation that wants to move on. Get in and get out...don't draw this out. I know some of you believe that if we present evidence why Trump will be destroyed. It should work, but it won't There is no evidence that will sway hardcore Trump voters and the GOP elected really with the exception of a few don't care. Justice demands this but we can't sacrifice our presidential term for Trump. Every minute this goes on Trump is in the news and his follower get riled up all over again. And as we approach the midterms the GOP will not cooperate on anything.

[struggle4progress]

18. "Dear Neighbor: Now that my kids and their friends smashed your windows

and tried to burn down your house, I want you to withdraw your complaint; and because I am sure you share my desire for a friendly and tranquil neighborhood, I am in fact demanding that you do so in order to reduce the possibility of any further violence. You have a lovely family, and it would be a real shame if any of them were harmed. Your dear friend, the Guy in the Hood"

[diva77]

20. Why hasn't Graham been charged with crimes for trying to pressure elections

officials in several states to throw out legitimate ballots???

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/17/lindsey-graham-spoke-election-officials-multiple-states-ballots/6326680002/

Lindsey Graham says he's spoken with multiple battleground state officials about ballot counting
Christal Hayes
USA TODAY Nov 17, 2020

WASHINGTON – Sen. Lindsey Graham, a key ally of the president, said he has spoken with officials in a number of key states about the presidential election and ballot counting, raising questions about the senator's role as President Donald Trump continues to promote baseless claims about voter fraud.

Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger accused Graham Monday of pressuring him to find ways to exclude or invalidate legally cast absentee ballots and reverse Trump’s loss in the state, an accusation the South Carolina Republican called "ridiculous."

Graham told reporters on Capitol Hill Tuesday that he has also talked with officials in Arizona and Nevada, specifically asking questions about the process for validating signatures on ballots. Graham said he spoke with Arizona’s Republican Gov. Doug Ducey and an official in Nevada whose name he could not recall.

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k&r for exposure

[crickets]

28. 👆

Sounds like GA should file charges against Lindsey Graham as well as trump, and perhaps other states as well. There has to be pushback against this behavior or it will happen again and again.

[scrabblequeen40]

21. Lady G doesn't understand

Joe's not like him. Joe will not kowtow to bullying.
Fuck off Graham.

[dansolo]

22. Don't forget Graham was one of the Clinton impeachment managers

He wasn't concerned about unity when he was leading the charge to impeach Bill Clinton

[Renew Deal]

23. Graham is the same guy that wanted to run unending Hunter Biden investigations in 2021.

[Baked Potato]

24. The "Insurrection" witness list will expose a lot of bad Republicans

Planning, funding, etc.

[DeminPennswoods]

26. Just the latest R attempt to hide behind "unity"

to avoid taking responsibility for the division they have knowingly created and abetted.

[GoCubsGo]

27. The asshole who helped impeach Clinton for trying to cover up an affair says what????

Go to hell, you sniveling, treasonous, little hypocrite.

[Solly Mack]

30. Graham's (any) concern that accountability delays healing of the country is like a rapist saying

holding them accountable delays the healing of their victim.

Anyone that knows anything at all about rape knows accountability is part of the healing process for the victim. An important part. Merely the chance to name your rapist in court goes a long way toward taking back your life.

Let's take our democracy back. Name names. Say what they did. Hold them accountable.

[mnmoderatedem]

31. Schumer should pen the following letter in response

Dear Lindsey.

Thank you for your letter. I look forward to productive and meaningful interaction with my republican colleagues in this new era in our country's history.

In response to your request, fuck you.

Chuck

[Hotler]

33. We don't negotiate with fascist. I guess Miss Lindsey forgot what the

Normandy invasion was all about.