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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 12:59 PM Jan 2018

Graham: I would not serve in Trump's Cabinet

Source: The Hill




BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 01/07/18 11:29 AM EST

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that he would not serve in President Trump’s Cabinet.

Graham answered “no” when NBC’s Chuck Todd asked if he would serve in Trump’s Cabinet should the president ask him to do so. “We will not be hearing the name Secretary Graham on any Cabinet agency,” Todd followed up. “You got it,” Graham told “Meet the Press.”

Graham was a frequent critic of Trump during the Republican primary, but has shifted his tone over the course of the last year.

The South Carolina lawmaker has heaped praise on Trump for his foreign policy, including Trump’s decision to de-certify the Iran nuclear deal.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/367813-graham-i-would-not-serve-in-trumps-cabinet

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Graham: I would not serve in Trump's Cabinet (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP
You're a sick sleezebag, Graham. pangaia Jan 2018 #1
Hey Graham lets take this out of the right wing fascist box you live in turbinetree Jan 2018 #2
Does he do anything but show up on Sunday morning shows? TheCowsCameHome Jan 2018 #3
He has a lip-lock on tRumps buttocks. CentralMass Jan 2018 #4
Shorter version liberal_patriot_md Jan 2018 #5
Someone is blackmailing Graham. I think Trump has dirt on him. appleannie1943 Jan 2018 #6
It does seem to be that way, doesn't it? dchill Jan 2018 #9
No. It can't be. Donny Two-Scoops would NEVER... Eyeball_Kid Jan 2018 #15
That statement is operative...until it isn't. shanny Jan 2018 #7
Why would he trade a secure job (as senator) for a more or less temporary one? n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2018 #8
And probably less prestigious as well Lurks Often Jan 2018 #11
You're a traitor dumbass Corgigal Jan 2018 #10
Graham and the others suddenly all in love with Don don't seem to realize Vinca Jan 2018 #12
Boot licking isn't a cabinet position NYETNYET Jan 2018 #13
Cannot take this man at his word oberliner Jan 2018 #14
So I expect to read soon ... GeorgeGist Jan 2018 #16
Well, not in that exact order... jmowreader Jan 2018 #19
That MTP interview was nauseating. OliverQ Jan 2018 #17
Lindsey Graham, Man of Principle. (snicker) Paladin Jan 2018 #18
Good Lord, what flip flopper. ''I hate him'', ''I love him'', ''I hate him", ''love him'',. YOHABLO Jan 2018 #20
Translation: they haven't asked me. malthaussen Jan 2018 #21

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
1. You're a sick sleezebag, Graham.
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:03 PM
Jan 2018

And the really horrible thing is, you know it.

Your inner anger, bitterness, self-righteousness and pain just spews out of you like a punctured boil

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
2. Hey Graham lets take this out of the right wing fascist box you live in
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:10 PM
Jan 2018

you vote in favor of a man and his team to take down the american public with his and your right wing fascist agenda, and you have also sent a letter to charge a whistle blower of a crime that has to do with his dossier , which has been verified in many parts, while at the same time you have attacked the DOJ and the FBI , and you have in essence supported the same man that has from all appearances committed treason, you have NOT sent letters to 21 people that have been implicated in treason, so in essence there Graham you are in the cabinet .....................and you also are a traitor.......................you signed that letter from Cotton to circumvent a former sitting president and what he is / was allowed to do in the Constitution----------------your still a traitor


liberal_patriot_md

(194 posts)
5. Shorter version
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:16 PM
Jan 2018

Graham hates Trump but loves war. Anything Trump does that inches the US closer to war he supports. Everything else is secondary.

dchill

(38,471 posts)
9. It does seem to be that way, doesn't it?
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:42 PM
Jan 2018

He looked to me like he was disgusted with himself, and angry about that fact.

 

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)
11. And probably less prestigious as well
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:45 PM
Jan 2018

Other then maybe Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense*, none of the other cabinet positions really compare to being a Senator.


*I seriously doubt SecDef Mattis is going to leave the post anytime soon.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
10. You're a traitor dumbass
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:45 PM
Jan 2018

You served in the armed forces and now work for a Russian asset.

Leavenworth.

Vinca

(50,261 posts)
12. Graham and the others suddenly all in love with Don don't seem to realize
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:48 PM
Jan 2018

how guilty it makes them look. Hope Mueller is checking any donations in rubles.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
14. Cannot take this man at his word
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:55 PM
Jan 2018

He called Trump a "kook" and then scolded the media for calling Trump a "kook" (which they hadn't done).

GeorgeGist

(25,319 posts)
16. So I expect to read soon ...
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 03:59 PM
Jan 2018

that he's being nominated to replace Tillerson.

You can't spell Republican with L I A R.

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
17. That MTP interview was nauseating.
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 05:34 PM
Jan 2018

I can't take this obsequious worship of Trump anymore. It's mind-boggling. Graham said he loves working with Trump, loves his company, he's not crazy, and had an amazing 2017.

These people are deranged! Ugh! I'm ready to jump off a bridge just to escape the insanity in this world.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
20. Good Lord, what flip flopper. ''I hate him'', ''I love him'', ''I hate him", ''love him'',.
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 09:14 AM
Jan 2018

Which is it Lindsey?

malthaussen

(17,186 posts)
21. Translation: they haven't asked me.
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 11:20 AM
Jan 2018

Mr Graham is only a few degrees less off-kilter than Mr Trump.

-- Mal

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