Report: Lindsey Graham told police to shoot 1/6 rioters

[TLK Valentine]

Interesting...

Lindsey Graham told police to 'use' their guns against Jan. 6 rioters: 'Take back the Senate!'

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham urged Capitol police to use their guns and regain control of the Capitol on Jan. 6, a new report details.

"What are you doing? Take back the Senate! You've got guns. Use them," Graham told Capitol police, according to an extensive report from the Washington Post, which described Graham as "irate" that senators were forced to leave their chambers during the storming of the Capitol.

"We give you guns for a reason," he said. "Use them." The Washington Post stated the quotes were based on an unnamed Republican senator with knowledge of the incident.

Why is this especially interesting?

1. Among the Senate, Graham is nicknamed "The Trump Whisperer" due to his continued friendship with Donald -- and the fact that he is allegedly more capable than most to get Donald to see reason as necessary. As such, he's one of the few GOP politicians to keep close relations with Donald after his defeat.
2. Donald, of course, still clings to the idea that the 2020 election was somehow "stolen" from him, and on the fateful day of the riot, refused to make any kind of effort denouncing or even discouraging the rioters, except for a half-hearted, prerecorded statement which was ultimately about as effective as a glass hammer.

So what's going to happen when Donald hears that Graham wanted his patriotic supporters shot dead?

Thoughts?

 

[dqhall]

Interesting...

Lindsey Graham told police to 'use' their guns against Jan. 6 rioters: 'Take back the Senate!'



Why is this especially interesting?

1. Among the Senate, Graham is nicknamed "The Trump Whisperer" due to his continued friendship with Donald -- and the fact that he is allegedly more capable than most to get Donald to see reason as necessary. As such, he's one of the few GOP politicians to keep close relations with Donald after his defeat.
2. Donald, of course, still clings to the idea that the 2020 election was somehow "stolen" from him, and on the fateful day of the riot, refused to make any kind of effort denouncing or even discouraging the rioters, except for a half-hearted, prerecorded statement which was ultimately about as effective as a glass hammer.

So what's going to happen when Donald hears that Graham wanted his patriotic supporters shot dead?

Thoughts?

Trump has admitted he lost the election in private (article January 5):
Trump privately admits it’s over, but wants to brawl for attention

Trump admitted he lost the election in public:
Trump tells Fox News he ‘didn’t win’ election but doesn’t drop fraud lie

 

[TLK Valentine]

Trump has admitted he lost the election in private (article January 5):
Trump privately admits it’s over, but wants to brawl for attention

Trump admitted he lost the election in public:
Trump tells Fox News he ‘didn’t win’ election but doesn’t drop fraud lie

And yet he's still crying about being cheated to absolutely anyone within earshot.

 

[essentialsaltes]

So what's going to happen when Donald hears that Graham wanted his patriotic supporters shot dead?

Doesn't matter, now that we've reached the gaslighting stage. WaPo put together a TL;DR story with a timeline of Jan 6 based on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents. They declined to print the Trump team's response in full because it was full of so much disinformation. In particular...

A Trump spokesman, Taylor Budowich, provided the outlet a statement. The Post said the statement was "a lengthy written response that included series of unrelated, inflammatory claims that The Post is not publishing in full."

The Post noted that Budowich said the former president “greatly objected” to all of the newspaper's findings, dismissing it as “fake news” and describing people who carried out violence at the Capitol that day as “agitators not associated with President Trump.”

 

[chad kincham]

Interesting...

Lindsey Graham told police to 'use' their guns against Jan. 6 rioters: 'Take back the Senate!'



Why is this especially interesting?

1. Among the Senate, Graham is nicknamed "The Trump Whisperer" due to his continued friendship with Donald -- and the fact that he is allegedly more capable than most to get Donald to see reason as necessary. As such, he's one of the few GOP politicians to keep close relations with Donald after his defeat.
2. Donald, of course, still clings to the idea that the 2020 election was somehow "stolen" from him, and on the fateful day of the riot, refused to make any kind of effort denouncing or even discouraging the rioters, except for a half-hearted, prerecorded statement which was ultimately about as effective as a glass hammer.

So what's going to happen when Donald hears that Graham wanted his patriotic supporters shot dead?

Thoughts?

Maybe because he knew it was an obvious false flag operation by Antifa, Soros, and the Democratic Party.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

The thing about ego-maniacs/narcissists is that it's much easier to reason with them in private than it is in public...and they're also easy to manipulate if you know which buttons to push.

I don't think it's any secret that Trump is one (even his most staunch supporters would have a hard time denying the fact that he's narcissistic).

For as much flak as Graham has taken over the years, deep down, I think he's a somewhat decent guy, and was trying to tread the line of "keeping my party in check" and "not ruffling feathers so much that it makes me lose my job".

He was the same guy who had these things to say

There's a difference in response when it's 'this guy who's on my team is spouting off nonsense on twitter, let me go talk to him' vs. 'this guy who's on my team just decided to sic his buddies on him my house to come beat us up'.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Maybe because he knew it was an obvious false flag operation by Antifa, Soros, and the Democratic Party.

If that's supposed to be humor, I think you forgot the punchline.

 

[NxNW]

Maybe because he knew it was an obvious false flag operation by Antifa, Soros, and the Democratic Party.

If that was true, you'd think someone involved would have been identified as such.

 

[public hermit]

Interesting...

Lindsey Graham told police to 'use' their guns against Jan. 6 rioters: 'Take back the Senate!'



Why is this especially interesting?

1. Among the Senate, Graham is nicknamed "The Trump Whisperer" due to his continued friendship with Donald -- and the fact that he is allegedly more capable than most to get Donald to see reason as necessary. As such, he's one of the few GOP politicians to keep close relations with Donald after his defeat.
2. Donald, of course, still clings to the idea that the 2020 election was somehow "stolen" from him, and on the fateful day of the riot, refused to make any kind of effort denouncing or even discouraging the rioters, except for a half-hearted, prerecorded statement which was ultimately about as effective as a glass hammer.

So what's going to happen when Donald hears that Graham wanted his patriotic supporters shot dead?

Thoughts?

One would think he would approve and distance himself. I doubt his supporters would react badly, since nothing phases them.

 

[stevil]

So what's going to happen when Donald hears that Graham wanted his patriotic supporters shot dead?

Thoughts?

I don't think Trump would care.
He'd get upset if Graham wanted any of his rich and powerful buddies shot dead.
But the plebs?
Didn't Trump ponder that he himself could shoot a pleb on the street and get away with it?

Trump only cares about rich elites that have the power and willingness to assist him. For people that meet none or only one of those criteria, you're out of luck.

 

[TLK Valentine]

I don't think Trump would care.
He'd get upset if Graham wanted any of his rich and powerful buddies shot dead.
But the plebs?
Didn't Trump ponder that he himself could shoot a pleb on the street and get away with it?

Trump only cares about rich elites that have the power and willingness to assist him. For people that meet none or only one of those criteria, you're out of luck.

Except that now that Donald has tasted political power -- true power, he's realized that the plebs are a means to that end.

Besides, if Donald's half the narcissist that everyone says he is, what could he possibly love more than crowds of plebs giving him the praise he's entitled to?

 

[stevil]

Except that now that Donald has tasted political power -- true power, he's realized that the plebs are a means to that end.

Besides, if Donald's half the narcissist that everyone says he is, what could he possibly love more than crowds of plebs giving him the praise he's entitled to?

He loves the adoration and the cheers from the masses, the crowd. He doesn't care at all about each individual.

His fan base is there for the votes, for the grifting of donations and MAGA merch sales and Rally entrance fees and for them putting themselves in the line with regards to insurrection type stuff in order to keep him in power.

 

[TLK Valentine]

He loves the adoration and the cheers from the masses, the crowd. He doesn't care at all about each individual.

His fan base is there for the votes, for the grifting of donations and MAGA merch sales and Rally entrance fees and for them putting themselves in the line with regards to insurrection type stuff in order to keep him in power.

He's got to at least put on a show of anger for those who disparage "his people."

 

[stevil]

He's got to at least put on a show of anger for those who disparage "his people."

He could have pardoned the Jan 5 rioters. but he chose not to. Instead he pardoned Bannon for stealing from the build the wall fund.

 

[chad kincham]

If that's supposed to be humor, I think you forgot the punchline.

Its a fact, not humor.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Its a fact, not humor.

Actually, it's a rant, not a fact.

But I'll play along for the moment -- how many of the hundreds of arrested 1/6 rioters have known ties to Antifa, Soros, and the Democratic Party?

 

[Pommer]

Actually, it's a rant, not a fact.

But I'll play along for the moment -- how many of the hundreds of arrested 1/6 rioters have known ties to Antifa, Soros, and the Democratic Party?

“That just shows how crafty ‘they’ are!”