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Twitter Turns on Sen. Lindsey Graham: 'Traitorous Trump Lapdog'
The South Carolina senator's obsequiousness to the president and his family knows no bounds.
May 16 2019 10:21 AM EST
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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has always been a staunch conservative, but he was once one of the few prominent Republicans who'd stand up to Donald Trump. Now he's gone from calling Trump "unfit for office" to being, as a new Twitter hashtag puts it, a "lapdog" for the president and his family.
His "latest lackeying," as Jill Filipovic notes in an online commentary for CNN, was to advise Donald Trump Jr. to ignore a subpoena calling him to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Russian meddling in the 2016 election. If Trump Jr. does testify, he added, he should invoke his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination so he wouldn't have to answer questions. Now Trump Jr. has agreed to testify, but the damage to Graham's reputation remains. Democrats are optimistic about a serious challenge to him in the 2020 election, with the most likely Dem candidate being party activist Jaime Harrison.
The "ever more obsequious" senator (again, hat tip to Filipovic) is getting called out widely on Twitter.
\u201cCongrats @LindseyGrahamSC on your latest trend #LindseyTheLapdog. Perhaps if you could take a moment, pull your head out of Trump's ass, you could find your soul and integrity again! @funder\u201d— Del Shores (@Del Shores) 1558012141
\u201cBREAKING: Lindsey Graham just said \u201cDon Jr. is not above the law.\u201d Wow, that\u2019s quite a shift in the last 48 hours. I\u2019m sure it has nothing to do with the fact America called for Lindsey\u2019s resignation yesterday, and the fact the hashtag #LindseyGrahamObstructed is trending today.\u201d— Scott Dworkin (@Scott Dworkin) 1557934145
\u201c2017 Lindsey Graham: "What concerns me about the American press is this endless endless attempt to label [Trump] as some kind of kook not fit to be President.\u201d\n\n2016 Lindsey Graham: \u201cI think [Trump's] a kook. I think he\u2019s crazy. I think he\u2019s unfit for office.\u201d\n\n#LindseyTheLapdog\u201d— Amee-Hakeem Jeffries is the man-Vanderpool (@Amee-Hakeem Jeffries is the man-Vanderpool) 1558014487
\u201cOne has to remember, not only is @LindseyGrahamSC an opportunistic sleaze ball, not only is he a pathetic arse kisser with no backbone, he\u2019s as corrupt as his master is. Just follow the Russian oil money and whatever ever else lurks in the back of his closet.\n\n #LindseyTheLapdog\u201d— Ricky Davila (@Ricky Davila) 1558024115
\u201cIn this cycle of Trumpism it should clear to anyone who didn\u2019t already know - Traitors like Lindsey Graham & McConnell are corrupt to the marrow of bones & they\u2019ll do anything to protect their own self-interests.\n\nEven if it means helping Trump destroy America.\n #LindseyTheLapdog\u201d— W Smith \u03a9 \ud83e\udde2 (@W Smith \u03a9 \ud83e\udde2) 1558004459
\u201c@LindseyGrahamSC\nYour daily reminder that you are nothing more then a wet noodle that donald trump straddles in his pool. You are a sad man and have no moral compass or integrity. \n\n#LindseyTheLapdog\u201d— Jspeyind (@Jspeyind) 1558009113
Earlier in the week, the hashtag #ResignLindseyGraham trended.
\u201cIt would really be for the best! #ResignLindseyGraham\u201d— UniteBlue (@UniteBlue) 1557860340
\u201cThough prostitution is generally looked down upon, I am far less disturbed by a person who sells his/her body than a man who sells his soul.\n\n#ResignLindseyGraham\u201d— Bruce Coville (@Bruce Coville) 1557892712
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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.