Graham Denies Trump Asked Him To Challenge McConnell

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Top Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reportedly denied that the former president has been encouraging him to challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as Trump seeks revenge on the GOP leader.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1405918
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This is the worst damned soap opera, ever.

I can’t even with these people any more.

Anyway, I’m thinking of a headline for the New York Times for this story: “Dems in Disarray over Republican Leadership Squabble.”

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Obviously tfg wants someone in mitch’s position who is even more spineless and malleable. L’il Lindsey fits the bill. Who else is on the short list, the ‘concerned one’ from Maine? But she’s not a man, so no support there. Coach tommy? tfg absolutely would not support one of the more ambitious senate fascists.

Does tfg even have enough sway with the fascist senators to bring mitch down? Nope.

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Mitsey McGronnell?

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This move wouldn’t help Trump much. The second Lindsey sees a chance to stab Trump in the back, he’ll take it. Graham hates Trump, he’s just too much of a coward to show this publicly. There’s no way he would give Trump cover for even a second as soon as Trump appears to be going down.

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No Republican should be allowed to speak on any topic without being asked whether they agree with Trump’s comments regarding Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine. If they want any mass media access, they should be forced to answer and defend this simple question. Enough already. It’s called accountability. What do we all say? Let’s bring it back and make it front and center for any Republican politician. Especially Senator Graham. Make him answer the question. It’ll be his moment.

This should also include right-wing pundits.

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I gotta run some errands, but first, from The Russian Federated Republic of Texas.


Texas seemingly outlawing sub adolescent gender transitioning procedures and prosecuting parents who are supportive, along with requiring teachers, doctors, etc., to rat out the “offenders”, under penalty of prosecution.

Texas is becoming a “not nice place.”

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A cyberwar escalates. Russians were in our government computers for months last year.

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I’ll go with “unlikely.” These are very strange and dark times in the republic and we need to have an “out”.

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I believe it, completely 45’s M.O. to get someone else to do the dirty work at no cost

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We have no f’n idea how much access they got via trump and his minions.

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Everything Trump does is reflective, no thought in the process at all.

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" Donald Trump is a poor man’s idea of a rich man, a weak man’s idea of a strong man, and a stupid man’s idea of a smart man."

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Pile a few more lawsuits on him - he seems to have too much time on his hands

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Soap opera or nightmare?

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Seems Donnie has photographs of Lindsey, but none of McConnell. Possibility.

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“Top Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reportedly denied that the former president has been encouraging him to challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as Trump seeks revenge on the GOP leader.”

And we should believe Lindsey - why exactly? His credibility is worth less than a dried piece of dogshit on the side of the road.

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or he knows where to get 'em maybe his pal vlad can loan them to him

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I assumed that the Supreme Leader would just appoint Eric directly and let the little people figure out a legal pretext?

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