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augyboston

(381 posts)
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 06:16 AM Yesterday

Lindsey Graham betrayed his oath as a Senator and a Lawyer.

Sometimes the truth has to be brutal and the brutal truth about Lindsey Graham is he was a traitor.

He took an oath to uphold, defend and protect the Constitution both as a Lawyer and as a U.S. Senator - he betrayed that oath.

I refuse to sugar coat his memory because of his passing. History will judge him negatively for his spineless betrayal of this country. He was in the front row of the MAGA gallery cheering on the corruption and law breaking and he will be remembered for doing so.

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Lindsey Graham betrayed his oath as a Senator and a Lawyer. (Original Post) augyboston Yesterday OP
A traitor to the US and his own home state Coldwater Yesterday #1
He betrayed his oath when he tried to impeach clinton 30 plus years ago JT45242 Yesterday #2
;-{) THIS Goonch Yesterday #3
Oh god. paleotn Yesterday #22
Everything TRump touchs dies. Historic NY Yesterday #4
Another Epstein distraction. Well played. twodogsbarking Yesterday #5
This will flood television. Shit. I'll sit outside and watch the grass grow. twodogsbarking Yesterday #6
I suspect we're about to learn a lot about Lyndsey. Hang on tight. Joinfortmill Yesterday #7
Maybe. Very curious to hear from past lovers. GPV Yesterday #12
Wonder what Trump will have to say Grim Chieftain Yesterday #19
The M$M will be wall-to-wall outpouring of accolades. Wednesdays Yesterday #36
A long line of traitors come from SC. Godot51 Yesterday #8
Lindsey was a reprehensible sucker fish agingdem Yesterday #9
He was always a flake Cosmocat Yesterday #16
"Leningrad Lindsey" was another GOP Russian stooge. lastlib Yesterday #10
At least he didn't fall out the window. GPV Yesterday #13
Novochuk? polonium tea? niyad Yesterday #23
He also took an oath liberalgunwilltravel Yesterday #11
For me, at least, that is not unexpected: he has an "R" after his name. MLWR Yesterday #17
Can I say this out loud? Good news for a change! infullview Yesterday #14
In my mind, the two of them are sharing...... lastlib Yesterday #30
Amen Six117 Yesterday #15
Never speak ill of the dead. Only good. Gaytano70 Yesterday #29
He betrayed his oath long before. valleyrogue Yesterday #18
Lindsey Graham's job was to be a SIDEKICK. When McCain died he was lost, until he Emile Yesterday #20
I doubt there will be much sugar coating for Lindsey. paleotn Yesterday #21
Turd polish will be at a premium. BattleRow Yesterday #34
There will be nothing BUT sugarcoating on the airwaves for the next solid week. Wednesdays Yesterday #37
There was a brief moment when he was calling [REDACTED] "a kook," "unfit for office,"... Ol Janx Spirit Yesterday #24
We'll never know... Doodles Yesterday #32
He knew what Trump was about dalton99a Yesterday #25
Also as a military officer. CanonRay Yesterday #26
Hear Hear! prerev Yesterday #27
Yes, Graham and almost every single other Republican in Congress. Martin68 Yesterday #28
I just learned the news but that's pretty much ecstatic Yesterday #31
Graham was a LilElf70 Yesterday #33
Then He Should Be Arrested and Tried... MineralMan Yesterday #35
Lindsey Graham betrayed his oath as a Senator and a Lawyer. - And as a military officer. Scalded Nun Yesterday #38
I remember him strutting around the airbase where I spent four years. He was a new JAG officer then. Full of himself.... usaf-vet Yesterday #39
Graham was born in 1955. Prof. Toru Tanaka Yesterday #40
My mistake the older I get the smaller the keys on the phone's... usaf-vet 21 hrs ago #42
You're welcome, I make those mistakes myself at times. Prof. Toru Tanaka 17 hrs ago #43
He picked up where Strom Thurmond left off. enigmania 21 hrs ago #41
He sure did. GoodRaisin 14 hrs ago #44

JT45242

(4,277 posts)
2. He betrayed his oath when he tried to impeach clinton 30 plus years ago
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 06:55 AM
Yesterday

To paraphrase the old one.

Lindsay Graham is dead, good.

paleotn

(23,266 posts)
22. Oh god.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 09:09 AM
Yesterday

He's even wearing that same crappy ass blue colored suit that Trump constantly wears. Flag blue. You sure you can't get your head further up Donnie's ass, Lindsey girl?

Wednesdays

(23,627 posts)
36. The M$M will be wall-to-wall outpouring of accolades.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 04:17 PM
Yesterday

Nothing negative in that mix. Just unadulterated whitewashing and apotheosizing. Just watch.
Then again, don't watch.

agingdem

(9,077 posts)
9. Lindsey was a reprehensible sucker fish
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 07:50 AM
Yesterday

feeding off the poop of the powerful.. after John McCain passed away Lindsey would have starved to death if Trump hadn’t handed him a knife and a fork..

Cosmocat

(15,534 posts)
16. He was always a flake
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:37 AM
Yesterday

Saw that in the 90s early 2000s when the media was puffing him up as some kind of honorable moderate R. I always felt he was a histrionic personality, that bloomed fully as he aged.

lastlib

(28,963 posts)
10. "Leningrad Lindsey" was another GOP Russian stooge.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:00 AM
Yesterday

I have no doubt he was on Putin's payroll, along with tRump and Nunes.

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,336 posts)
11. He also took an oath
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:21 AM
Yesterday

As Judge Advocate General (JAG) in the Air Force. He has dishonored every oath he has ever taken.

MLWR

(1,185 posts)
17. For me, at least, that is not unexpected: he has an "R" after his name.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:43 AM
Yesterday

For Rs, oaths are just a bunch of words.

infullview

(1,170 posts)
14. Can I say this out loud? Good news for a change!
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:34 AM
Yesterday

Now if we can only get them to admit that Mitch is dead. I’m sure it’s hot where they are right now.

lastlib

(28,963 posts)
30. In my mind, the two of them are sharing......
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:09 PM
Yesterday

...a boiling hot cup of bilge water, swapping stories about Vladdy-Daddy.

Six117

(370 posts)
15. Amen
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:34 AM
Yesterday

He was nothing more than just another crappy human being who chose to do rotten and despicable shit to his fellow humans. His death changes none of that, just commits it to being written in stone.

Good riddance.

Gaytano70

(1,317 posts)
29. Never speak ill of the dead. Only good.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 11:32 AM
Yesterday

Lindsey is dead. Good. 🙏🏼👏🏼👍🏼

valleyrogue

(2,844 posts)
18. He betrayed his oath long before.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:50 AM
Yesterday

He was one of the leading figures in the sham Clinton impeachment.

Emile

(44,351 posts)
20. Lindsey Graham's job was to be a SIDEKICK. When McCain died he was lost, until he
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:54 AM
Yesterday

decided to kiss the Orange Ass. The only oath he believed in was to be a wingman.

paleotn

(23,266 posts)
21. I doubt there will be much sugar coating for Lindsey.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 09:06 AM
Yesterday

One of the most reprehensible humans I've ever seen. A real power grabbing piece of shit.

Wednesdays

(23,627 posts)
37. There will be nothing BUT sugarcoating on the airwaves for the next solid week.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 04:21 PM
Yesterday

See my post #36, above.

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,164 posts)
24. There was a brief moment when he was calling [REDACTED] "a kook," "unfit for office,"...
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 09:27 AM
Yesterday

...a "race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot," and a "con man" where he seemed to have some clarity surrounding the guy that said his friend John McCain was not a war hero. At least he had that right until he saw that his only political path in the Republican party was through the felon's colon.

When democracy most needed Republicans to stand up for it and stop the rise of the fascist king-wannabe he went all in on the "race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot" "con man" that wanted desperately to destroy it.

Congratulations on ending your life as a pathetic, feckless, disgraceful POS Senator.

Doodles

(150 posts)
32. We'll never know...
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 01:38 PM
Yesterday

I guess whatever T told Lindsay on the golf course to make him do the 180 will never be known. Whatever it was, Lindsay was a willing stooge from then on.

ecstatic

(35,158 posts)
31. I just learned the news but that's pretty much
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:27 PM
Yesterday

where my brain settled as well.

He's a traitor who tried to assist in the theft of Georgia's election back in 2020.

Who knows how he's conducted himself in South Carolina elections.

And he betrayed his so-called best friend John McCain.

Good riddance.

usaf-vet

(7,892 posts)
39. I remember him strutting around the airbase where I spent four years. He was a new JAG officer then. Full of himself....
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 05:21 PM
Yesterday

... even back then. 1966

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,999 posts)
40. Graham was born in 1955.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 05:31 PM
Yesterday

Could that have been 1976?

So Graham has been an arrogant, preening prick for a long time. He ran into a bigger one in TSF and he will be best remembered as a traitorous, warmongering bootlicker.

usaf-vet

(7,892 posts)
42. My mistake the older I get the smaller the keys on the phone's...
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:52 PM
21 hrs ago

....Get smaller! I must have hit the 6 instead of the 7. At 79 the typing mistakes get more prevalent. The spelling checker doesn's catch wrong numbers. Thanks for the call out!

GoodRaisin

(11,238 posts)
44. He sure did.
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 03:58 AM
14 hrs ago

Just like the rest of congressional republicans. They all need to lose their jobs.

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