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Sen. Lindsey Graham: My first act as president would be sending the military after Congress
Arturo Garcia
11 Mar 2015 at 19:42 ET
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) vowed that, if elected president, he would use the military to force Congress to reverse cuts to federal defense spending, Vox reported.
I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to, Graham said at an event in New Hamphsire over the weekend. Were not leaving town until we restore these defense cuts. We are not leaving town until we restore the intel cuts.
The remark was first posted online by journalist Ben Noyes. Noyes wrote that, when reached for comment, a spokesperson from Grahams office said via email, Due to the large volume of mail I receive, I regret that I am only able to respond personally to inquiries from South Carolinians.
Vox noted that, while Senate leadership is legally authorized to employ Capitol police to assure a quorum, Grahams apparent idea stretches far beyond that.
What Lindsey Graham is proposing is to physically force members of Congress to vote how he commands, Amanda Taub wrote. His plan violates constitutional separation of powers in just about the most extreme way imaginable, by forcing the executive branchs will on the legislature. And it is a pretty safe bet that Senate rules do not grant the president authority to have the 101st Airborne Division occupy the Capitol until Congress votes the way he wants.
Graham made the remarks at the first Politics and Pie forum hosted by the Concord City Republican Committee. He also chose not to attend this years Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), and subsequntly gained just .1 percent of the vote in the conferences annual straw poll.
Listen to Grahams remarks, as posted by Noyes, below.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/sen-lindsey-graham-my-first-act-as-president-would-be-sending-the-military-after-congress/
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(53,235 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,029 posts)babylonsister
(171,104 posts)brag; made him sound as stoopid as he is.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)There's a great Fassbinder film he should see. He would fit right in.
Takket
(21,657 posts)But hey, let's drop another trillion on tanks they don't even want!
Ron Green
(9,823 posts)this country around.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)That is called Sedition.
18 U.S. Code § 2385 - Advocating overthrow of Government
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
babylonsister
(171,104 posts)jaysunb
(11,856 posts)Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)see, now this is why we normally keep him locked in the closet
GoCubsGo
(32,099 posts)I'm ashamed that this cretin is my Senator.