Lindsey Graham: 'I am Begging the President' to Stop Saying Millions of People Voted Illegally

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite


It was reported last night that President Donald Trump revived an unsubstantiated and unproven claim that millions of people illegally voted in the presidential election. He did this during a meeting with Congressional leaders, spending the first ten minutes of the meeting rehashing the campaign and using the claim as a way to prove he didnt legitimately lose the national popular vote.

In response to Trump bringing this back up while speaking to members of Congress, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) delivered a statement begging POTUS to with share information he has to back his comments or stop making these remarks.

Frank Thorp V
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Sen Graham (R-SC) really wants Pres Trump to stop taking about inaccurate claims of millions of illegal voters voting in the #2016 election:

Following reports of his comments, the New York Times [link:http://www.mediaite.com/online/new-york-times-ratchets-up-war-with-trump-by-once-again-calling-out-his-lies/ratcheted up] its war with Trump by stating that he lied in its headline. Meanwhile, the Washington Post [link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/24/recidivism-watch-trumps-claim-that-3-5-million-people-voted-illegally-in-the-election/?utm_term.2a1e0ce44c70fact-checked him again], placing him on their Recidivism Watch for resurrecting the false claim.

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Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/lindsey-graham-i-am-begging-the-president-to-stop-saying-millions-of-people-voted-illegally/

[Freethinker65]

1. I am begging until I will back down as usual

[guillaumeb]

2. Graham will keep this up until McConnell orders him to stop.

And like a good lapdog, Graham will stop.

[dalton99a]

21. Yep.

[wordpix]

31. he was up in arms, I saw it on tv

to me the last line says it all

[Frogg]

3. We have entered a new realm where Lindsey F'ing Graham is a voice of reason

[Rhiannon12866]

4. +100!

[Sherman A1]

11. We are truly through the

looking glass

[maxrandb]

17. We're not just through the Looking Glass

we've shattered it and are using the sharp shards of glass to slit our wrists

[susanna]

13. Yes - and this blows my mind every single day. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

27. A whole new terrible world, for the moment. n/t

[wordpix]

32. maybe he'll get real and join the Dems

I doubt he's a fundie and he's not a Tparty idiot. So he really doesn't fit the R mold, except in his money-grubbing- ness

[LisaM]

5. Yeah, well I'm begging Lindsay Graham and John McCain and Susan Collins

to temporarily change the (R) after their names to (I) for a couple of years and get all the power out of the hands of this madman. I expect about equal success.

[wordpix]

33. that's a really good out for any R who doesn't want to affiliate with King Con

[asiliveandbreathe]

6. Oh, good ol' boy Lindsay - maybe someone will look into how they actually

stole the election - they are getting away with it..and it will continue for years to come...this dangerous republican congress had only one chance left..

tested and proven effective..

[global1]

8. You Hit The Nail On The Nose Here.....

If Trump keeps pushing this meme - there will be a call for an investigation - and a investigation could lead to finding out how the Repugs actually stole the election. Remember - the only way Repugs win is by cheating.

Trump shooting his mouth off could cause us to find out what is behind the Repug curtain.

[asiliveandbreathe]

10. +1000 eom

[Phoenix61]

25. I'm wondering if that's why MSM is pushing it now

Get his voters all riled up and call for an investigation.

[JudyM]

15. +1. Let's get on with that investigation, boys!

[Eyeball_Kid]

49. What comes first? The investigation results or martial law?

The race is neck-and-neck.

I'd guess that there's a 40% chance that within 6 months, Trumpy will shut down sites like DU. He'll declare DU to be a national security risk. He'll reason that he MUST have complete loyalty, or he can't do his job (whatever he thinks his job is).

[JudyM]

54. It had better not get that far or there'll no question be riots in the streets.

[sagetea]

30. A'HO!!!

Nailed it!

Ho'
sage

[yallerdawg]

7. That idiot in the White House is Putin's lap dog.

Undermining the legitimacy of American elections is the goal.

Remember when bin Laden discussed how the collapse of the Twin Towers surprised them - just hitting the buildings was the goal?

That's how Putin sees Mr. Precedent, a little lagniappe in the cyberwar. A "useful idiot" as they say.

[C_U_L8R]

9. There certainly needs to be an investigation.

Trump claims that the biggest voter fraud in world history
just occurred under our noses. Well, cough up the evidence
or admit that you're lying.

[adigal]

37. Trump has now created a situation where he's between a rock and a hard place

Either he continues his belief that there was voter fraud and the Dems may push for an investigation OR he has to back down and say he was wrong, which means he lost the popular vote, which his ego just can't handle.

Hmm...what will the lunatic do?

[wordpix]

40. Investigate right now! Why aren't Trump voters demanding it?

This is our meme of the day. Let's challenge them

[Eyeball_Kid]

50. I can tell you what he'll do: He'll continue to be a lunatic.

He's a danger to himself and others. Who on God's green earth has confidence in this madman?

[moreland01]

12. But But But

It's the one thing I agree with Trump on. There was obviously voter fraud or he would no way in hell be the president. He's insisting that we oust him immediately. Why aren't we listening to him?

[dchill]

19. No, it was election fraud.

But he knows THAT.

[Hekate]

23. It wasn't voter fraud, because the voters didn't do it. It was election fraud. OTOH, he did tell us

....that the election was rigged. It turned out like all his other accusations: he pointed the finger at others, but the rest of the fingers were pointing back at him. All the corruption he accused others of was that of himself, his donors, and his Bannon base.

[truthisfreedom]

14. Yawn

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

16. Michael Moore says we should keep referring to him as the "minority president"

It'll keep him spinning like a top.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. +1

[integralmatrix]

18. crosing the Rubicon

We are slowly approaching the point of no return. If there ever was a time to make a stand then this is it.

[Hekate]

22. Trump doesn't give a rat's ass if his lies "undermine his ability to govern the country"....

....because governance is foreign to his whole being. Trump's an emperor! He has a YUGE business empire! He can bellow "You're fired!" and it will be done!

Mad King Donald in his Golden Tower doesn't know where he is in reality. He has no idea how elective office works.

I can hardly wait until he gets some members of Congress in the Oval Office and tries to fire them. He'll be beside himself when that fails to work.

What will be really interesting to watch is Benedict Donald firing his Cabinet members and other appointees. He can fire them. It'll make Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre look like a picnic.

[brooklynite]

24. Lindsey: don't you remember? You're a loser.

[physioex]

28. Doing it for media attention...

Then simply fall in line.

[C_U_L8R]

26. Too late, he said it.

Now, is it a lie? Or is Trump confused?
Or is his brain addled with conspiracy theories?
Is Trump fit for office at all?
How do we know Trump's not sick or crazy?

[wordpix]

39. The guy's a depraved lying sicko, we've seen him for 2 yrs. and as Dr. Laura says,

"Get to know your him/her for at least two years before you marry." In that amt. of time and she's right IMO, problems crop up and they are either solved or not and if not, do not marry.

What happened here is WE saw this was a no-good candidate/husband-to-be but the RW was dazzled with his narcissist take charge personality. The two year period is now about over and it seems no one but the crazies wants this marriage now so all we can do is impeach sooner rather than later.

[moondust]

29. Undermining faith in democracy

is necessary to establishing autocracy, right?

[adigal]

34. Trump just had to mock Graham in that one press conference he gave last week

This will cause him to double down.

I'm of two minds here. If Trump keeps insisting that this happened, but because he won doesnt' feel it needs to be investigated, Dems should push every day for an investigation. And this does help show that Trump is just batshit crazy - I think everyone but his 30% Deplorables is finally understanding this.

[Rustyeye77]

35. Better be careful....

last time he was this upset he pouted and said....

"John, get my coat...we're leaving".

[wordpix]

36. "undermine his ability to govern" line sings a threat of impeachment

Is Lindsay trying out "leadership" for once?

[Rustyeye77]

47. Lindsey? Leadership ?

Don't be silly.

[EllieBC]

38. "I am begging the President to act like an adult..."

Good luck with that. A few days ago I said he behaves like my kids. I take that back. My kids are at least compassionate.

[elmac]

41. so, if that many voted Illegally

then I guess we better null and void the election.

[AliasGrace]

42. Dems should listen to Trump

Trump is pathologically incapable of keeping his mouth shut about his crimes and cheating. He is also a classic projector:
Psychological projection also known as blame shifting is a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against unpleasant impulses by denying their existence in themselves, while attributing them to others. (Lyin' Ted, Crooked Hillary, Hillary is sick, pay-to-play, etc).

He kept telling us it was rigged, and it WAS. In his favor.

There WAS cheating- on the GOP's part.

He can't let it go because even with Russia, GOP dirty tricks, voter suppression and everything else they did- Hillary still won. She won the popular vote by 3 million, and HE KNOWS she would have won the EC vote except for all the dirty tricks, which I happen to believe includes hacking into voting machines.

Also remember his little slip the other night about how next time "they'd win the old-fashioned way".

Russia just wants chaos and to undermine our belief in our voting system. But Trump isn't doing that. He is trying to tell you something. Listen to him.

[NYC Liberal]

43. I disagree that this election was "fair and accurate"

But that is not due to "illegal voting"; it's due to the hacking and manipulation by a foreign power, manipulation by the Republican FBI director, and probably criminal activity (or at least collision with the aforementioned criminals) by the GOP in many areas.

[NCjack]

44. If 3 to 5 million illegal immigrants could find ways to vote for HRC, then

the Russians surely could vote 7-10 million for Trump. May Trump is right -- but not in the way he thinks. The Russians were watching, and when Trump needed votes, the Russians added them for him. Make senses to me. Tiny Hands is illegitimate.

[YOHABLO]

45. Let's get real here. There is very little voter fraud, but there is Chris Kobach's Cross Check.

[wordpix]

46. Good news! Trump says investigate the voter fraud!

since there was no voter fraud, I'm sure we could veer off into election fraud

[Eyeball_Kid]

52. Nothing coming from Trumpy is good news. The sow's ear won't change into a silk purse.

A sow's ear is a sow's ear. Even his policies that Democrats like come with a monstrous caveat:
Trumpy cannot fathom the law of unintended consequences. He doesn't think ahead. He only thinks about HIS head. Example: his idiotic and deadly musings on re-invading Iraq to steal the oil. Those are the thoughts of a normal 9 year-old. That's why 9 year-olds aren't expected to think globally. They can't. And neither can Trumpy.

[Eyeball_Kid]

48. Oh, sit down, Lindsey! You have no say in this. And you're begging??

If you had ONE BALL, you'd be begging for a 25th Amendment Solution. But you don't even have one ball. You've got no balls. Your voice is squeaking and you just WISH you had the manly tone of your BS artist and weak-minded buddy, McCain. But McCain is just as pitiful and gutless. You'll all just go along with the madman, knowing that there's no buffer between a psychotic bird brain and planetary destruction.

You, Mr. Graham, are complicit in Trumpy's unrestrained madness. And you're begging for what?

[old guy]

53. +1 for the truth.

[Scruffy1]

56. You hit the nail on the head.

I have been watching him and McCain pull this shit for years. They go all outrage, the fold up like a wet paper napkin. I have come to believe both are controlled by blackmail.

[longship]

51. This is one of those "Please proceed" moments for Drumpf. nt

[Doc_Technical]

55. Here is Lindsey Graham when he heard the news