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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 04:01 PM Jan 2017

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

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
?@frankthorp

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/
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I am begging until I will back down as usual Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #1
Graham will keep this up until McConnell orders him to stop. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #2
Yep. dalton99a Jan 2017 #21
he was up in arms, I saw it on tv wordpix Jan 2017 #31
We have entered a new realm where Lindsey F'ing Graham is a voice of reason Frogg Jan 2017 #3
+100! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2017 #4
We are truly through the Sherman A1 Jan 2017 #11
We're not just through the Looking Glass maxrandb Jan 2017 #17
Yes - and this blows my mind every single day. n/t susanna Jan 2017 #13
A whole new terrible world, for the moment. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2017 #27
maybe he'll get real and join the Dems wordpix Jan 2017 #32
Yeah, well I'm begging Lindsay Graham and John McCain and Susan Collins LisaM Jan 2017 #5
that's a really good out for any R who doesn't want to affiliate with King Con wordpix Jan 2017 #33
Oh, good ol' boy Lindsay - maybe someone will look into how they actually asiliveandbreathe Jan 2017 #6
You Hit The Nail On The Nose Here..... global1 Jan 2017 #8
+1000 eom asiliveandbreathe Jan 2017 #10
I'm wondering if that's why MSM is pushing it now Phoenix61 Jan 2017 #25
+1. Let's get on with that investigation, boys! JudyM Jan 2017 #15
What comes first? The investigation results or martial law? Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #49
It had better not get that far or there'll no question be riots in the streets. JudyM Jan 2017 #54
A'HO!!! sagetea Jan 2017 #30
That idiot in the White House is Putin's lap dog. yallerdawg Jan 2017 #7
There certainly needs to be an investigation. C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #9
Trump has now created a situation where he's between a rock and a hard place adigal Jan 2017 #37
Investigate right now! Why aren't Trump voters demanding it? wordpix Jan 2017 #40
I can tell you what he'll do: He'll continue to be a lunatic. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #50
But But But moreland01 Jan 2017 #12
No, it was election fraud. dchill Jan 2017 #19
It wasn't voter fraud, because the voters didn't do it. It was election fraud. OTOH, he did tell us Hekate Jan 2017 #23
Yawn truthisfreedom Jan 2017 #14
Michael Moore says we should keep referring to him as the "minority president" LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2017 #16
+1 Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #20
crosing the Rubicon integralmatrix Jan 2017 #18
Trump doesn't give a rat's ass if his lies "undermine his ability to govern the country".... Hekate Jan 2017 #22
Lindsey: don't you remember? You're a loser. brooklynite Jan 2017 #24
Doing it for media attention... physioex Jan 2017 #28
Too late, he said it. C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #26
The guy's a depraved lying sicko, we've seen him for 2 yrs. and as Dr. Laura says, wordpix Jan 2017 #39
Undermining faith in democracy moondust Jan 2017 #29
Trump just had to mock Graham in that one press conference he gave last week adigal Jan 2017 #34
Better be careful.... Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #35
"undermine his ability to govern" line sings a threat of impeachment wordpix Jan 2017 #36
Lindsey? Leadership ? Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #47
"I am begging the President to act like an adult..." EllieBC Jan 2017 #38
so, if that many voted Illegally elmac Jan 2017 #41
Dems should listen to Trump AliasGrace Jan 2017 #42
I disagree that this election was "fair and accurate" NYC Liberal Jan 2017 #43
If 3 to 5 million illegal immigrants could find ways to vote for HRC, then NCjack Jan 2017 #44
Let's get real here. There is very little voter fraud, but there is Chris Kobach's Cross Check. YOHABLO Jan 2017 #45
Good news! Trump says investigate the voter fraud! wordpix Jan 2017 #46
Nothing coming from Trumpy is good news. The sow's ear won't change into a silk purse. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #52
Oh, sit down, Lindsey! You have no say in this. And you're begging?? Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #48
+1 for the truth. old guy Jan 2017 #53
You hit the nail on the head. Scruffy1 Jan 2017 #56
This is one of those "Please proceed" moments for Drumpf. nt longship Jan 2017 #51
Here is Lindsey Graham when he heard the news Doc_Technical Jan 2017 #55
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