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augyboston

(381 posts)
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 06:16 AM 20 hrs ago

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

JT45242

(4,276 posts)
2. He betrayed his oath when he tried to impeach clinton 30 plus years ago
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 06:55 AM
19 hrs ago

To paraphrase the old one.

Lindsay Graham is dead, good.

paleotn

(23,265 posts)
22. Oh god.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 09:09 AM
17 hrs ago

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

(23,620 posts)
36. The M$M will be wall-to-wall outpouring of accolades.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 04:17 PM
10 hrs ago

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
18 hrs ago

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

(15,532 posts)
16. He was always a flake
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:37 AM
18 hrs ago

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

(28,958 posts)
10. "Leningrad Lindsey" was another GOP Russian stooge.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:00 AM
18 hrs ago

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

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,335 posts)
11. He also took an oath
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:21 AM
18 hrs ago

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

MLWR

(1,184 posts)
17. For me, at least, that is not unexpected: he has an "R" after his name.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:43 AM
17 hrs ago

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
18 hrs ago

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

(28,958 posts)
30. In my mind, the two of them are sharing......
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:09 PM
14 hrs ago

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

Six117

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

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
15 hrs ago

Lindsey is dead. Good. 🙏🏼👏🏼👍🏼

valleyrogue

(2,843 posts)
18. He betrayed his oath long before.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 08:50 AM
17 hrs ago

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

Emile

(44,342 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
17 hrs ago

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

paleotn

(23,265 posts)
21. I doubt there will be much sugar coating for Lindsey.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 09:06 AM
17 hrs ago

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

Wednesdays

(23,620 posts)
37. There will be nothing BUT sugarcoating on the airwaves for the next solid week.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 04:21 PM
10 hrs ago

See my post #36, above.

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,163 posts)
24. There was a brief moment when he was calling [REDACTED] "a kook," "unfit for office,"...
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 09:27 AM
17 hrs ago

...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
13 hrs ago

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
14 hrs ago

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
9 hrs ago

... even back then. 1966

Prof. Toru Tanaka

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

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
5 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!

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,999 posts)
43. You're welcome, I make those mistakes myself at times.
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 12:02 AM
2 hrs ago

I always keep a trusty stylus on hand if I use my phone or IPad.

I’m a USAF vet also (Base Supply in the 1980s). Have a good day!

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