Lindsey Graham warns Trump: Free press and judiciary 'are worth fighting and dying for'
Source: RawStory
DAVID EDWARDS
19 FEB 2017 AT 12:29 ET
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The backbone of democracy is a free press and an independent judiciary, Graham told CBS host John Dickerson. And they are worth fighting and dying for. Appearing on Face the Nation, Graham argued that Trump was undermining American values by calling the media an enemy of the people and attacking judges for striking down a travel ban aimed at Muslim countries.
According to Graham, America was not in imminent danger of becoming a dictatorship as Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) seemed to suggest in a recent interview on NBCs Meet the Press. Sen. McCain was right to say we need, as politicians, to understand the role of the press and jealously guard it, the South Carolina senator explained.
But Graham also said that the coverage against President Trump has been almost to the point of being hysterical. But I think our friends in the press need to up their game because it really is hard to watch from a Republican point of view.
Yall need to do some self evaluation, in my view, Graham opined. But the enemies of democracy are not the press, its Russia, its Iran and radical Islam.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/lindsey-graham-warns-trump-free-press-and-judiciary-are-worth-fighting-and-dying-for/
Hekate
(90,624 posts)johnnyrocket
(1,773 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Like being forced to root for Stalin against Hitler...
duhneece
(4,111 posts)saying something truly news-y. I celebrate these little wins....and sing, "Mama said there'd be days like this, there'd be days like this, my mama said..."
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)dae
(3,396 posts)QED
(2,747 posts)but their follow through is very disappointing.
He knows King Con's days are numbered, and just doesn't want to be pulled down with him when he falls. Same goes for almost all these crocodile-tear Rapepublicans.
barbtries
(28,787 posts)AND DO THE RIGHT THING. sorry to yell but goddammit.
BumRushDaShow
(128,733 posts)Wake the fuck up Graham. The head of your party is a lunatic.
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)I wish Senator Graham would co-sponsor a bill to authorize a full, independent, bi-partisan investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)Look, I'm no fan of either Lindsay Graham or John McCain; but they at least have the courage to speak out against Trump, unlike all the other GOP senators, including so-called "moderates" like Susan Collins.
FreeStateDemocrat
(2,654 posts)None of them have an ounce of empathy or morality, know you enemies and this bozo right up towards the top of the list.
diva77
(7,639 posts)no credibility!
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/16/republican_reaction_to_obama_s_scotus_nomination_of_merrick_garland.html
snip...Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a statement reported by NBC News: "One thing I know for sure is that if the shoe was on the other foot, the Democratic leadership would not even entertain such an appointment coming from a Republican president."...snip
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)a republican point of view"
What view is that Lindsey, a view of nonsense?
dembotoz
(16,797 posts)he seemed to be one of the lesser awfuls in a field of omg awfuls...how far has the gop sank?
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Oh god, sorry, I just got back from the gym and everything aches...and reading about Lindsey the Klan Leader and Johnny One Note just makes my hyper-critical
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Well, fuckhead, what do you think WE have suffered for 35 years???
NO. it is the republican party..you shit-faced, hate-filled mollusk....
Whew. that was pretty intense...
LA-Italian
(18 posts)Graham needs to grow a pair of balls and stand up and stop voting for all of Trump's chumps as well as other things Trump is doing to reverse all US strides made in past 60 plus years.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)If so, be careful what you wish for.
EllieBC
(3,010 posts)he might not flush the 1st Amendment or lead us to out of control prices by destroying trade agreements or lead us to a civil war.
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)TNNurse
(6,926 posts)but he is too erratic to be trusted.
raccoon
(31,106 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)I don't think of him as being patriotic.
IronLionZion
(45,410 posts)Walk the talk
Beartracks
(12,806 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)"Never pick a fight with someone who buys their ink by the barrel." Yeah, it is hard for the GOP to listen to, but it was Trump that started the fight. I suspect that it will be the MSM that finishes the fight.
edhopper
(33,554 posts)and McCain vote.
Pure party line.
It's all bullshit.
Oneironaut
(5,491 posts)Republicans do it so well. He's speaking from experience!
dalton99a
(81,426 posts)AnnieBW
(10,422 posts)Lindsay - you and your BFF Johnny Mac need to stop rubber-stamping Der Gropenfuhrer's Cabinet picks!
Initech
(100,059 posts)But Trump's reckless disregard for a free press, and the GOP's reckless disregard for a free press and a free judiciary, are completely unconstitutional and downright treasonous.
The Wizard
(12,541 posts)Trump threatens to name his gay lover(s).
ProfessorGAC
(64,971 posts). . . of HRC's email server? Really? No hysteria there, but he sees hysteria now? How convenient.
Scruffy1
(3,254 posts)I've seen his act too many times. He always folds when his masters call.