Lindsey Graham Allegedly Told Police to Shoot Jan. 6 Rioters: 'You've Got Guns. Use Them'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Lindsey Graham reportedly called for rioters to be shot as lawmakers were forced to evacuate the Senate chamber during the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The Washington Post on Sunday published the results of a lengthy investigation: a three-part series, reconstructing in detail what happened before, during and after the riot when a mob of Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol in a bid to overturn President Joe Biden's election victory.

The second part, titled "Bloodshed," goes into detail about how then Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress were evacuated from the Senate chamber after rioters breached the building.

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According to The Post, Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, was furious that senators were forced to flee their own chamber. He yelled at the sergeant-at-arms and urged him to shoot rioters in the mob, the newspaper reported, citing a Republican senator with knowledge of the exchange.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lindsey-graham-allegedly-told-police-to-shoot-jan-6-rioters-you-ve-got-guns-use-them/ar-AAQb6Lo

[sarcasmo]

1. A scared, sad, little man.

[DENVERPOPS]

26. I guess

he forgot that HE was a major influence in bringing that whole scene to the Capitol.............

What a little worm............

[Ocelot II]

2. When one of them actually did, TFG and the GOP went nuts

and are now calling the insurrectionist who got shot a patriot and a hero...

[malletgirl02]

10. Good point

If the police shot more of them Graham would have denounced them afterwards.

[Walleye]

3. I think it was a big disappointment to them that it wasn't a bloodbath

So did Graham think if they started shooting people down they could just go ahead and count the electoral votes as if nothing happened? Their whole objective was to stop the counting of those votes.

[mopinko]

8. this

[erronis]

17. Lil Lindsay knew violence would help stop the count. He had his 2bit part to play.

Trump (and Putin) have promised Lindsay a bigger part in the next show. He's a hopeless wannabe.

[Escurumbele]

18. Very good point, and to escalate the violence

[maxsolomon]

4. "When the looting starts the shooting starts"?

and least they're consistent, sort of, when it's their ass that's threatened.

And they did, shooting 1 rioter to death with 1 bullet.

Graham denied saying that, no doubt. Like all GQP Senators, he's a shameless liar who knows there's zero consequence for it.

[Progressive Jones]

5. Graham was 100% correct. As many of those

traitors as possible should have been shot that day. That first handful through the doors should have died in their tracks.

[moreland01]

14. Agree

What the hell are the police for if not to protect the people whose lives were at risk by the insurrectionists? It's their damn job!

[erronis]

19. I'm guessing that was the hoped-for outcome. Lots of bloodshed and then call in the troops

under the orders of the supposed president. Can't hold an electoral count in a national emergency, right?

[Escurumbele]

20. No, he was not correct, it would have not accomplished anything besides escalating the violence.

And like someone here already pointed out, that was their goal, to create a lot of chaos to stop the count.

I believe the best the Capitol could have done they did. The National Guard, the military should have been called to apprehend the traitors, the fact trump did not do it increases his culpability. Why isn't that SOB in jail already? To me, that is the most dangerous thing that can happen to our Democracy, if the SOB is not put behind bars.

[traitorsgalore]

28. Nobody gets jailed, we have a 2-tiered justice system

Gee, I wonder how those traitors could have been held accountable? LOL.

[Progressive Jones]

29. Was that the stated goal of the Trump Trash Traitors, or is this speculation? They all deserved

what only one of those pieces of shit actually got.

[cinematicdiversions]

30. Thank you.

[Champp]

6. Hundreds of traitor Republican bodies would have littered Washington

If Little Lindsey was in charge. How many Republican traitors was he planning to have shot?

And now that the trials have begun, does Little Lindsey feel Republican traitors should all be hung?

Asking for my friends (all the honest loyal citizens of the USA).

[JT45242]

7. Time to put Leningrad Lindsay under oath on this one

Let's put the sergeant at arms under oath as well and find out what was said about these "normal tourists"

I'll bet Leningrad Lindsay also knew that the reps without masks were signalling that "we are with you" to the 3% and Proud Boys.

Not sure if I would rather have him tell the truth or go to jail.

Wish it was a BOTH/AND.

[Baked Potato]

9. No, terrible idea. They would've been swarmed and disarmed. Suicide. Nt

[BannonsLiver]

34. Bahahaha

Those boated keyboard warrior fucks would have tucked tail and ran for the lives after a few of them got dropped. You give them WAY too much credit.

[Mike Nelson]

11. Yes...

... they wanted more violence. They felt it would have helped, not hurt, their cause.

[SpankMe]

12. Hmm. I kind of agree with him on this

They've shot black people for far less. I'd say that the lives of lawmakers and staff were definitely in immediate peril that day. Shooting would have been justified.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Pickett's Charge

hope this was their highwater mark

[Mr. Ected]

15. You birthed this baby, Lindsey

Now you want to abort it?

[Hav]

16. This is good info to keep in mind whenever

revisionist Repubs try to downplay these events or accuse Dems of exaggerating it.
Should Graham ever try do that, one can point to his comments when he obviously must have thought his life was in danger and his reaction was basically to mow them down in a massacre.

[jmowreader]

21. Well, you know what would have happened

If the Capitol Police would have started shooting Trump’s people en masse, Trump would have invoked the Insurrection Act and declared himself president for life.

Add Lindsay Graham to the list of people who need to meet the hangman.

[cstanleytech]

22. Sounds like something Graham would say if he feared for his life and then once the crisis was

past that he would deny saying it even if there was video tape of him saying it.

[Cryptoad]

23. Is he talking to all us gun toting Liberals?????

[NurseJackie]

24. Exactly. RW nutjobs aren't the only ones who have guns.

[murielm99]

25. There are more of us

than he realizes. A lot of us served in the military. Some of us hunt. Some of us just live in parts of the country where everyone has a gun. I live in a rural part of Illinois. Every farmer up and down the road has a gun.

I guess we are not allowed to get into this outside. the Gungeon. I will shut up now.

[Traildogbob]

27. I think trump has

Promised Lindsey the VP slot for 2024. And little Lindsey actually believes trump has EVER kept his word. He has probably promised it to Jordon, Trailer Queen, Geatz, Cruz, and all the insurrection planners. But will most likely have Ivanka as his running mate. To Jr’s dismay.

[Kota]

31. was he trying to escalate things?

[BannonsLiver]

32. For once I agree with Linz.

[mnhtnbb]

33. Both Capitol and Metro Police have testified they deliberately DID NOT shoot

for fear of escalating the violence when they were clearly outnumbered. Many of them are former soldiers. I would believe their assessment of the situation before I'd believe the Senator from South Carolina.