CNN: Lindsey Graham says Trump calling Putin genius was 'a mistake'

[lindysalsagal]

Filed under, "Duh.", "Thankyou, Captain Obvious," and "Really, Lindsey?"
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/02/politics/lindsey-graham-trump-putin-mistake/index.html

By Ali Zaslav and Ellie Kaufman, CNN

Updated 2:59 PM ET, Wed March 2, 2022

(CNN)Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, said on Wednesday that he thinks it "was a mistake" for former President Donald Trump to call Russian President Vladimir Putin a genius.

"I think that was a mistake. I think I know what he was trying to say, you know, going into the Donbas. But, no. Let's just make it clear, Putin's not a genius, he's a war criminal," said Graham, a close Trump ally.

On Wednesday, Graham introduced a nonbinding Senate resolution that calls for Putin to be held accountable for numerous acts of war, aggression and human rights abuses. The resolution supports a complaint filed by the Ukrainian government against Putin in the International Criminal Court that alleges war crimes in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Graham said he hopes if the US backs the complaint, more nations will follow.

Russia has been hitting civilian targets and residential areas in recent days, according to open source information and US officials. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of targeting civilians, including children, and called for an international investigation into the conflict on Sunday.

[NQAS]

1. How long before the lapdog repudiates this comment?

I say within a week he will walk back this criticism.

[dchill]

7. I'll take 3 days. If it's, you know, a pool.

[brewens]

2. Nope, not even close. TFG thinking it was genius is deranged. He made no mistake. n/t

[MaryMagdaline]

3. Putin is suffering from the Trump curse

Every plan he backs turns bad. Every person he backs is a loser.

Not our fault. Putin is one KGB idiot if he ever sought Trump’s approval.

[sarcasmo]

4. Lindsey's rubles have dried up.

[Texaswitchy]

5. Yes

Putin might be asking Trump for some of that money back.

[spanone]

6. Not even close linds, he doubled down at cpac, but nice try

[agingdem]

8. just a mistake??

how about treason...giving aid and comfort to the enemy?...

[JohnSJ]

9. F**K YOU GRAHAM. You are a disgrace to the uniform you once wore. What is the mistake was you

and other republicans supporting someone who tried to overthrow our government

[kentuck]

10. If Putin is a criminal, then so is your hero.

He was an accomplice in everything Putin did in the last 5 years.

And Lindsey was an accomplice to everything his hero did.

What does that make him?

[BigmanPigman]

12. I'd say also a criminal...

Putin= tRump=Graham. Basic math.

If A=B
And B=C
Answer A=C

[Cha]

11. lol & tfg is Spitting Toxic

Nails! Nobody should be Questioning his "stable genius"!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Well he's already switched to bragging about how HE

was the one who armed the Ukraine. Not mentioning he held up aid as he tried to bribe Ukraine for personal gain which he got impeached for.

He's also switched to saying Russia must stop killing Ukrainians. Only a matter of time before even he realized he couldn't continue praising a mass murderer when the world knew better.

Hope DNC has saved up for ads showing trump praising Putin.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Lindsey has to be the ultimate flip-flopper, eh?

[lame54]

15. Why does Trump always need an interpreter?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

16. Trump you can never

Walk the shit you said about putin back...never no matter how many lapdogs and fools you line up to say you never praised putin..but you did.

You gross orange pro putin pig.

[UTUSN]

17. Note to Lindsey: "Mistake" is synonym for YOU

[Marcuse]

18. Trump's mistake was to say the quiet part out loud. Lindsay's mistake was to contradict Trump.

[PlanetBev]

19. A mistake? Lindsey surprises me everyday.

Just when I think he can’t be more of an egregious, hypocritical ass-licking, sanctimonious, supercilious phony, he proves me wrong.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

20. A mistake? That is, until it suits him to say otherwise. Quen sabes.. who knows what

..manana will bring?