Lindsey Graham Threatened To Have Trump Removed From Presidency On Jan. 6: Book

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Lindsey Graham Threatened To Have Trump Removed From Presidency On Jan. 6: Book
Graham told the White House counsel he'd press for the 25th Amendment if Trump didn't denounce the Capitol rioters, according to a new book.
Ron Dicker
Mar. 17, 2022, 08:51 AM EDT


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called the White House during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and threatened to have then-President Donald Trump removed from office if he didn’t aggressively condemn the rioters, according to a new book.

Graham phoned White House counsel Pat Cipollone as the Capitol attack unfolded and said, “We’ll be asking for the 25th Amendment,” authors Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns wrote in “This Will Not Pass.” Axios published an excerpt.

The 25th Amendment would have allowed then-Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the Cabinet to declare the president unfit for office and temporarily promote Pence, CNN previously reported. If Trump were to have objected, then a supermajority of the House and Senate would have been required to strip him of his duties.

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The senator even suggested President-elect Joe Biden was a good fit for the tumultuous time. “I mean, how mad can you get at Joe Biden,” he reportedly said.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-25th-amendment_n_6233091de4b009ab92f3fb89

[FarPoint]

1. In an alternate universe maybe ..

Squirming liar!

[vlyons]

3. you got that right

Cover his ass, except we can all see his exposed boo-tay.

[Walleye]

2. Yes they tried so hard to get people to hate Joe, one of the kindest, nicest people you'd ever meet

[JHB]

4. After-the-fact, blowhard bullshit.

Even if by some miracle he really did say that, who on earth would take such an obviously empty threat seriously?

A professional lapdog may yip when disturbed, but will never voluntarily leave the cushions.

[SoonerPride]

5. Spineless jellyfish Lindsey?

Not a chance this actually happened.

[blogslug]

6. And yet, Graham would still vote for TFG, again

[CrispyQ]

7. Graham lacks the integrity & spine to stand by those comments.

Most of the GOP does. They had tough words on Jan 7, but after McCarthy went to Maralago & kissed the ring, they all fell in line again. Spineless cowards parading around like tough men. So full of themselves, but so shallow & so empty.

[Jilly_in_VA]

8. Sure he did

In whose fevered imagination?

[IbogaProject]

9. He didn't vote to impeach either time

So I think this is to distract us in the future. He had his chance to help America thus only tries to save his own tratorius hide.

[ChazInAz]

10. But you didn't.

So why do you think we should care what you wanted?

[Autumn]

11. Bullshit.

[dchill]

12. "... Biden was a good fit for the tumultuous time."

Irrelevant. Biden WON. By like 8 million votes. THAT'S relevant.

[BlueIdaho]

13. Looks like Grammy Graham got himself a

PR agent to try and clean up his despicable two faced image. Bad news Lindsey, you can’t unring a bell.

[Mike Nelson]

14. Ha-ha!

... Lindsey Graham has to be one of the worst people to quote about anything. Why would anyone trust anything he says?

[struggle4progress]

15. Graham can blow smoke out of both sides of his ass

[llashram]

16. action(s) outdo

a meaningless threat. These clowns are just trying to cover their asses. Don't trust one of them. A little semi-trust for Congresswoman Cheney. This clown had two times to put trump where he belonged. Tarred and feathered and drummed out the WH. All these clowns Graham, Barr et al are in extreme CYA mode until they feel, they can regain power. Then all this CYA will be papered over and spun again and again on Fox news till trump's brownshirt believers are marching in the streets creating their own 'Kristallnacht'(s).

[spanone]

17. ...then within days he was golfing with him in mar lardo and kissing his ass.

If you believe the story at all.

Fuck you graham

[yellowcanine]

18. Lindsey also said, "I am done (with Trump)" and then played golf with him a week later.

So forget about what Lindsey says. It is not worth a bucket of warm piss.

[MineralMan]

19. Lindsey Graham Is a Two-Faced SOB.

Yup. A slime ball, too.

[FakeNoose]

20. Well, he probably did say it at one point ... but then he back-peddled just like always

Lindsey Graham is a jellyfish with no spine at all!