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RandySF

(58,899 posts)
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 01:54 PM Jun 2015

Lindsey Graham thinks Caitlyn Jenner should vote for him although ‘I haven’t walked in her shoes’

In an interview with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the recently announced candidate for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination said that Caitlyn Jenner should vote for him, while admitting that “I haven’t walked in her shoes.”

Speaking with Dana Bash on CNN, Graham spoke about the former Olympic athlete who recently came out as Caitlyn Jenner on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine, and defended her against conservatives who say they want no part of her in the Republican Party.

Graham said that Jenner, who identifies as a Republican, would be welcome in his campaign and that he would love to have her vote.

“If Caitlyn Jenner wants to be safe and have a prosperous economy, vote for me,” Graham said. “I’m into addition.”

Occasionally stumbling over pronouns, he added, “I haven’t walked in her shoes. I don’t have all the answers to the mysteries of life, and I can only imagine the torment Bruce Jenner went through. I’m a pro-life, traditional kind of guy, but I’m running to be President of the United States. If Caitlyn Jenner wants to be a Republican, she is welcome in my party.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/lindsey-graham-thinks-caitlyn-jenner-should-vote-for-him-although-i-havent-walked-in-her-shoes/

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Lindsey Graham thinks Caitlyn Jenner should vote for him although ‘I haven’t walked in her shoes’ (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2015 OP
“I haven’t walked in her shoes.” (Lindsey meant that literally.) nt NCjack Jun 2015 #1
This may just be the nicest thing I've ever heard from him. surrealAmerican Jun 2015 #2
Makes me wonder what kind of shoes LuvNewcastle Jun 2015 #3
For anyone who still wants to downgrade Caitlyn Jenner's importance as a transgender icon NuclearDem Jun 2015 #4
A conservative Republican who RandySF Jun 2015 #6
A decent thing to say but he is still hifiguy Jun 2015 #5

surrealAmerican

(11,361 posts)
2. This may just be the nicest thing I've ever heard from him.
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 02:28 PM
Jun 2015

I still would never vote for the man for any public office, but good for him for saying this.

LuvNewcastle

(16,846 posts)
3. Makes me wonder what kind of shoes
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 02:30 PM
Jun 2015

Lindsey has worn. Lindsey is lacking in poise, so I'm thinking that anything more than a one inch heel is too much for him. Even Annie Leibovitz couldn't make a glamour shot that would make Lindsey attractive.

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
4. For anyone who still wants to downgrade Caitlyn Jenner's importance as a transgender icon
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 03:03 PM
Jun 2015

I offer to you a conservative Republican accepting a transgender woman as female and using the correct pronouns.

RandySF

(58,899 posts)
6. A conservative Republican who
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 03:37 PM
Jun 2015

has voted against marriage equity and LGBT recruits in the military time and time again, even though his personal life is the worst kept secret in Washington.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
5. A decent thing to say but he is still
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 03:21 PM
Jun 2015

one strange character, not to mention a warmongering asshat.

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