Graham nixes plan to send Pelosi letter warning GOP won't convict Trump

[riversedge]

Source: The Hill




By Jordain Carney - 10/23/19 06:41 PM EDT


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Wednesday that he was dropping a plan to send House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a letter warning that Republicans wouldn't remove Trump from office over a Ukraine phone call.

Graham, asked about the letter, told reporters that he was instead going to offer a resolution condemning the House's impeachment inquiry process.

"No, I'm going to do a resolution saying that the process I think is unfair," Graham said, asked if he was still sending the letter to Pelosi.

Graham first floated the letter earlier this month during a "Fox & Friends" interview, saying that he was going to ask other Senate Republicans to sign a letter to Pelosi saying that they "do not believe the transcript of the phone call between the president and the Ukraine is an impeachable offense."..................................

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/467196-graham-nixes-plan-to-send-pelosi-letter-warning-gop-wont-convict-trump

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lindsey talks like trumpy---unfair unfair unfair .....

[EarthFirst]

1. Unfair?

What’s unfair is a group of Constitutionally bound politicians storming a secure committee meeting today; impeding the progress of an investigation into the potential nefarious & illegal actions perpetrated by a corrupt government official and his co-conspirators...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Verdict first, trial later.

Well, that's not quite right. But the Queen does bear a resemblance to Lindsey Graham.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Sentence First — Verdict Afterwards



‘Let the jury consider their verdict,’ the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.

‘No, no!’ said the Queen. ‘Sentence first - verdict afterwards.’

‘Stuff and nonsense!’ said Alice loudly. ‘The idea of having the sentence first!’

‘Hold your tongue!’ said the Queen, turning purple.

‘I won’t!’ said Alice.

‘Off with her head!’ the Queen shouted at the top of her voice. Nobody moved.

‘Who cares for you?’ said Alice, (she had grown to her full size by this time.) ‘You’re nothing but a pack of cards!’

At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her: she gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face.

‘Wake up, Alice dear!’ said her sister; ‘Why, what a long sleep you’ve had!’

— From Chapter 12 of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll

[dchill]

21. Very nice post!

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Lindsey and GOP Senators are terrified of giving Pelosi the opportunity to respond

Face it, she would knock the cover off their ball and leave them sore for a week

[Thekaspervote]

11. Funnieeeee...and oh so true!!

[herding cats]

12. Exactly.

She's so far ahead of them and some of them know it.

[lagomorph777]

27. Leningrad Lindsey couldn't get anybody to co-sign his obstruction.

[Botany]

4. Please, please, please Ms. Lindsey stay on that Titanic ... free ice in all the rooms

I think Lindsey might be hedging his bets.

Hedge your bets.
To protect yourself against loss by supporting more than one possible result or both sides in a competition: They're hedging their bets and keeping up contacts with both companies.

[OldBaldy1701E]

22. oh, definitely!

like any career politician, he is just making sure he is not in the crosshairs, even as he tries to shield his trophy president. But, as the evidence mounts, you can be sure that he and all the long term career politicians will show the ship rats a thing or two about deserting the sinking ship. They have not remained in office because of their good works... (except for the top most percentile who don't care who is in there as long as they will allow this oligarchy to continue).

[BumRushDaShow]

5. "they "do not believe the transcript of the phone call"

But that was the incomplete transcript provided by the WH of the "perfect call". The actual info is on a top secret server.

[Midnightwalk]

8. Exactly and what about the other testimony

Might as well pass a resolution saying trump didn’t tweet anything impeachable in 24 hours so acquit.

I guess that might backfire.

[B Stieg]

6. Keep on lickin' those tRump boots, Lyndsey...

They will drag you down, clown.

[olddad65]

7. He really needs to get his head out of Trumps ass, and uphold his oath of office.

[abqtommy]

9. Yeah, Widdle Lindsey, wouldn't a letter as described constitute Obstruction Of Justice,

and collusion/conspiracy on your part? Are you sure you want to keep on going down this road?

[Mars and Minerva]

10. That's all a Red Herring. Lindsey would love to impeach tRump and have Pence take over.

He just needs to find 19 other hawks to go in with him. If he could get it together, he would take his golf buddy down and kick him in the pants on the way out the door.

[Lucky Luciano]

13. Sorry Lindsay. Can't wait to see your Компромат!

[DrToast]

14. He dropped it because nobody would sign it

Or at least not enough.

[obamanut2012]

25. I agree -- this is exactly the reason he is dropping it n/t

[keithbvadu2]

15. Jury nullification already announced in advance.

Jury nullification already announced in advance.

Lindsey does not have the cojones to sign it.

[BlueIdaho]

16. Little Lindsay is an empty suit.

He has become an inconsequential pip squeak who's legacy could be written on the back of a book of matches. Who cares what he says or does anymore?

[not_the_one]

17. Well, the cat is out of the bag, the genie is out of the bottle, the toothpaste is out of the tube..

But we knew they are spineless cowards.

The republicans don't have a patriotic cell in their body. They are 100% enablers of the turd.

Every single one of them should be charged with treason for refusing to address that their fearless leader is nothing more than a PROVEN russian asset.

[Nitram]

18. Graham blinked.

[dalton99a]

19. What an attention whore.

[dchill]

20. What WOULD be fair, Linds?

(Not really interested in your reply.)

[NurseJackie]

23. Whenever I hear him talk with his exaggerated "Southern Gentleman" mannerisms and accent...

Whenever I hear him talk with his exaggerated "Southern Gentleman" mannerisms and accent, it makes it hard for me to take him seriously. He's become such a cartoonish caricature of himself. It's almost as if he's impersonating a SNL impersonator... just getting more outlandish and exaggerated with every telling and with every new version.

What an embarrassment he is for SC. He's a complete PHONY! Everything about him is a LIE!

[jvill]

24. Turns out...

... there weren't going to be that many co-signs.

Republicans are getting nervous.

No one has any idea what's going to happen next week, or the week after, but the odds are that it will be bad for Trump.

Who wants their name on a letter saying you're prejudging a case that's almost certainly going to be a moral junkyard fire..?

[spooky3]

26. "Just a phone call" - more GOP attempts to minimize. What if a phone caller to the White House

threatened to bomb it? I doubt Lindsay would dismiss that.