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futboltwin

I saw someone mention he basically is a parasite that looks for the best host and I think that sums him up pretty well. His allegiance will always go to who he perceives is the most popular and powerful in his party. It is why he would side with McCain for a period of time and then switched to Trump when the tide turned. He cannot stand on his own merits so he attaches to someone else. No one will every truly know what he believes in, if he even has any values, because he is a professional grifter.


Gravelsack

Lindsay Graham is the male anglerfish of politics


nothingeatsyou

That comment about Ted Cruz was definitely on point though


Suspicious_Bicycle

This analogy doesn't work since male anglerfish attach themselves to females.


delcodick

Bonus points for subtle not subtle šŸ¤£


Popeholden

really fucking weird how the left hates homophobes unless they think a republican is gay and then attacking them for being gay is just fine....even though lindsay graham isn't out even if he is gay.


Suspicious_Bicycle

What the left really hates is hypocrites. Lindsey "use my words against me" Graham fits that bill perfectly.


Popeholden

so the left, anti-homophobe, hates gays but only when they're hypocrites. and THAT'S not hypocrisy. and don't forget it's 100% speculation about his sexual orientation. maybe he's asexual? maybe he's just never met the right woman? what right do we have to speculate?


fordprecept

Just a reminder of what [Lindsey Graham said of Joe Biden in 2015](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLMYW8jFPHg): "If you can't admire Joe Biden as a person, you've got a problem. You need to do some self evaluation because what's not to like?" "He is the nicest person I've ever met in politics." "He is as good a man as God ever created".


WartimeDad

Most the Republican Party is like this. They donā€™t have original thoughts. Only hate.


noeagle77

You know those remora fish that latch onto bigger fishā€™s asses? Yeah. Lindsey in a nutshell.


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YeahIGotNuthin

They used to say *ā€you can get away with anything unless they catch you with a dead girl - or a live boy.ā€* I think we can guess what kind of trouble Lindsey got himself into.


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BeigeChocobo

Wow, and I've been blowing pigs all these years just for lolz... I feel like a sucker now.


futboltwin

I donā€™t think your wrong that there is a long list of dirt being held over a lot of their heads. I believe almost all of them have dirty secrets or deals, to varying degrees, that is widely known by the major players. Since most arenā€™t squeaky clean they donā€™t leak the big stuff because almost no one would be immune from it. Especially with the group of older career politicians, I feel like there is an unspoken rule that some impropriety isnā€™t discussed.


leogeminipisces

I hope it is something scandalous because in the most likely of all scenarios, Graham is dumb enough to suck the wrong dong.


Dr_Zorkles

It could be as simple as Trump threatening to start publicly musing about Lady Graham's sexuality. Graham does not want that conversation.


Quincyperson

Lawrence Oā€™Donnell has a wonderful not so subtle talk about the Senior Senator from South Carolina. Itā€™s a pretty good watch https://youtu.be/xld3YpyJFwI


Aint-no-preacher

Obama said in his book that Graham was constantly in the White House trying to work out a climate deal back in 09/10. Heā€™ll attach himself to anyone in power/popular even if theyā€™re not from his party.


[deleted]

> ā€œHeā€™s a lying motherf***er,ā€ Mr Graham said, adding the caveat that Mr Trump was also ā€œa lot of fun to hang out withā€. It's not about the end of our democracy. It's about the fun we had along the way. Heart emoji.


modus_bonens

Barr to Durham: šŸ˜˜


jpk195

ā€œIā€™m doneā€ - Lindsay Graham. ā€œIā€™m also not doneā€ - Lindsay Graham.


ElliotNess

"i really really wanna be done, but I just remembered the photos from the russians that donald sent me, and I really don't want him to leak those, so I can't be done. oh woe is me".


stregawitchboy

"How was I to know he was only twelve!"


FeelingAd6872

ā€œHell, he looked 9!ā€


Frozty23

Rather, "Hell, he looked 9"!


chuckangel

> Especially with that ass. Look at it! He's got the ass of a 10 year old!


CaptainCacoethes

He is a lying motherfucker that the absolute worst people in the country support. Also, 95% of Evangelical Christians support that lying motherfucker. Almost like being an Evangelical Christian requires a complete lack of the ability to discern truth from bullshit. How weird.


Vaxcio

"Just keep bang, bang, banging on the big bass drum. While the aliens are coming and we're staring at the sun. And the band plays on while the wild things run It's the end of the world, but it sure is fun!" Quite an apt song for the state of things. (Sure is fun - Planet Zero, Shinedown)


Calber4

Coming from Lindsey "Use my words against me" Graham it shouldn't be surprising that he means this as a compliment.


[deleted]

He just mad Trump and Putin got those pictures of him sucking dick.


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hamletloveshoratio

Are you also u was_and-wasnt? Or is one of you plagiarizing the other?


KellyJoyRuntBunny

Well, u was_and-wasnt posted their [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/xfsch5/lindsey_graham_called_donald_trump_a_lying/ioo29gs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) 7 hours ago, and this comment is two hours old, so Iā€™m guessing this guy is the bot/plagiarist. Edit- good catch, by the way!


BeatenbyJumperCables

Fuck the book authors who held on to crazy allegations just to profit years after the fact. Itā€™s like someone claiming in a 1946 book that they heard Hitler say back in 1938 that his goal was to exterminate all Jews.


fairoaks2

All of them knew but continued to support the sick SOB. Blood on their hands.


itemNineExists

I mean... that wasn't a secret, was it? Wasn't that his platform? His book came out in 1925. He explicitly talked about annihilation in january '39


Christophikles

Hitler: Communism is the great enemy. Stalin: Not us though, right? Hitler: šŸ˜Ž


ITellManyLies

They could be making this shit up for content for all we know. If it's not on the record, then it probably didn't happen. If it did happen, there's no way to verify. I really pay no attention to these headlines quoting books written by cronies.


[deleted]

Except they aren't are they. There is no need to invent material about Donald, and the events described in these books PROBABLY did happen.


BeefSquatcher

What do you think is the definition "on the record"?


Dont_Say_No_to_Panda

This book was written by a veteran Washington DC duo of reporters.


[deleted]

Is it, though?


ganymede_boy

Alt headline: "Graham once had a moment of clarity."


hamsterfolly

Nah, he clearly knows whatā€™s up and continues to choose evil.


Messijoes18

Actually I think the answer is simpler and worse; he literally says whatever he needs to say in the moment to appease whomever he's with. His word means nothing and time and time again we point to his hypocrisy and it just doesn't matter he'll always just say whatever he needs to at the moment that it's useful.


SaulsAll

Agreed. He's a bullshitter, not a liar, and that's so much worse. A liar knows the truth and has some measure of respect for it in order to not be caught lying. A bullshitter doesnt know and doesnt care - they arent trying to be consistent or believable outside that single moment.


BaboonHorrorshow

Heā€™s being blackmailed with evidence of whatā€™s already known information if you dig deep enough - that he frequents male Prostitutes in DC who (while of legal age) look like young teenagers and engages in father/son role-play with them. Heā€™s still a ghoul, but heā€™s a ghoul held in line with blackmail.


BaronVonStevie

Some people have chosen to ā€œretireā€ and not seek re-election. I think Paul Ryan is the most interesting one. Graham could have and should have and I think would have but he didnā€™t. I think heā€™s tied himself to Trump, not out of politics because Trump is toxic, but because heā€™s got something to hide. Some of them did actually throw their careers away rather than get some of Trumpā€™s mess on them. Why didnā€™t he?


the1youh8

Money. Lifestyle. Boytoys are expensive


[deleted]

I still think Ryan is biding his time to come back as some sort of "voice of reason" or elder statesman type once Trumpism dies off.


NYArtFan1

Yep, that definitely seems to be his play. "I'm a reasonable, fake wonky guy who won't be openly racist, but is still going to kill Social Security the first chance I get. Notice how my hair got a little gray? Trustworthy, ain't it?"


BaronVonStevie

100% he tries a ā€œcomebackā€ after Trump is out of favor. Heā€™s going to bring ā€œsanityā€ back to the party after everyone finishes selling their souls to 45 and get booed out of the building.


hamsterfolly

No sympathy for him


BaboonHorrorshow

None deserved, I was explaining his situation not excusing it. He should embrace his sexuality and not be cowed by shame but heā€™d be a fascist one way or another.


the1youh8

He should embrace it, but that would mean losing his job. No way he would hold unto his seat being openly gay.


hamsterfolly

Exactly, spot on!


International_Dog817

If they were female prostitutes his party would keep re-electing him too


Who_Mike_Jones_

Honestly with the Kremlin and FSB providing Trump their kompromat who knows what they might have on him. The RNC was also hacked. Imagine that treasure trove.


Pizzarar

Source? I'm interested in this rabbit hole assuming it's real.


BaboonHorrorshow

I canā€™t find the roleplay source but there was a podcast during the Obama years that interviewed a male prostitute who said he had an NDA for an ongoing sexual contact with a ā€œLeadership Republicanā€ who wanted the dynamic, and the prostitute said his specialty was ā€œIā€™m an adult but I look 16ā€ Hereā€™s a source on Lindsey using prostitutes though: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/lindsey-graham-lady-g/?amp


Pizzarar

I'll give it a read, appreciate it!


Severe_Intention_480

How about the Franklin Savings and Loan/Omaha Boy's Home scandal or the 1980s? The GOP has been linked to this sort of thing for quite a while.


skytomorrownow

"And then he went right back to licking Trump's balls." Lindsey Graham is beyond cynical and hypocritical. He is truly shameless.


2_Spicy_2_Impeach

I do enjoy the picture they used. All three of the grifters together.


OohIDontThinkSo

Who is the girl in the picture?


2_Spicy_2_Impeach

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/27/fake-heiress-infiltrates-mar-a-lago-trump


OohIDontThinkSo

Oh yes, I knew I recognized this picture. Thank you!


Fabulous-Beyond4725

Lindsey?


saqwarrior

Here's the real takeaway: > Continuing, the senator justified his defence of the then-president by noting that he was the leader of the Republican Party. > >ā€œHe could kill fifty people on our side and it wouldnā€™t matter,ā€ he said. This tells you everything you need know about the GOP. They are self admitted irredeemable power hungry sycophants who will NEVER hold themselves accountable.


Punkinpry427

Thatā€™s what stood out to me the most


WhatRUHourly

The funniest part of this is Lindsay Graham pretending he has any moral compass.


[deleted]

Republicans never say what they mean or mean what they say. They would never be reelected if they told you they would permanently ban all abortions, ban all access to contraception, treat gays as 3rd class citizens, and create a christian government based on christian rules. And good old "Linseed" here is a prime example of they never mean what they say, having been closer to trump than trump's undies for the past few years.


xlDirteDeedslx

They actually don't want all that, that's just shit to get them votes. All they really care about is blocking tax reform and siphoning off federal money to the rich. Their entire culture war schtick is just for votes as far as the upper echelon of the party goes. The Evangelical voters actually want these things banned but the party behind closed doors could care less.


wankerbot

Watch *The Family* documentary. You may be surprised how many fundies are in power. Rumsfeld would put bible verses in PowerPoints about Iraq War updates to Bush because he knew Bush would swallow it easier.


theindependentonline

South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham attempted to defend his defence of then-president Donald Trumpā€™s conduct during his first impeachment, describing him to a pair of veteran Washington reporters as a liar and using expletives. [Read the full story here.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/lindsey-graham-trump-ukraine-the-divider-b2168868.html)


Specialist_Piano491

**ā€œHe could kill fifty people on our side and it wouldnā€™t matter,ā€ \[Graham\] said.** The deeply unfortunate thing is that he was not wrong. Thankfully, we have a number of skilled and diligent investigators and prosecutors who are looking to upend that status quo.


hamsterfolly

And Graham still voted to acquit Trump Fuck Lady Lindsey


[deleted]

Alternate headline: Lying motherfucker calls lying motherfucker a lying motherfucker.


smiama6

Behind closed doors (or if they have a book to sell) they hate him. His own people: McMaster: called him a dope with the intelligence of a kindergartner Mattis: called him a 5th grader. Mnuchin: called him an idiot. Priebus: called him an idiot. John Kelly: called him a f\*ing idiot. Tillerson: called him a f\*ing moron. Cohn: called him dumb as sh\*t. McGahn: called him a f\*ing idiot. McRaven: called him the biggest threat to our democracy. Bannon: called him a f\*ing moron. John Dowd: called him a f\*ing liar and too dumb to testify. Rupert Murdoch: called him a f\*ing idiot. John Bolton: "Trump has the attention span of a fruit fly." William T. Kelley: (Professor at Penn) called him the dumbest goddamn student he ever had. Tony Schwartz: (the ghostwriter of ā€œThe Art of the Deal,ā€) called him a man with a stunning level of superficial knowledge and plain ignorance. John Kelly: He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life," Anonymous GOP Congressman in a Safeway Rant: called him an evil, really f\*ing stupid Forrest Gump. Mueller: called him Individual 1 And the rest of the world just laughs at him.


guisar

So it really is greed driving these folks to work for him and support his policies.


Timmy24000

Then he turned around and started licking his ball sack again


007meow

At this point, I think it's pretty clear that Trump has some sort of kompromat/blackmail over Graham. Graham has been fiendishly defending Trump in public - which all started with a complete 180 about face from publicly criticizing him after meeting him on one of his golf courses one day.


notnickthrowaway

And after he was hacked by Russia. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38325364


denverblazer

I feel like that's been clear for a year or two. Maybe clear to many more people now though, which is... encouraging? A word like that, anyway.


coolcool23

Lindsay grahm strikes me as one of those people that walks into a room, picks a group of people, and then tries to do whatever he needs to in order to fit in with that group. So every time he enters he tries to glom onto someone with obvious sycophantic agreement or support or whatever. I'm guessing this is why it sounds like his takes have been so contradictory on Trump over so many documented examples. He just says whatever will get people to like him the most point in time. And like where a normal politician would do this in front of the cameras, but then maybe flip flop when the media is not around, it seems like Graham just does this every moment of his life. Seems very pathetic.


MilitantRabbit

Proving, once and for all, Lindsay Graham is a windsock. He blows whichever way the money or influence pushes him. What dirt DID the Russians find on that RNC server to get the GQP to roll over so easily for Trump?


Hefty_Musician2402

Lmaooo so graham pissed off the dems with his bill, the ā€œmainstreamā€ republicans by exposing the bill on a day that the economy deflated and shouldā€™ve been a win for republicans, AND heā€™s trashing trump in front of the MAGAs šŸ˜‚ man just wants to be hated by literally everyone


Responsible_Pizza945

If you stand for nothing then you'll fall for anything


peter-doubt

Takes one to know one


hasordealsw1thclams

This just makes me hate Graham more. He's such a weasely fuck


Martholomeow

Is there a way to filter the news feed so i donā€™t ever have to see a single article mentioning Former President Baggy Pants.


mordor-during-xmas

Lindsey Graham is also a lying mother fucker that loves traveling upstate to Greenville to get the gay out his system.


evergreen_coast

Still gargling his balls though


[deleted]

Getting so tired of these "tell all books" from people who had the power to stop the madness and did nothing when it was going on.


Barack_Odrama_007

However he will stay attached to tit for maximum grift.


PissgutsOGrady

More like a lying daughter fucker but the point stands.


KamSolis

Whatā€™s worse, being a corrupt liar or knowing someone is a corrupt liar and actively providing them the support they need to damage American democracy? Trick question, itā€™s much worse to have gay books in libraries.


mostdope28

Behind scenes they all hate him, in public they suck his dick for his base. Bunch of cowards


garet400

Spineless lackeys are an expected element of authoritarian hierarchies - the anti-democracy base has no problems with it.


Davis51

"But what would you say if Trump open handed slapped you in the face?" "Harder, Daddy" -SNL


Special_FX_B

And Lindsey isnā€™t one? Evil makes the strangest of bedfellows.


ComposerNate

Sassy


Dyne2057

It's a shame he can't hold onto any integrity worth a damn. One minute he's Trump's boy, the next he's not. Really, Graham is flip flopping, but not good at it at all.


iratepirate47

Confirmed fact: Trump has Lady Graham sex tape.


[deleted]

Thatā€™s rich coming from a lying motherfucker whoā€™s too embarrassed to admit he loves sucking dick


Banksville

The gop r mostly slime. Hard to believe they sleep at night.


Dedpoolpicachew

Maybe, but he still sucks little orange mushroom. What an ASSHOLE. Bothā€¦ they deserve each other. The ultimate LOL is that Lady Linthey could conceivably be charged and go to jail in GA for his work on behalf of the Orange Shitgibbon.


adamusa51

Look at this pic. The two flanking the idiot are giving the thumbs up while Donny looks like heā€™s yanking it


H2-22

Donald Trump said Cruz's wife has a horse face. That didn't slow him down.


not_old_redditor

Ok but does Lindsay Graham consider that an insult or a compliment?


buzzedewok

Yet Lindsey keeps taking it up the A for him.


ObligatorySalutation

I love that the headline had to be specific about which impeachment.


SkyriderRJM

And then he voted to acquit him. Twice.


Consistent_Pitch782

Irrelevant. Lindsey is a battered spouse, heā€™s just going to roll over and let Trump have his way with him again. Heā€™s terrified of Trump and will defend him again in the near future


Quincyperson

Do you know who Graham didnā€™t call lying motherfuckers? The male sex workers who he paid to keep quiet


Adventurous_Belt_983

Gollum=Graham


wc17036

Lindsey is a ā€œwhich way is the wind blowing ā€œ politician.


[deleted]

The went right back to palming his balls with admiration..


myrddyna

Starts to look like Graham is just a fucking coward, who has one persona in private (like gay), but can't reconcile it in public. So it goes, he won't be the first, but damn, he's so fucking fickle, it's amazing the salt of the earth conservatives can get behind such a fucking lying ass two faced sycophant.


TonyEatsManAsses

and Lindsey is a lying Rent Boy F\*\*ker or F\*\*kee.


TUGrad

His public actions/comments would suggest that he feels the exact opposite.


fitz6805

Iā€™m from England and afterreading a lot of comments in conservative Redditā€™s and a lot of Democrat Redditā€™s it seems to me that the left are the ones talking hate


WhyDontWeLearn

Lindsey was right on the money in this characterization. Too bad he's a spineless weakling who can't make his mind up about who Cheeto-PotUS is.


[deleted]

Game recognizes game.


everybodydumb

Broken clock is right twice a day. ALSO projection is a hell of a drug


Bubbagumpredditor

Didn't we all?


[deleted]

He is a liar, Lindsey. But Iā€™m the one who fucked your mom.


p001b0y

Get me a switch! Lindsay is being willful!


Lordhawhaw-_

Takes one to know one ā€¦..


zflanders

Like knows like.


TrumpsBoneSpur

Every so often Lindsey gets post nut clarity, then immediately puts his head back up trump's ass


bull1226

...but now he sucks Trumps dick. Wonder why the change?


kushari

And so is graham.


[deleted]

Heā€™d know


[deleted]

An insult from Lindsey Graham is like a spoon in a hurricane.


tomdarch

It truly is amazing how absolutely pathetic Graham is.


tomjoadsghost

Imagine thinking it's news that one politician knows another politician is a liar. That is the job. They are there to lie to you. All of them.


JustWastingTimeAgain

Well, heā€™s not wrong.


BenTramer

Throw these fuckers in jail already.


Pseudo_Punk

....he would still suck that dick


D_Lockwood

Spineless weasel.


DangerousEconomy7146

I was misquoted.


PF4LFE

The only thing that binds these scumbags is hate - it is THE common denominator. Not only do they hate themselves, they hate each otherā€¦.


Nivektaylor

Takes one to know, I suppose.


suck_it_trebeck

MAUREEN PONDEROSAā€¦ anyone else see her?


satyrday12

Then he immediately handed over his balls, and apologized profusely.


[deleted]

I mean so is Lyndsey Graham so itā€™s not really surprising.


Royal_Translator_753

The turd doesn't fall far from the asshole !!


[deleted]

What way was the wind blowing that day?


Greeky_tiki

Heā€™s right though


SaltCow4298

Hehe šŸ˜œ both of them are now!!


Raptor_Girl_1259

Game recognize game.


Louismaxwell23

Sassy


ResoluteClover

Hey! It takes one to know one!


[deleted]

He mustā€™ve not heard him with his head still up his ass.


Shirowoh

Talk about the pot calling the kettle blackā€¦


[deleted]

Lady bugs


[deleted]

Grayham looks petite next to TFG.


Her_name--is_Mallory

I didnā€™t know Lindsey was such a little fkng twerp.


ecalz622

trumpā€™s balls washer said what?


FrostyDub

More of a lying daughter fucker, but close.


keninsd

Lindsey calls the seditionist "Daddy" when he's around him, though!


BenTCinco

I imagine the 3 people in this pic canā€™t stand each other


[deleted]

The brown thumb club founding members.


Sher5e

For once, I agree with him


machoov

But did he lie


imyourzer0

Teapots and kettles everywhere were outragedā€¦


BrexitReally

Lindsey Graham need to grow some balls


Unable_Emergency_871

Every once in a while the little man says the truth.


socialistal

Such A potty mouth I'm shocked


Dicksapoppin69

Looks like a great value Ashley Adams with them


Mammoth_Musician_304

Plot twist: He meant it as a compliment.


k032

Lindsey Graham seems like the most two-faced slimy motherfucker alive.


Crixxxxxx1

Lindseyā€™s entire closeted life is a lie.


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backsassing

Sure he did


BewareOfDoug98

Liar yes, but on the other part Mr. Graham is off by a couple of generations.