{"id":160317,"date":"2023-12-31T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T19:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=160317"},"modified":"2023-12-31T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T19:29:56","slug":"111676630336345768","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2023\/12\/31\/111676630336345768.html","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey folds. Again."},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

As Lindsey Graham takes the last, squishy bits of spine he had left, carefully places it in Ziplok bag, and leaves it in the back of Trump ‘s fridge, somewhere between 2003 KFC leftovers and a container of Putin’s favorite borscht.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/<\/span>thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/43<\/span>83307-graham-backtracks-on-earlier-jan-6-criticism-of-trump-it-depends-on-what-the-conduct-is\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>
<\/div><\/div>
Graham backtracks on earlier Jan. 6 criticism of Trump: \u2018It depends on what the conduct is\u2019<\/div>
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday appeared to backtrack on earlier criticism of former President Trump\u2019s actions on Jan. 6 and suggested instead that his presidential immunity defense was \u201ca l\u2026<\/div>
thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4383307-graham-backtracks-on-earlier-jan-6-criticism-of-trump-it-depends-on-what-the-conduct-is\/<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lindsey Graham deserves to either be remembered forever, or forgotten forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2313,2136,358,1071],"tags":[2316],"class_list":["post-160317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-toot","category-elections-2024","category-poor-citizenship","category-trump","tag-jan6"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130737,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/23\/just-lie-back-close-your-eyes-and-think-of-reagan.html","url_meta":{"origin":160317,"position":0},"title":""Just lie back, close your eyes, and think of Reagan"","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 23-May-16 9:49pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) was one of the most vehement and outspoken opponents of Donald Trump during the primary season, even after he dropped out of the nomination fight.\u201cHe\u2019s a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot.\u201d\u201cHe doesn\u2019t represent my party. He doesn\u2019t represent the values that the men and women who wear\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":46173,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/lindsey-graham-speaks-the-truth-for-once.html","url_meta":{"origin":160317,"position":1},"title":"Lindsey Graham speaks the truth for once","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 30-Oct-14 11:48am","format":false,"excerpt":"Yup. \"If I get to be president, white men in male-only clubs are going to do great in my presidency.\" Of that I have no doubt.(Oh, don't worry, it's just a \"joke.\") Lindsey Graham: \u2018White Men In Male-Only Clubs Are Going To Do Great In My Presidency\u2019 (Audio) South Carolina\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49813,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/12\/lindsey-graham-is-sounding-a-little-coup-coup.html","url_meta":{"origin":160317,"position":2},"title":"Lindsey Graham is sounding a little coup-coup","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 12-Mar-15 6:00am","format":false,"excerpt":"Surely he was joking, right? Obviously, of course.One has to wonder what Sen. Graham's reaction would be if, oh, President Obama \"joked\" about calling up the military to force Congress to reverse budget cuts on his favorite programs.I would say there are some jokes a high government official shouldn't make.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51524,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/19\/lindsey-graham-thinks-the-confederate-battle-flag-works-for-south-carolina.html","url_meta":{"origin":160317,"position":3},"title":"Lindsey Graham thinks the Confederate battle flag "works" for South Carolina","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 19-Jun-15 4:33pm","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The flag represents to some people a civil war and that was the symbol of one side. To others, it's a racist symbol, and it has been used in a racist way.\"And ... neither of those fazes you, Sen. Graham? That the side that lost the civil war against the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52013,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/31\/it-doesnt-matter-whether-you-win-or-lose-you-still-lose.html","url_meta":{"origin":160317,"position":4},"title":"It doesn't matter whether you win or lose … you still lose","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 31-Jul-15 5:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Lindsey Graham seems to think that in war (say, a war between the US and Iran) one side or the other either \"wins\" or \"loses,\" and that our inevitable \"winning\" means all our problems are solved and everything would be better than it was before and puppies and unicorns and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37839,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/16\/the-gop-keep-realizing-things-then-ignoring-them.html","url_meta":{"origin":160317,"position":5},"title":"The GOP keep realizing things, then ignoring them","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 16-Jun-13 6:22pm","format":false,"excerpt":"If you talk to most GOP leadership, they'll demonstrate they know exactly what they need to do to keep their party nationally relevant and capable of winning for the future. \u00a0And then they get back up in Congress and the campaign trail and say the same thing to their base\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160324,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160317\/revisions\/160324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}