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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:13 PM Sep 2020

Lindsey Graham yesterday: "If [Democrats] get the House, the Senate and the White House, then God he


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Andrew Crespo
@AndrewMCrespo

Lindsey Graham yesterday: "If [Democrats] get the House, the Senate and the White House, then God help us all. Puerto Rico will be a state."

"God help us" that something that's happened 37 times before might happen to...PR.🤔

Pray tell, what exactly is different here, Senator?
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Lindsey Graham yesterday: "If [Democrats] get the House, the Senate and the White House, then God he (Original Post) soothsayer Sep 2020 OP
DC too. 4 rock solid senators and several House members. get it done Takket Sep 2020 #1
yep, DC too! mysteryowl Sep 2020 #30
PR is OK. Graham, you and trump can go live with Putin. Hoyt Sep 2020 #2
There's supposed to be a quiet part, Lindy... czarjak Sep 2020 #3
"Pray tell, what exactly is different here, Senator?" Grokenstein Sep 2020 #4
Ha, he is afraid, that means a possibility. PR And DC, bring it on. LizBeth Sep 2020 #5
Thank you Lindsay, for making that outcome more likely by being the racist putz you are. NNadir Sep 2020 #6
and when Puerto Rico does become a state, vlyons Sep 2020 #7
And how they were against them becoming a state. MoonchildCA Sep 2020 #9
Whereas LG would prefer Puerto Rico remain a colony DBoon Sep 2020 #8
send Trump down there with some fucking paper towels to toss around jcgoldie Sep 2020 #10
Fuck White Supremacists JI7 Sep 2020 #11
+1 uponit7771 Sep 2020 #26
Interesting. Wellstone ruled Sep 2020 #12
Is Lindsey A Grand Wizard Yet? DanieRains Sep 2020 #13
If it does happen, Lindsay, you'll most likely be a private citizen again . . . Journeyman Sep 2020 #14
Only one way to find out if Aunt PittyPat is correct lunasun Sep 2020 #15
So, he's pretty sure Puerto Rico would be a Democratic state? dchill Sep 2020 #16
someone needs to ask Graham what he's implying with the "God help us" preface onetexan Sep 2020 #17
And that is the WORST case scenario? TigressDem Sep 2020 #18
U.S. coronavirus deaths are projected to more than double to 410,000 by January. crickets Sep 2020 #19
Democrats should pass a bill granting Puerto Rico statehood Massacure Sep 2020 #20
PR and DC must become states, no compromise. radius777 Sep 2020 #21
PR, DC and Sequoyah. roamer65 Sep 2020 #22
Get that in an ad BGBD Sep 2020 #23
I donated blood last month (O neg universal donor) and received an email this week ARPad95 Sep 2020 #24
O negative! That's pretty rare DFW Sep 2020 #27
7% of the population is O neg, but I'm also cytomegalovirus (CMV) neg. That combo puts ARPad95 Sep 2020 #33
FIXED IT! You mean, "God help the Trump Family & Sycophants from going to Federal Prison!" TheBlackAdder Sep 2020 #25
"If the Democrats get the House, the Senate and the White House," that's not all that will happen DFW Sep 2020 #28
Induce some more fear into your constituents, Lindsay. That's just what they need.... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2020 #29
He said this?? EndlessWire Sep 2020 #31
No, God help us if we don't get you out of office. NT raccoon Sep 2020 #32

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
4. "Pray tell, what exactly is different here, Senator?"
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:22 PM
Sep 2020

Wull duh they all MEKSEEKANZ!! ...I think? ...Ain't they? /sarcasm

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
6. Thank you Lindsay, for making that outcome more likely by being the racist putz you are.
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:28 PM
Sep 2020

You're a bigot; you're a kook.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
7. and when Puerto Rico does become a state,
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:29 PM
Sep 2020

Puerto Ricans will well remember all the help that Trump and Republicans gave them after a massive hurricane -- NOT!!!

DBoon

(22,284 posts)
8. Whereas LG would prefer Puerto Rico remain a colony
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:33 PM
Sep 2020

My god, how terrible that the Puerto Ricans be full fledged citizens and equals to the rest of us

jcgoldie

(11,582 posts)
10. send Trump down there with some fucking paper towels to toss around
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:38 PM
Sep 2020

How could they not vote for the GOP?!?

Journeyman

(15,001 posts)
14. If it does happen, Lindsay, you'll most likely be a private citizen again . . .
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:53 PM
Sep 2020

so you won't need to bother yourself about any Senatorial duties or go looking for a TV camera to get the vapors before.

TigressDem

(5,121 posts)
18. And that is the WORST case scenario?
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:01 AM
Sep 2020

NOT that 200,000 plus people would die of some nasty disease because there was a need to sweep that political garbage under a rug?

crickets

(25,896 posts)
19. U.S. coronavirus deaths are projected to more than double to 410,000 by January.
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:05 AM
Sep 2020

Lindsey Graham is worried that if we have a Democratic president, we may gain Puerto Rico as a new state - if Puerto Rico wants to join us. It's partly up to them after all.

Nice to know your priorities, Senator. By the way, your lack of humanity is showing. Also, I don't think we'll be calling you Senator much longer. Good riddance.

Massacure

(7,497 posts)
20. Democrats should pass a bill granting Puerto Rico statehood
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:21 AM
Sep 2020

Democrats should pass a bill that allows Puerto Rico to grant itself statehood via referendum at any time upon exceeding the GDP per Capita of any of the existing states.

If growth trends continue, Puerto Rico will probably surpass Mississippi within a decade or so. If Puerto Rico successfully passed the referendum it would be a giant F-You to anyone who opposed the bill.

radius777

(3,624 posts)
21. PR and DC must become states, no compromise.
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:04 AM
Sep 2020

It's time to play hardball with these fuckers, as they are controlling the agenda with a white rural minority, holding back the majority of the country that wants to move forward.

It would give us 4 additional Dem Senators most likely. PR could possibly vote for a Repub but it's not likely.

ARPad95

(1,671 posts)
24. I donated blood last month (O neg universal donor) and received an email this week
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:25 AM
Sep 2020

from the Red Cross stating:

After first ensuring that local needs were met, your blood donation was sent to Hospital Universitario Dr. Ramon Ruiz Arnau in Bayamon, PR to help a patient in need.


It must have been somebody very important to go all the way from Central New York to Puerto Rico. I feel special!

Edited to add: Oh, yeah! STFU, Graham! You racist asshole!

DFW

(54,047 posts)
27. O negative! That's pretty rare
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 05:01 AM
Sep 2020

There was once a TV series about a guy with O negative that some rich guy was hunting to confine him to a life of captive luxury as long as he would donate his blood to the rich guy on a regular basis. It starred Christopher George, but I forget the name of the show.

ARPad95

(1,671 posts)
33. 7% of the population is O neg, but I'm also cytomegalovirus (CMV) neg. That combo puts
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 08:38 PM
Sep 2020

my blood at potentially only 1% of the population because most people are CMV pos by the time they're in their 40s.

Interesting you mention that TV series because I sometimes think what if the MAGAts & Qanons take over the country? I figure they'd want to keep me alive and healthy just for my blood. The irony is that they accuse dems of taking the blood of children (i.e., pure blood) when it's my blood that is given to babies to keep them alive. F'ing wack jobs!

DFW

(54,047 posts)
28. "If the Democrats get the House, the Senate and the White House," that's not all that will happen
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 05:04 AM
Sep 2020

It will mean that no newspaper, radio station or TV talk show will ever again be in the slightest interested in anything Lindsey Graham has to say or do.

I think that worries him far more than whether or not kids in second grade will have one more state capital to memorize.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
29. Induce some more fear into your constituents, Lindsay. That's just what they need....
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 05:43 AM
Sep 2020

during a global pandemic and period of very high economic stress......

America will soon need to build a lot more rubber-lined rooms in our hospitals.


KY.......

EndlessWire

(6,373 posts)
31. He said this??
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 06:25 AM
Sep 2020

A racist comment designed to rile up racist phobias. It is mindboggling what they are willing to say in the name of getting reelected.

We don't need people like this lording it over us. We need people who are inclusive of all citizens. The GOP has got to go. Kick them all to the curb in November.

(I can't believe he said this! It makes me cringe. Puerto Rico has suffered so much.)

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