Lindsey Graham is infected

[Galraedia]

Link to tweet

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Yep, and the desire to take healthcare from 25 million, destroy the healthcare

of everyone else and kill Women in back alleys is what he is all about.

[aquamarina]

2. Fucking reckless.

And they call themselves pro life.

BTW, don’t they have to get tested before they can enter the Capitol building?

[JT45242]

10. Temp check only

The two least reliable measures are self report of systems and temperature checks.

Lindsay can pump himself full of advil to keep temp down and lie about symptoms.

[aquamarina]

12. And potentially infect the rest of the Judiciary Committee.

I keep thinking this cannot get any more surreal, but it does. Republicans can NEVER be entrusted with the well-being of this country ever again. EVER.

[jaxexpat]

25. Or at least those maskless heros saving democracy for a museum somewhere.........

They may get infected. In an orgy of icing on a cake of pure, enriched irony.

[bdamomma]

27. and look

who's on that committee, our Senator Harris.

[phylny]

51. My dad was hospitalized Thursday to Friday (not Covid-19) and the nurses told me

fever isn't all that common with this virus. So, even if people are honest, temperature checks are almost useless.

[Rural_Progressive]

22. Nope, they are pro birth

What happens to a woman and her infant after that event is of absolutely no concern to them or their ilk whatsoever.

[dansolo]

45. They aren't even pro-birth

Just say what they really are. Anti-women. They don't care one bit about the fetus.

[Texin]

53. They're "pro life" only insofar as pregnancy can hinder a woman's professional aspirations.

[CrispyQ]

54. Yep.

[Rebl2]

29. They are not

and never have been pro life. They just found a cause they can run on where people will support them. They prove everyday they are not pro life when they don’t support food stamps,Medicaid, they lock up and separate innocent immigrant children and their parents. They don’t believe in a living wage or healthcare for all. Nope, they are definitely not pro life in my mind.

[Mystery sage]

3. If he really does have it.

My question how can he vote on it if he can't breathe.

[Upthevibe]

4. Yep....That's what I'm thinking too.... but won't he have to

come out with it? He won't be able to meet in person and he's the Chairman of the committee...

[Xipe Totec]

5. Can an infection have an infection? Isn't that incestuous or something? nt

[griloco]

15. 😆

[dmr]

34. OMG ...

I snorted out my root beer!

Incestuous or something?

[GopherGal]

40. Traitor Trump and Stephen Miller have it

so apparently it can infect slime molds and at least some invertebrates.

[cwydro]

6. This.

I believe it.

[leftieNanner]

7. He may not know that he's infected

But he can't afford to take a test and find out that he is.

It would surely scuttle the Judiciary Committee hearings on the SCOTUS nomination.

[CharleyDog]

19. but didn't we see he had the bloody eye thing the other day, like Pence?

Most of all, he better not get away with this. If he refuses to be tested as required, then he better not be allowed to play ball. Go Jaime!

[trof]

24. Excessive hard coughing can rupture tiny vessels in the eye.

It's happened to me.

[paleotn]

31. Bingo.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. He now has a pre-existing condition. How ironic. (nt)

[XanaDUer2]

9. My SO and I were just discussing this

He probably had it. Thank goodness Jaime Harrison had plexiglass!

[Jim__]

11. Given that he's Trump's handpuppet, it's hard to see how he wouldn't have it! - n/t

[warmfeet]

13. My thoughts as well.

The only reason not to get tested, from trumpublicans viewpoint, is if you are pretty sure you have it.

Vote this fucker out of office.

[Traildogbob]

14. How could he not?

A head dwelling up the ass of an infected fat boy, how the hell could he escape infection. The virus has to be existing in diarrhetic discharge.

[yaesu]

16. Many states have infectious diseases laws put into place by repugs overreacting to Aids

making it a crime not to disclose. Little Lindsey is probably breaking those laws if he's keeping a positive secret.

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. I think there is another, maybe not as dire (to the general GOP cause, anyway)

Have we not heard that LG is extremely short of campaign money? Telling potential donors that you have a disease that could kill you within a week, a month, or who knows how long, isn't a great motivator to get them to cut you a cheque.

[Evolve Dammit]

18. If the mouth breathers are that stupid (and they are) may they all reap the C-19 whirlwind. Sorry?

[Cha]

20. Rt!

[dchill]

21. He doesn't want to know and/or can't afford to find out.

[Iggo]

23. Again, in general, I hope no one else dies from this horrible virus.

In specific, I might care ever so slightly more about him than he does about me. But really it’s a statistical tie.

[Totally Tunsie]

26. Hmmmm...Supposition as fact?

He looked pretty healthy during his campaign debate/interview that ended moments ago.

IMO, he's just pulling a tRumpie and being difficult. I'd by happily proven wrong, tho!

[spooky3]

33. +1

[marble falls]

28. Only a logical conclussion. Too bad he won't clear it up.

[paleotn]

30. If that's correct...

then Chuck Grassley...that's right, 87 year old Chuck Grassley....well into the super duper high risk demo Chuck Grassley is willing to risk his life to get that religo-nutter into SCOTUS. Otherwise, Grassley wouldn't want to be in the same city as Lindsey girl. If I were Pat Leahy, I'd skip it. He's in the high risk group as well and it's going to be a complete farce anyway.

[Efilroft Sul]

32. This is the legislative equivalent of Graham strapping on a chest bomb to damage America.

A snafu akbar.

[gristy]

35. That is quite the stretch to put into an OP headline.

A more likely reason is he was looking for a way out of the debate with Jamie that might also gain him some points with the electorate.

[bigtree]

36. on an opinion board?

...what makes your own speculation more valid?

[gristy]

38. The OP stated it in the headline as a fact.

[Pluvious]

41. Agreed - OP should change their click bait title to "Nate Silver suggests..." n/t

[Towlie]

52. Yes, and it seems unusual that a renowned statistician would state that as fact.

Repeating myself and others here, but the reason Lindsey Graham won't get tested despite having been exposed to many COVID+ people is because if he reveals a positive test and has to quarantine the Amy Coney Barrett nomination could get scuttled. There is no other logical reason.

Only at the end does he reveal that his statement is really no more than speculation. It's not what one would expect from someone who deals in probabilities and levels of confidence.

[Shaddox]

37. Lindsay isn't positive - found a great way to duck getting his ass handed to him twice.

JFC - Jaime Harrison is a brilliant debater and speaker. Made Lindsay look like a toddler.

[SKKY]

39. I don't think I have ever seen someone expend so much effort, just to keep the world...

...from knowing for certain that he's all about the dick. And here's the thing, I don't think the voters of SC would really care that much. Trump, or someone associated with him, has "dirt" on Graham. There is no other justification for his actions.

[peggysue2]

44. That's the only thing I can figure

Graham's homosexuality has been referred to as the worst kept secret in DC. I would think many of his constituents already know or suspect. So, what made the man turn on a dime over Trump? He rightly despised Trump during the primary. It's got to be something really sordid to make the man do a 180, selling his soul and selling out the country. And I could easily believe Trump leveraging whatever dirt he had. Extortion seems to be a favorite tactic in Trump world.

Ugh!

[Blue Owl]

42. K&R

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

43. Another Don't Mask, Don't Tell situation.

They should all be locked in a room together and anyone who gets sick can only get treated with bleach, disinfectant, & hydroxychloroquine

[raccoon]

46. Your headline is misleading. It would've been more accurate to say

“I suspect that Lindsey Graham is infected” or something similar. Your headline sounds like you know it for certain.

[mwb970]

48. Sacrificing his life for trump.

How does trump DO this to people?

[oldsoftie]

55. I dont get it. I see so many highly educated people just toss it aside when trump comes up.

Its just like Scientology. Except probably a little crazier

[Cartaphelius]

49. Nothing says stupid like

an ignorant traitor throwing his ONE life away in the service of another idiot.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

50. I suspect most or all Republican Senators are refusing

to be tested at this point. They have no conscience, no honor, they hate democracy, and they need Barrett confirmed before the election so that she will be complicit in appointing Trump dictator after he loses the election by a landslide.

[appalachiablue]

56. Hypocritical, dangerous cons

[Enterstageleft]

57. Yeah, he's infected, and there is also a chance he has covid-19

[liberal N proud]

59. This

[liberal N proud]

58. The republicans will kill people to ram this nomination through

[GeorgeGist]

60. Covid Amy?

Justice served.