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Nevilledog

(51,094 posts)
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 08:45 PM Mar 2021

"To me, Donald Trump is sort of a cross between Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan and P.T. Barnum."



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Lindsey Graham to @jonathanvswan: "To me, Donald Trump is sort of a cross between Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan and P.T. Barnum."

Lindsey Graham: Trump could make the GOP "stronger" or "destroy" it
Graham calls Trump "sort of a cross between Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan and P.T. Barnum."
axios.com
4:23 PM · Mar 7, 2021


https://www.axios.com/lindsey-graham-trump-destroy-republican-party-613ce2af-8914-4764-9492-80a8424c628c.html



God, he's just a vile excuse for a human.
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"To me, Donald Trump is sort of a cross between Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan and P.T. Barnum." (Original Post) Nevilledog Mar 2021 OP
Of course he's a vile excuse for a human. He's a Republican in March of 2021. paleotn Mar 2021 #1
Is he saying this because.... Blue Dawn Mar 2021 #2
You beat me to it! leftieNanner Mar 2021 #4
Hey, they say great minds.... Blue Dawn Mar 2021 #9
Helms, Reagan, and Barnum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! leftieNanner Mar 2021 #3
So he's a racist carnival barker with dementia nt Shermann Mar 2021 #11
You Nailed It!! nt leftieNanner Mar 2021 #12
he left out the reverend jim jones mucifer Mar 2021 #5
Also adolf Hitler Chipper Chat Mar 2021 #7
To me he's like a cross of Idi Amin, Imelda Marcos and the Shamwow Guy jmowreader Mar 2021 #6
and Benito Mussolini. honest.abe Mar 2021 #8
Some Day leftieNanner Mar 2021 #10
Kind of off the subject, but did you know that P.T. Barnum was a Unitarian? Laffy Kat Mar 2021 #13
Lindsey Graham? Blue Owl Mar 2021 #14
How about a combination of George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and Lonesome Rhodes Elwood P Dowd Mar 2021 #15
Sounds damning about those 3 named, to me - all cons. What am I missing?! UTUSN Mar 2021 #16

paleotn

(17,912 posts)
1. Of course he's a vile excuse for a human. He's a Republican in March of 2021.
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 08:48 PM
Mar 2021

All decency and sanity left that party. What's left are the dregs and nothing they do or say surprises me.

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
3. Helms, Reagan, and Barnum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 08:51 PM
Mar 2021

And Lindsey thinks that's a GOOD thing???

All three of them are absolutely awful. A rabid racist, a cruel idiot, and a con man.

Well. Actually, now that I think about it, he may be right.

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
10. Some Day
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 09:20 PM
Mar 2021

I hope we find out what terrible secret has frightened Senator Graham so deeply. It must be truly vile. And I cannot imagine what his life must be like living in fear 24/7.

Laffy Kat

(16,377 posts)
13. Kind of off the subject, but did you know that P.T. Barnum was a Unitarian?
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 09:33 PM
Mar 2021

It surprised me when I found out.

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
15. How about a combination of George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and Lonesome Rhodes
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 11:58 PM
Mar 2021

with a much lower IQ than any of them?

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