Lyndsey Graham breaks with Trump over Obama attack: "I don't know what he's talking about"

[Judi Lynn]

Graham rejects Trump’s claim Obama is guilty of treason

MATTHEW CHAPMAN
JUNE 24, 2020 9:15AM (UTC)

In a recent interview on the Christian Broadcasting Network, President Donald Trump was asked specifically what crime President Barack Obama committed as part of the vague conspiracy narrative the president calls "Obamagate." Trump responded, "treason."

But on Tuesday, Politico reported that the president's staunchest Republican allies in the Senate aren't willing to back him up on this — including Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

"I don't know what he's talking about," said Graham. "I don't have any evidence to believe he committed treason."

Some of his GOP colleagues agreed, with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) saying, "I don't think that President Obama committed treason," and Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) saying, "It's a silly, comedic thing, and you guys got to stop taking it all so seriously."

More:
https://www.salon.com/2020/06/24/lyndsey-graham-breaks-with-trump-over-obama-attack-i-dont-know-what-hes-talking-about_partner/

[mahina]

1. Yeah it's a barrel of fucking laughs.

At least Lindsay grew a spine. I’m thankful for that.

For a man whom we’ve never seen laugh once he sure is painted as a comedian often.

[True Blue American]

3. Lindsey also said he had

No intention of calling Obama when Trump suggested he should. He is issuing subpoenas to others but I think that has fallen flat, too.

[SergeStorms]

9. Graham is sweating it out.

Jaime Harrison is breathing right down his neck, and I think Graham knows his blind allegiance to Hair Furor is costing him votes. Time to make another donation to Harrison's campaign.

[captain queeg]

2. Funny guy. Jokes about 100s of thousands dead. A real comedian.

[ZZenith]

4. Kevin Cramer: "It's a silly, comedic thing."

Donald Trump: “I don’t kid.”

[George II]

5. If anyone is committing treason it's trump.

[Hstch05]

11. Well, yeah.

That's how projection works. ANYTHING Trump accuses someone else of doing is something HE'S already done himself.

[NNadir]

15. I expect to learn soon that he was born in Kenya,

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Being accused of treason by the President of the US is not a "sully, comedic thing".

Republicans who still support Trump, and that seems to be all of them, need to be voted out.

[gademocrat7]

7. The rethugs need to be soundly defeated.

They have enabled their incompetent con man to cause death and destruction to our country.

[BComplex]

10. We need to be rid of republicans for the next 30 years. It's going to take that long to

straighten out the mess they've made since 1980.

[empedocles]

8. Hmmm

[JoeDuck]

12. Nope, he hasn't grown a pair.

I think what we see here is that some of the Republicans are realizing that orange lips are becoming a threat to their re-election. Re-election is the only real allegiance they have.

[Skittles]

22. male body parts are not required for courage

Trump and Graham prove that every day

[grumpyduck]

13. I think ol' Linsey just knows

it would backfire on the Republicans and make them look even more like idiots. He doesn't want to end up there.

[NNadir]

16. Nevertheless Lindsay will go down in history as an unprincipled fool.

[grumpyduck]

17. Oh, no question.

[gordianot]

14. Trump's narcissism is just about at its end teetering into full blown Paranoia.

This man is not well he is increasingly self destructive. Nothing would please him more to take a few enablers down with him.

[grumpyduck]

18. Well, that would be totally a-ok with me.

[gordianot]

20. In the twisted world of Narcissism his targets are everyone.

Complete self absorption.

[Midnight Writer]

19. "You guys need to stop taking it seriously"? No, you guys need to stop talking BS.

[D23MIURG23]

21. As usual Trump is the king of projection.

What this tells you is that even though he hasn't been charged with treason he secretly believes himself to be guilty of it. He wouldn't be trying to project it onto Obama otherwise. You can bet there will be more of this bullshit if Bolton's allegations about Trump begging China to rig the election for him stay in the news.