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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:28 PM Sep 2020

Lindsey Graham's warning about Trump re-surfaces after report on president slurring fallen troops [View all]

A five-year-old tweet from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is getting renewed attention amid reports that President Donald Trump once disparaged dead American soldiers as "losers" and "suckers."

The tweet in question came shortly after Trump attacked the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for getting captured and tortured by enemy forces during the Vietnam War, and it slammed the future president for showing no appreciation for the sacrifices made by service members.

"At the heart of [Trump's] statement is a lack of respect for those who have served," he wrote. "A disqualifying characteristic to be president."

In the years since the tweet, however, Graham has evolved to become one of Trump's most loyal defenders, despite the fact that the president has continued attacking McCain even after his passing in 2018.


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Rt.. Make it Viral! Cha Sep 2020 #1
Folks in South Carolina Wellstone ruled Sep 2020 #2
I wonder what dirt Putin has on Lindsey UpInArms Sep 2020 #3
Exactly. What got to Lindsey? Russian money. TheBlackAdder Sep 2020 #5
I don't think it has to be Russia. zentrum Sep 2020 #6
It wouldn't HAVE to be soldierant Sep 2020 #8
Biggest K and R Ferrets are Cool Sep 2020 #4
It doesn't matter. JeaneRaye Sep 2020 #7
"What happened to you?" keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #9
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