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My, my, what a difference a year makes. In December of 2016, Senator Graham told the world, he was hacked by Russia too. Say What!?
Back then Senator Graham was leading the bipartisan charge, to ‘make Russia pay for their interference in our democracy’ …
Graham: Russians hacked my campaign email account
by Daniella Diaz, CNN — Dec 14, 2016
Washington (CNN) Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday his campaign email account was hacked by Russians — adding that the US needs to work together to stop this from happening.
“I do believe the Russians hacked into the (Democratic National Committee). I do believe they hacked into (John) Podesta’s email account. They hacked into my campaign account,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room.” “I do believe that all the information released publicly hurt Clinton and didn’t hurt Trump. I don’t think the outcome of the election is in doubt. What we should do is not turn on each other but work as one people to push back on Russia.”
[…]“They’re trying to destabilize democracy all over the world. Not just here,” he said about the Russians. “Here’s what we should do. We should tell the Russians that on no uncertain terms, you interfere in our elections, we don’t care why, we’re going to hit you and hit you hard, we’re going to introduce sanctions, it’ll to be bipartisan.”
Damn right, it’s an American issue — you tell it Senator!
Russian hacking during the US presidential election is not a Republican or Democrat issue. It’s an American issue.
We must stand together.
â Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 14, 2016
If you don’t go after Russia for hacking during 2016 election you’re inviting other bad actors (China, N. Korea, Iran, etc.) to do the same.
â Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 14, 2016
That was then, this is now. Senator Graham is now encouraging and enabling such Russian Interference in our Democracy (that he spoke out against so strongly just one year ago), with his latest actions and statements.
Senators @ChuckGrassley and @LindseyGrahamSC have referred Christopher Steele to @TheJusticeDept for investigation after information reviewed by committee investigators revealed significant inconsistencies in statements provided to authorities pic.twitter.com/MKhJlscdKP
â Senate Judiciary (@senjudiciary) January 5, 2018
I will be challenging Rs and Ds on Senate Judiciary Committee to support a Special Counsel to investigate ALL THINGS 2016 — not just Trump and Russia.
â Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 8, 2017
Was there collusion between DOJ and Fusion GPS to use Democratic funded dossier for political and legal purposes?
We need to know the answer to those questions. https://t.co/z8wKjcvxiT
â Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 8, 2017
Hmmm, I wonder what happened on or around December 8, 2017 — that changed Lindsey Graham’s “this is an American Issue” mind …
I guess it’s the whistle-blowers now, that are a ‘danger to Trump’s America’ …
Putin had nothing to do with hacking Senator Graham’s emails … Nothing at All.
America no longer needs to “work together to stop this from happening” … America needs to learn to look the other way. If Graham’s actions to smear the DOJ and the Steele Dossier now, are to be taken at face value:
[Sen. Graham to Fox’s Brian Kilmeade: ]
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I’m very disturbed about what the Department of Justice did with this dossier, and we need a special counsel to look into that, because that’s not in Mueller’s charter. And what I saw, and what I’ve gathered in the last couple of days, bothers me a lot, and I’d like somebody outside DOJ to look into how this dossier was handled and what they did with it.
So much for ‘taking a stand’ against the Constitution’s enemies, Senator. Folding like a cheap lawn chair, over trumped-up charges (and/or Kompromat), is the exact opposite of Taking a Stand.
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