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Dulcinea

(10,568 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:06 AM 11 hrs ago

'Too cute by half': Senators brush off Trump's suggestions for honoring Graha

(Politico) The late Sen. Lindsey Graham was known as a champion of American military power, strong global alliances, conservative jurisprudence and more.

Cryptocurrency regulation? Not so much.

So when President Donald Trump suggested in a Truth Social post Monday that the Senate should pass a long-brewing crypto bill in "honor of Senator Lindsey Graham," it struck a false note to many lawmakers. It also underscored how quickly many in Washington are moving after the Republican senator's death Saturday to claim his mantle for their own purposes.

Many of Graham's surviving colleagues instead rallied around a proposal they believe would better honor the four-term South Carolina legend: a bipartisan sanctions bill targeting Russia that Graham had been pushing — and had won White House support for — in the days before he died.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/how-best-to-honor-lindsey-grahams-legacy-republicans-are-divided-084500662.html

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'Too cute by half': Senators brush off Trump's suggestions for honoring Graha (Original Post) Dulcinea 11 hrs ago OP
The suggestion is too moronic to contemplate. Why not, "honor my birthday in honor of Senator Lindsey Graham?" Martin68 7 hrs ago #1
Truth Social is nothing but a propaganda machine FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #2
who do you propose to "shut it down" Skittles 2 hrs ago #4
"conservative jurisprudence" Skittles 2 hrs ago #3

Martin68

(28,461 posts)
1. The suggestion is too moronic to contemplate. Why not, "honor my birthday in honor of Senator Lindsey Graham?"
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 11:34 AM
7 hrs ago

FakeNoose

(43,444 posts)
2. Truth Social is nothing but a propaganda machine
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 12:52 PM
6 hrs ago

... and it's encouraging the worst impulses in certain people.

It's long past time to shut this BS down.

Skittles

(174,035 posts)
4. who do you propose to "shut it down"
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:44 PM
2 hrs ago

ALL conservative-leaning sites are filled with rightwing propaganda.

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