When Sen. Lindsey Graham was Rep. Lindsey Graham , he helped lead the impeachment effort against then-President Bill Clinton. In the process, the Republican lawmaker established a series of principles he said he believed in, setting benchmarks for lines a president cannot and should not cross.
On “Face the Nation” yesterday, CBS News’ Margaret Brennan presented the senator with some of his previous statements, leading Graham to try and draw a distinction between Clinton and Donald Trump: “What President Clinton did was interfere in a lawsuit against him by Paula Jones and others; hide the evidence; encourage people to lie. So to me he took the legal system and turned it upside down.”
Despite the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Graham, added that he considers obstruction allegations against the president to be “absurd.” It’s an amazing perspective. Graham didn’t say this explicitly, but the unmistakable takeaway is that he believes Trump attempted to obstruct justice, but he failed to actually do so. The president told the White House counsel to fire the special counsel and lie about it, but since Don McGahn didn’t execute Trump’s wishes, then the whole sordid mess is just “theater.”
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TLBails MaddowBlog Trump must have him tied up like his new bit..
MaddowBlog Resign will you have some dignity.
MaddowBlog SO now the GOP, or at least this ass licker, has given up ALL PRETENCE and openly stating that THEY ARE TRAITORS to the Constitution and the rule of law!!
MaddowBlog Everyone said I DONT CARE about Nixon until they finally did
MaddowBlog he is part of the enemy of the people the republicans that waged war on America our government is broken after they took it over now its the peoples time to take it back even by force if we have to
MaddowBlog Those of the holier than thou republicans are either morons or they know something that trump has done to ensure this country becomes authoritarian permanently.
MaddowBlog LindseyGrahamSC HEY LINDSEY! So, 'you don't care' about obstruction of the investigation on Russia. But, hey, you sure as hell cared about Bill Clinton's sex life, right? Why don't we put Trumps sex life on the table? His comments. He should be impeached.
MaddowBlog Gawd, I would wish him a special place in hell, but I'm sure he's currently living it anyway. ImpeachmentHearingsNOW
MaddowBlog He sure as hell would 'care' if there were a Democratic president in the WH. He should care when ANY president shows evidence of obstruction. He must think it's OK to subject Americans to a criminal running the country! LindseyGrahamSC
MaddowBlog Graham needs to retire.
MaddowBlog Graham doesn’t care about obstruction, he only wants to be re-elected.
debiphillips MaddowBlog Just wow. Funny what just a few pictures will do.
MaddowBlog JohnMcCain would be ashamed of you LindseyGrahamSC
MaddowBlog Lindsey Graham is on Hard Drugs!
MaddowBlog It's a sad day for America when GOP leaders ignore the clear evidence that their President was installed by a foreign power and the President did everything he could to cover up and stop the investigation into his willingness to accept Russia's meddling. 'Birds of a feather...
MaddowBlog Like MELANIATRUMP LindseyGrahamSC doesn’t care either. Truth is everyone is exhausted and worn down from this spoiled ignorant criminal tantruming abusive fake President.
MaddowBlog ...but did he really obstruct? Obviously not! 🤔 So, I don’t care about your tin foil hat theories either!
MaddowBlog He cared when it was Bill Clinton.
MaddowBlog We no longer listen to Graham either ...
MaddowBlog Of course LindseyGraham doesn’t care... It’s obvious he’s part of TrumpRussia!
MaddowBlog Anyone note that neither Rachel or msnbc inquire about the obama, holder, lynch, comey, and hrc documented obstructions? Of course they did not! They are not a credible source for real information! They are 'NOTHING' more than liberal propaganda foot soldiers
MaddowBlog kick his sorry ass out, S Carolina!
MaddowBlog There was lots of obstruction of justice... thing is though ...that was all committed by democrats.
MaddowBlog Ask a stupid question, then ask again and again and again and again then you get this! Nobody should kow tow to an untruthful and agenda driven press!
MaddowBlog He has a problem: his voters do care and so do we.
MaddowBlog Well WE CARE!!
MaddowBlog Lindsey Graham sold his soul so he can go play golf with Donald Trump they’re so cute together they both need to be ousted out of office together. Since he’s made his choice time to get them out of office
MaddowBlog Let's not stop with Graham let's get the truth serum beer keg out and get a answer from each one of them and throw out all of the (I don't cares) out of office.
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MaddowBlog LindseyGrahamSC playing his role as TrumpsLapdogLindseyGraham to perfection. Graham has even betrayed his younger self.. GrahamRule
MaddowBlog There was no evidence of obstruction. Because there was no crime. 1 million documents produced Not one time, was Executive Privilege utilized. Mueller was never fired. And, Mueller specifically states that Trump’s POTUS status, was not a consideration. So, stop blowing smoke.
MaddowBlog If that doesn’t spell scumbag, then creative writing was a waste of time!!!!
MaddowBlog A new low. nytimes washingtonpost thedailybeast
MaddowBlog Well it's not like we haven't seen this same attitude for the last 10yrs now. Shame his voters can't.
MaddowBlog I believe him! Russian money does that to him.
MaddowBlog Oh but LindseyGrahamSC , you do care, you care so very much! The question is: “why DO YOU suddenly care so much about a man you know has criminal intent?” What’s in it for you?
MaddowBlog I guess it's ok for Trump toobstruct justice but anybody else is Lindsey Graham has to Total line on them what a hypocrite political hypocrite are morally corrupt hypocrite
MaddowBlog Agree.
MaddowBlog Just like POTUS & FLOTUS - LindseyGrahamSC doesn't care. Hopefully American taxpayers will care enough during the elections, to demonstrate how they feel about having to pay for their lavish lifestyles & willful indifference.
DrNikkiMartinez MaddowBlog That's the problem we know the GOP doesn't care.
MaddowBlog I would love to find out what Trump/Putin have on Graham. Then plaster all over the media and internet embarrass the hell out of him. Make him feel like two cents.
MaddowBlog VoteHimOut
MaddowBlog Graham knows bull$hit is just that 'BS' nothing to see here !
MaddowBlog Well he will when we prosecute him.
MaddowBlog Resign . America cares .
MaddowBlog Lindsey cared a lot when it was Clinton!!! Maybe time to go home Lindsey!
MaddowBlog Why would he care...he's just trying to get re-elected. His best chance is appealing to the Trump base in SC.
MorianTina MaddowBlog He literally does not care if the PRESIDENT IS A CRIMINAL.
MaddowBlog Lil Lyin Lyndsey.
MaddowBlog No shit Sherlock. Not really breaking news
MaddowBlog i hope y’all are paying attention to how graham is embarassing our great state
MaddowBlog The ends justifies the means. Remove Potus45. Make up FakeNews like the Russian collusion and get an investigation going, but that turned up nothing. Now it's obstruction of justice and subpoena Trump's taxes before becoming Potus. WitchHunt Trump2020 WalkAway
MaddowBlog Graham is so caught up in getting re-elected he will sacrifice his honor, his integrity and his soul to Trump. In the long run, I don't believe the voters he is suppose to be representing will forget how disgraceful he has been.
MaddowBlog But the fact that the left refuses to acknowledge is that Hilary Clinton paid for the Steele dossier which ended up costing American tax payers $35,000,000 and two years of non stop speculation that Trump was a bad guy. She should be prosecuted for her server and the dossier
MaddowBlog Well he’s honest on that. Such a disappointment.
Patta47cake MaddowBlog Wonder what they have on him!?
MaddowBlog Well that just about says it all!
MaddowBlog Has this clown every heard of ATTEMPTED murder? You dont have to actually kill to commit a crime! Im just so sick of this guy.
MaddowBlog Poor excuse!
MaddowBlog They must of given him a big doll house to play in !!!
MaddowBlog Of course LindseyGrahamSC don’t care!! He’s become unamerican and all for DerangeDonald
MaddowBlog Why is that? LindseyGrahamSC 😒
LisaHauser8 MaddowBlog LindseyGrahamSC. History will be so horrible for you. 😂😂😂
MaddowBlog I think he just admitted what we already knew. Now the real question is why doesn't he care?
MaddowBlog Hmmmmmm. There's a lot of 'I don't care' among The Regressives. Curious!
MaddowBlog Democratic Maddow when will you be leaving your job at MSNBC ? Understand the job market is at an all time high ! The American people no longer buy your BS !
MaddowBlog Hey Senator Grandma, I mean Graham. You’re up for re-election next year, right? Ahhh, now it all makes sense....gotta keep those red state voters happy, even if it means selling your soul.
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MaddowBlog We do be care LET'S vote him OUT
MaddowBlog LindseyGrahamSC , it is clear you don’t care. I remember when you used to be a patriotic American...
MaddowBlog Pure hypocrite
MaddowBlog Well at least he’s honest. As long as trump is hurting black and brown ppl GOP don’t care
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MaddowBlog Screw you Lindsey! You are suppose to working for us not Trump and Russia!
MaddowBlog LindseyGrahamSC doesn't care about the media questioning him about the Mueller report anymore. He just wants them to shut the F up and stop with their lies and propaganda against the Republican party. I don't blame him for basically telling you all to F off.
MaddowBlog He in love with Trump. Investigate his FINANCES! 😉
MaddowBlog Oh someone’s got a pee tape on Lindsey
MaddowBlog The main stream media has destroyed themselves with their lies and misinformation and they don't even apologize for it. Nobody believes a word they say anymore, it's sad.
MaddowBlog Deplorable and no soul.
MaddowBlog The main stream media is just a bunch of lackeys for the Democrat party. Good little puppets who do what they are told to do. No minds of their own and God forbid they cover any story about the good Trump has done for the country. Pitiful little puppets. We laugh at you.
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MaddowBlog LindseyGrahamSC is Trumptrash
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MaddowBlog I will not show you the respect of calling Senator would show you Lindsey .we all know you won't care again till it's time for the people of you state to vote than you'll care about what ever it takes to win.
MaddowBlog So obvious that Ms. Graham is protecting her cash cow. The tape of her talking about cleansing the WH when it came to Clinton should say it all. That tape needs to the American people over and over again. Such a hypocrite. The media need to call her out on her lies too.
MaddowBlog These are the kind of people you vote out of office, period!
MaddowBlog And when Putin is sitting in the White House with Russian flag overhead you probably won't care either. Shutdown the prisons too.
MaddowBlog What is disgusting is the ppl GaRepublicans that support this unlawful ass that is not only betraying the constitution but the Rule of law his MILITARY OATH and the FCR. ABC CBSNews CNN FoxNews NBCNews SenateGOP HouseGOP LindseyGrahamSC SenateDems HouseDemocrats
copperbird7 MaddowBlog “I don’t care” should be the GOP party platform. Oh wait...it is.
MaddowBlog We know, Lindsey. We know. You're in love with Donald. Love is blind.
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MaddowBlog Of course he doesn't care, because he knows he's hypocrite. He and other Republicans cared when Clinton and Obama were in office. Don't believe me listen to them!
mmehenriquez MaddowBlog Lawless!!!!!!!
MaddowBlog Me too. I don't care. If there is no underlying crime, then no obstruction of Justice.
MaddowBlog We know he doesn’t care. It’s obvious.
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MaddowBlog Well it took two years, but the “cat’s out of the bag.” They really aren’t very smart, are they?
MaddowBlog And he swore to uphold & defend the Constitution.
MaddowBlog Does he need a Brinks truck?
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MaddowBlog He won’t care as long as South Carolina doesn’t care.
mmehenriquez MaddowBlog Graham has shown that he is now all in for Trump Gave up all of our American Values The Republican Party(Morally Bankrupt)is in a cover up mode for Trump They have pledged their loyalty to our so called'President'Trump not to the American People or to The American Constitution
MaddowBlog Lindsey Graham doesn't care because it's his Racist President that is committing these crimes so of course he doesn't care! If it were a democrat the GOP would be in a melt down! But Trump? Let his slide! The Right Revealed for who they have always been! Dishonorable Racists!
MaddowBlog And that statement from Graham says it all, the Republicans just don't care.
MaddowBlog And John just rolled over again!
MaddowBlog How about taking what he said IN CONTEXT, Maddow, instead of quoting a snippet out of its context?
MaddowBlog They are thumbing their nose at us and saying “we conservative white men will decide how this country is run.” They don’t care how it looks. They think their agenda is all that matters. Also...many conservative white women as well.
MaddowBlog So here we have one of our federal lawmakers saying it doesn't matter that the president is possibly guilty of serious violations of law that would have got anyone else locked up.
MaddowBlog It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t care personally, but he is an elected offical and he must care!
MaddowBlog That’s how ya MAGA, not caring?
MaddowBlog Wow! What a disgrace
MaddowBlog Hard to believe this guy was a respectable senator only two years ago.
MaddowBlog He doesn’t care because it’s non existent. If there were evidence, mueller would’ve said so in his waste of a report
MaddowBlog Hypocrite
MaddowBlog Wondering what do you care about Sen. Graham? Trumpism is breaking you
MaddowBlog $880,000 in RUSSIAN MONEY, buys a LOT of 'I don't care' ! Imagine how much 'I Don't Care' Mitch's $3.5M BOUGHT the RUSSIANS !
MaddowBlog Hell of an American we got there.
MaddowBlog Shame on this Russian asset.
MaddowBlog He needs to borrow Melania’s jacket.
MaddowBlog A great guy has become ass kisser in Chief for Trumpy! How the mighty have been sucked into the Trump swamp!👎🏻👎🏻
MaddowBlog Actually he was asked about made up “evidence”
MaddowBlog This person needs to retire!! His friend John is probably turning over in his grave the way this person is backing the 'HORRIBLE PERSON '
MaddowBlog If there was evidence Trump would be indicted. What don’t you get?
MaddowBlog Misleading, again. He doesn't care because it never happened. Fake News.
MaddowBlog if he doesn't care he need not remain in a governmental office.
MaddowBlog There is no evidence, just statements of if proven it will be obstruction, get over it SHELOST
MaddowBlog Americans do care. ImpeachTrump
MaddowBlog NOBODY CARES except the corrupt Dems. They know that they will lose in 2020.
MaddowBlog MSNBC: Nobody wants to spend another 35 million dollars to find nothing AGAIN, except pep rally wise cracks & a firing of James Comey you originally wanted! Tell your viewers the truth. There is no Santa Claus and they are not getting a pony.
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rackupsoon2 MaddowBlog And if he gets indicted or lose his seat, I won’t care, either.
MaddowBlog I’m thinking Loose Lindsey is just about ready to call it quits. He’s at a loss for more excuses to cover his buddy Trump’s shenanigans. He’s smart enough to know the GOP is history after Trump.
MaddowBlog Doesn’t care about America or the constitution. He needs to be voted out of office
MaddowBlog Well I care. You are my representative as well as the rest of us in SC who care. DoYourJob
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MaddowBlog LindseyGrahamSC cares - he is scared shitless having decided to go all in w/ realDonaldTrump and now having to justify it. He has turned completely into a lying two faced politician. Sad how many have. Some of the Reps have at least been smart enough to be silent. Not enough
MaddowBlog LindseyGrahamSC and senatemajldr must be voted out - they are the reason why we need TermLimits NOW! VoteThemOut VoteBlue2020 JoeBiden2020
MaddowBlog Time to retire LindseyGrahamSC When you don’t care, you need to go. That’s simple business. Any employee of mine who said that would be out the door within 30 seconds. Don’t come back, we’ll mail you your check. Too bad we can’t do the same with useless pieces of S**t like you
MaddowBlog He’s bought, or the Russians have something on him.
MaddowBlog He called it, it's burning down, and he's going down with it.
MaddowBlog What's become of truth & justice. This is not a game!!!
MaddowBlog He's finally being honest.
MaddowBlog Wow ... LindseyGrahamSC admits Trump's guilty of criminal obstruction but dismisses it. Does Graham or any GOP have even a shred of integrity left.
MaddowBlog I don't care that you don't carenoturdad
MaddowBlog And THAT seems sum up the GOP Attitude. “I don’t care”
MaddowBlog LindseyGrahamSC to say I don’t care, in the face of mountains of evidence is not good enough. What does Trump have over you? It’s going to come out eventually.
MaddowBlog Graham is such a Constitutional Traitor!!!
MaddowBlog LindseyGrahamSC needs to be removed from office. He serves himself, then POTUS Donald Trump. He does not value the needs of South Carolinians or the needs of Americans. He is the worst kind of politician, second only to Donald Trump.
MaddowBlog Lindsey sold his soul & integrity to a despicable man with no loyalty to anybody but himself. If Lindsey can’t see this he needs to retire. He’s a useless politician, blabbing Trump’s propaganda & LIES!
MaddowBlog What a Senator!
MaddowBlog We know you don’t, Senator. We know you don’t. But you did once, long ago... when the POTUS had a (D) instead of an (R) next to his name.
MaddowBlog If Lindsey Graham doesn't care about America, truth etc then he can take his hat & go home Now! We don't want or need him. How about reducing his retirement income & medical coverage also. Take it all away like he wants to do to Americans who Pay His Salary. Angry Paid Socialist?
MaddowBlog He SHOULD care
MaddowBlog He has no soul
MaddowBlog He was finally able to read melania,'s jacket. The old fart does not read fast
MaddowBlog Which is precisely the problem....
MaddowBlog We know. He's made it very clear past two and a half years.
MaddowBlog That's a good opinion to have when you're representing the office of your country...
MaddowBlog What obstruction? For wanting to save tax payers 30 million dollars and firing the special council that found ZERO RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA COLLUSION?
MaddowBlog You post the same stupid stories over and over again and wonder why people blame you for pushing a narrative. You’re absolutely no better than Fox. fakenews
MaddowBlog Hillary clearly obstructed Justice.
MaddowBlog He 'does not care...' because he too has something to hide! Isn't it already obvious to everyone? Time for the Democrats to actually do something about it. How much longer will they take getting kicked in the teeth? Don't bother asking me for any Donations if you don't stop 45!