{"id":1358310,"date":"2022-03-04T08:53:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358310"},"modified":"2022-03-04T08:53:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:53:22","slug":"ted-cruz-rebukes-lindsey-graham-exceptionally-bad-idea-to-assassinate-vladimir-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-rebukes-lindsey-graham-exceptionally-bad-idea-to-assassinate-vladimir-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz Rebukes Lindsey Graham: &#039;Exceptionally Bad Idea&#039; to Assassinate Vladimir Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fted-cruz-rebukes-lindsey-graham-exceptionally-bad-idea-to-assassinate-vladimir-putin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358310&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cruz-graham.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) rebuked his fellow Republican colleague Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC) for calling on the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Graham lit the internet ablaze when he called for a Russian \u201cBrutus\u201d \u2013 a reference to famed <em>Julius Caesar<\/em> assassin Marcus Brutus \u2013 to take out Putin, an apparent call for his assassination.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIs there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military? The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out,\u201d tweeted Graham. \u201cYou would be doing your country\u2013and the world\u2013a great service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham then called upon the Russian people to rise up against Putin, lest they should \u201clive in darkness\u201d for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only people who can fix this are the Russian people. Easy to say, hard to do,\u201d he continued. \u201cUnless you want to live in darkness for the rest of your life, be isolated from the rest of the world in abject poverty, and live in darkness, you need to step up to the plate.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The only people who can fix this are the Russian people.<\/p>\n<p>Easy to say, hard to do.  <\/p>\n<p>Unless you want to live in darkness for the rest of your life, be isolated from the rest of the world in abject poverty, and live in darkness you need to step up to the plate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1499575352426958848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham\u2019s tweet sparked heavy criticism on social media from both the left and the right, who charged the assassination of Putin could not only spark a full-scale war with Russia but could destabilize the country into losing control of its nuclear stockpile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an exceptionally bad idea. Use massive economic sanctions; BOYCOTT Russian oil &#038; gas; and provide military aid so the Ukrainians can defend themselves. But we should not be calling for the assassination of heads of state,\u201d responded Ted Cruz.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is an exceptionally bad idea.<\/p>\n<p>Use massive economic sanctions; BOYCOTT Russian oil &#038; gas; and provide military aid so the Ukrainians can defend themselves.<\/p>\n<p>But we should not be calling for the assassination of heads of state. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/crPGHw9xyJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/crPGHw9xyJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1499615452934414340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cruz was not the only one to hit back against Graham.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Probably not the most responsible thing for a U.S. senator to tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MollyJongFast\/status\/1499574897240068099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe not such a helpful thing for a senior U.S. elected official to be putting out into the world right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joan McCarter (@joanmccarter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joanmccarter\/status\/1499574870031540225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Has Lindsey Graham or any of these psychopaths even considered who would take over if Putin is assassinated? <\/p>\n<p>Think beyond Step One<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Posobiec \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1499618952955236352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am respectfully asking Senator Graham to read the second half of Julius Caesar.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pVrq1GCX0Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/pVrq1GCX0Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DouthatNYT\/status\/1499578835867779072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even if you agree with Lindsey Graham about assassinating Putin, you have to understand that you are a private citizen and he is not. <\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a sitting Senator and a leader of the Republican Party. <\/p>\n<p>Twitter is not the place to share his thoughts on assassinating a world leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FredTJoseph\/status\/1499582623965925388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Honestly gobsmacked at how reckless that Lindsey Graham tweet is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrislhayes\/status\/1499586050481606671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yeah, just roll the dice and see whose hands Russia\u2019s 5,977 nuclear warheads end up in! What could go wrong? Switch to decaf, sir. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PVQNEdWloN\">https:\/\/t.co\/PVQNEdWloN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brandondarby\/status\/1499589936995000339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) rebuked his fellow Republican colleague Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC) for calling on the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 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