{"id":1358448,"date":"2022-03-04T05:42:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T10:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358448"},"modified":"2022-03-04T10:52:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T15:52:51","slug":"lindsey-graham-doubles-down-on-calls-for-putins-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-doubles-down-on-calls-for-putins-assassination\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham Doubles Down On Calls For Putin\u2019s Assassination"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Flindsey-graham-doubles-down-on-calls-for-putins-assassination%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=1358448&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-19-copy-7.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham doubled down on Friday morning regarding remarks on Thursday calling for the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Graham shared the remarks on Fox News\u2019 \u201cFox &#038; Friends\u201d to address his comments made on the network Thursday night.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cThe Russian people are not our enemy. I\u2019m convinced it\u2019s a one-man problem,\u201d Graham said during the interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow does this end? We\u2019re not going in on the ground on the Ukraine. If he attacks a NATO nation we\u2019ll have World War III. I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll do that. The way this will end is when he gets charged with a war crime, Putin and his cronies, and one day we nab him when he leaves Russia,\u201d the senator continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the best way for this to end is to have an Elliott Ness, a Wyatt Earp in Russia, the Russian Spring so to speak, where people rise up and take him down because if he continues to be their leader then he\u2019s going to make you complicit with war crimes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Graham also restated his call for Putin\u2019s removal from office \u201cby any means possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping that somebody in Russia will understand that he\u2019s destroying Russia and you need to take this guy out by any means possible,\u201d Graham noted once again, alluding to a potential assassination by someone in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Anatoly Antonov, Russia\u2019s ambassador to the U.S., reacted strongly against Graham\u2019s Thursday remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find the statement of the American politician to be unacceptable and outrageous,\u201d he said in a statement, according to the Fox News report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is impossible to believe that a senator of a country that promotes its moral values as a \u2018guiding star\u2019 for all mankind could afford to call for terrorism as a way to achieve Washington\u2019s goals in the international arena,\u201d he added. \u201cWe demand official explanations and a strong condemnation of the criminal statements of this American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham first made the provocative call against Putin on Twitter prior to sharing the comments on Fox News Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIs there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military?\u201d\u00a0Graham tweeted, referring to Julius Caesar\u2019s assassin and the Nazi officer who tried to kill Hitler. \u201cThe only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out. You would be doing your country \u2014 and the world \u2014 a great service.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" 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 class=\"\">\u201cThe only people who can fix this are the Russian people,\u201d he wrote in a second tweet. \u201cEasy to say, hard to do. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0QjNBX1ZqZ\">pic.twitter.com\/0QjNBX1ZqZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1499575636641337368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham\u2019s comments have led to quick pushback from leaders of both political parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an exceptionally bad idea,\u201d Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said. \u201cUse 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<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" 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>\u201cSeriously, wtf?\u201d Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seriously, wtf? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dcg7hpMiDB\">https:\/\/t.co\/dcg7hpMiDB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1499588619887071275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham doubled down on Friday morning regarding remarks on Thursday calling for the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Graham shared the remarks on Fox News\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1358448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1358448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1358448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1358448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1358448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}