{"id":1915771,"date":"2023-04-17T03:40:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T07:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terribly-irresponsible-lindsey-graham-criticizes-marjorie-taylor-greenes-comments-on-alleged-pentagon-leaker\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T10:14:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:14:41","slug":"terribly-irresponsible-lindsey-graham-criticizes-marjorie-taylor-greenes-comments-on-alleged-pentagon-leaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terribly-irresponsible-lindsey-graham-criticizes-marjorie-taylor-greenes-comments-on-alleged-pentagon-leaker\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Terribly Irresponsible\u2019: Lindsey Graham Criticizes Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s Comments On Alleged Pentagon Leaker"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fterribly-irresponsible-lindsey-graham-criticizes-marjorie-taylor-greenes-comments-on-alleged-pentagon-leaker%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=1915771&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--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized remarks made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) regarding the alleged Pentagon leaker, going as far as calling her statement \u201cirresponsible\u201d and saying comments like it hinders the United States\u2019 ability to defend itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appearing on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d with host Jonathon Karl, Graham said anybody defending the leaks of classified information was putting the United States in \u201cdanger.\u201d The South Carolina Republican also said he was shocked the alleged leaker, 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, had access to the documents in the first place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat they\u2019re suggesting will destroy America\u2019s ability to defend itself,\u201d Graham told Karl regarding comments defending the alleged leaker. \u201cThat it\u2019s okay to release classified information based on your political views. That the ends justify the means. It is not okay.\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shortly after Teixeira\u2019s arrest on Thursday, Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1646615867285708802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted,<\/a> \u201cJake Teixeira is white, male, Christian, and antiwar. That makes him an enemy to the Biden regime. And he told the truth about troops being on the ground in Ukraine and a lot more. Ask yourself who is the real enemy? A young low level national guardsmen?\u00a0 Or the administration that is waging war in Ukraine, a non-NATO nation, against nuclear Russia without war powers?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defends alleged Pentagon leaker, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonkarl<\/a>, \u201cFor any member of Congress to suggest it\u2019s OK to leak classified information because you agree with the cause is terribly irresponsible.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n5PvaC6H4o\">https:\/\/t.co\/n5PvaC6H4o<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7OUh4e0tON\">pic.twitter.com\/7OUh4e0tON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1647593175794450432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the interview, Graham touted the United States intelligence community but said the leaks had restricted the ability to gather intelligence from human resources on the ground.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you\u2019re a member of the military intelligence community and you disagree with American policy, and you think you\u2019re gonna be okay when it comes to leaking classified information, you\u2019re gonna go to jail,\u201d Graham told Karl.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s one of the most irresponsible statements you could make,\u201d Graham said. \u201cFor any member of Congress to suggest it\u2019s okay to leak classified information because you agree with the cause is terribly irresponsible and puts America in serious danger.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-26759\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greene has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1646901436347760641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the Biden administration was \u201ccaught lying\u201d about the war in Ukraine, and the administration is in \u201cspin mode\u201d blaming Teixeira, all while \u201cginning up full government censorship.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\uddf5Thread<br \/>\nThe Biden Admin and Pentagon have been caught lying about the war they are funding and fighting against Russia in Ukraine, but they are in full spin mode blaming low level 21 yr old National Guardsman, Jake Teixeira, while they are ginning up full government censorship. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iB5oihk84J\">https:\/\/t.co\/iB5oihk84J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1646901436347760641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the leaked documents include conditions on the battlefield in Ukraine, including potential vulnerabilities in the country\u2019s air defense capabilities and suggestions the U.S. believes the war could drag on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sen. Graham has been a staunch supporter of the United States sending aid to Ukraine, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dumber-than-dirt-graham-explains-most-catastrophic-thing-that-could-happen-to-u-s-china-relations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocating<\/a> for training Ukrainians to fly F-16s and creating an international tribunal to try Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes. Greene, who has been critical of the aid, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-bill-requesting-audit-ukraine-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced<\/a> a bill requesting an audit of military aid to Ukraine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is exactly what the American people need, an audit of Ukraine, because we have no idea where all this money\u2019s going,\u201d Greene told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized remarks made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) regarding the alleged Pentagon leaker, going as far as calling her statement \u201cirresponsible\u201d and saying comments like it hinders the United States\u2019 ability to defend itself.\u00a0 Appearing on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d with host Jonathon Karl, Graham said anybody defending the leaks of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":1915772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Terribly Irresponsible\u2019: Lindsey Graham Criticizes Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s Comments On Alleged Pentagon Leaker","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[14247,24519,4038,3801,3763,3803,5427,11004,6709,4653,3761,4656],"class_list":["post-1915771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-irresponsible","tag-terribly","tag-alleged","tag-comments","tag-criticizes","tag-graham","tag-greenes","tag-leaker","tag-lindsey","tag-marjorie","tag-pentagon","tag-taylor"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Terribly Irresponsible\u2019: Lindsey Graham Criticizes Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s Comments On Alleged Pentagon Leaker","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915771","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\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}