{"id":1940613,"date":"2023-05-30T07:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-lindsey-graham-responds-after-warrant-is-issued-for-his-arrest\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T07:21:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:21:23","slug":"sen-lindsey-graham-responds-after-warrant-is-issued-for-his-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-lindsey-graham-responds-after-warrant-is-issued-for-his-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Lindsey Graham reacts to arrest warrant."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fsen-lindsey-graham-responds-after-warrant-is-issued-for-his-arrest%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=1940613&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--><h2>Sen. Lindsey Graham Responds After Warrant Is Issued for His Arrest<\/h2>\n<p>Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina on Monday tweeted that he will wear his arrest warrant from Russia as a \u201cbadge of honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Interior Ministry issued the warrant based on a video released by Ukraine of Graham\u2019s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p>In the edited video, Graham said \u201cthe Russians are dying\u201d and called American military aid to Ukraine \u00a0\u201cthe best money we\u2019ve ever spent,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/05\/29\/lindsey-graham-russia-arrest-warrant-00099150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<h3>To know that my commitment to Ukraine has drawn the ire of Putin\u2019s regime brings me immense joy.<\/h3>\n<p>I will continue to stand with and for Ukraine\u2019s freedom until every Russian soldier is expelled from Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1663172824289214464?\">May 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov slammed Graham, saying, \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine a greater shame for the country than having such senators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Interior Ministry issued the warrant for Graham\u2019s arrest on Monday. Graham was not the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tired-s-show-sen-lindsey-graham-calls-joint-military-effort-world-order-stake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">least repentant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<h3>Finally, here\u2019s an offer to my Russian \u2018friends\u2019 who want to arrest and try me for calling out the Putin regime as being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nazi-guard-living-in-tennessee-deported-to-germany\/\" title=\"Former Nazi Guard Living In Tennessee Deported To Germany\">war criminals<\/a>:<\/h3>\n<p>I will submit to jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court if you do.<\/p>\n<p>Come and make your best case.<\/p>\n<p>See you in The Hague!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1663173002488422402?\">May 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTo know that my commitment to Ukraine has drawn the ire of Putin\u2019s regime brings me immense joy. I will continue to stand with and for Ukraine\u2019s freedom until every Russian soldier is expelled from Ukrainian territory,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will wear the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-image-claims-daunte-wright-had-an-arrest-warrant-for-a-marijuana-related-fine\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral Image Claims Daunte Wright Had An Arrest Warrant For A Marijuana-Related Fine\">arrest warrant issued<\/a> by Putin\u2019s corrupt and immoral government as a Badge of Honor,\u201d he also wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1663172622891220993?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the Russian reaction, Ukraine released the full video that proved the excerpts were not connected, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-puts-us-senator-graham-wanted-list-russian-media-2023-05-29\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was no mistaking the hawkish tone of Graham\u2019s support for Ukraine bringing the war to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-russia-says-kremlin-attacked-putin-assassination-attempt-threatens-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Russian military is about to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-lindsey-graham-responds-after-warrant-is-issued-for-his-arrest\/\" title=\"Sen. Lindsey Graham reacts to arrest warrant.\">holy hell released<\/a> on them,\u201d Graham said Friday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/ukraine\/2023\/05\/28\/russia-launched-largest-drone-attack-on-kyiv-so-far\/70264717007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Graham said Ukrainians fighting for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/traitor-top-levels-russian-war-effort-offered-sell-deadly-information-ukraine-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their homeland<\/a> recalled \u201cour better selves in America,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/russia-condemns-us-senator-grahams-comments-death-russians-2023-05-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a time in America that we were this way, fighting to the last person, we were going to be free or die,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev mocked Graham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe old fool Senator Lindsey Graham said that the United States has never spent money so successfully as on the murder of Russians. He shouldn\u2019t have done that,\u201d Medvedev said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs usual the Russia propaganda machine is hard at work,\u201d Graham told Reuters Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Graham said he told Zelenskyy \u201cthat Ukraine has adopted the American mantra, \u2018Live Free or Die.\u2019 It has been a good investment by the United States to help liberate Ukraine from Russian war criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graham<\/strong> also offered a personal retort to Medvedev.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Medvedev, if you want Russians to stop dying in Ukraine, withdraw. Stop the invasion. Stop the war crimes. The truth is that you and (President Vladimir) Putin could care less about Russian soldiers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sen-lindsey-graham-responds-warrant-issued-arrest\/\">Sen. Lindsey Graham Responds After Warrant Is Issued for His Arrest<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted that he will wear his Russian arrest warrant as a &#8220;badge of honor.&#8221; The warrant was issued after a video of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was released by Ukraine. 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