{"id":2179429,"date":"2024-02-18T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T19:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-to-putin-youre-gonna-pay-a-heavy-price-for-murdering-navalny\/"},"modified":"2024-02-18T14:56:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T19:56:38","slug":"lindsey-graham-to-putin-youre-gonna-pay-a-heavy-price-for-murdering-navalny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-to-putin-youre-gonna-pay-a-heavy-price-for-murdering-navalny\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham warns Putin: &#8216;You&#8217;ll pay dearly for Navalny&#8217;s murder"},"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\">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-to-putin-youre-gonna-pay-a-heavy-price-for-murdering-navalny%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=2179429&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>Senator Lindsey Graham Vows to\u2062 Hold Putin Accountable for Navalny&#8217;s Murder<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent interview on &#8220;Face The Nation,&#8221; Senator Lindsey Graham made a bold \u200dstatement regarding\u200c the \u2062alleged murder of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Graham, \u200bknown\u2062 for his strong stance on foreign policy, warned\u2064 Russian President Vladimir\u200d Putin that he would pay \u2062a &#8220;heavy price&#8221; for this heinous act.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re Putin, I want you to know\u200c we&#8217;re not going \u2064to pull the plug on Ukraine. We&#8217;re going to come after you. We&#8217;re going to make \u200cyour country a state sponsor\u2062 of terrorism,\u2062 you&#8217;re gonna pay a heavy price for murdering this\u200b brave\u2063 man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham&#8217;s remarks came in response \u2064to a question about a bipartisan bill addressing immigration and foreign aid, including support for Ukraine. During \u2064the \u200binterview,\u2063 Graham also revealed a conversation he had with \u2063former President Trump about providing\u2062 Ukraine with a loan \u200cinstead of aid.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I spoke to President Trump earlier in the week about making the aid to Ukraine a\u200c loan. This was his idea, not mine. You \u200bknow, we did lend-lease to \u200cBritain. We&#8217;re $34 trillion in debt. Ukraine has minerals, have a lot of\u200c resources. Israel has a strong economy. They&#8217;d been hurt badly by October the 7th. Taiwan is a\u200b pretty rich nation. Why don&#8217;t we\u200c do this, make a favorable loan\u2062 to all three of these \u2062allies? Let them pay us back\u2062 when they can, if they can, because we&#8217;re 34\u2064 trillion in debt. That&#8217;s the Trump idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham emphasized the\u200b urgency of addressing border security, \u200dhighlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-no-new-proactive-step-on-tiktok-deal-under-biden\/\" title=\"White House: No New \u2018Proactive Step\u2019 on TikTok Deal Under Biden\">potential national security risks<\/a> associated with the influx of individuals\u200b on the terrorist watch list and the alarming amount of fentanyl crossing the southern border.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;President\u2064 Trump says let&#8217;s wait on the border. With all due respect, we \u200bcannot wait. It&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-top-oversight-republican-needs-twitter-preserve-communications-related-to-hunter-bidens-laptop\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Top Oversight Republican needs Twitter preserve communications related to Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop\">national security nightmare<\/a>. A 2,000% increase in people on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-criticism-for-extreme-primetime-address-targeting-maga-gop\/\" title=\"Biden faces criticism for extreme primetime address targeting MAGA GOP\">terrorist watch list coming<\/a> \u200cacross the border.\u200c In \u200ctwo years, 5 billion people could be killed by the amount of fentanyl coming across our southern border. The \u2063largest loss \u200dof life of young people in America is fentanyl poisoning coming across the southern border. So I don&#8217;t want to wait, I want to act now\u2064 on the border. I want to turn the aid package into a loan. That\u2063 makes perfect sense to me. And I think the bipartisan Problem Solvers group has an idea that will sell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch the interview below:<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What actions is Senator Graham calling for in response \u2063to \u200bthe poisoning of Navalny?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Stand\u2062 by our friends in \u2062Ukraine and hold you accountable for your actions,&#8221;\u2064 Graham stated. &#8220;We&#8217;re\u200d going \u2064to sanction the hell out of Russia. We&#8217;re going to expose you for\u2064 the\u2063 corrupt regime that you run. And we&#8217;re going \u2062to make sure that\u2062 every aspect of the Russian government \u2064is held accountable\u2063 for \u200cwhat \u200chappened to Navalny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham&#8217;s strong words\u2062 come as Navalny, a prominent critic of Putin, was recently \u200cpoisoned\u200d with a nerve agent and subsequently\u2062 fell into a \u2064coma. Navalny was then airlifted to\u2064 Germany for treatment, \u2064where tests confirmed\u2062 that he was indeed poisoned with a Novichok nerve\u200b agent, a substance believed to be exclusively held by the Russian government.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny&#8217;s poisoning has sparked international outrage\u2063 and renewed calls for sanctions against Russia. Many Western leaders, including European Union officials and US lawmakers, have condemned the attack and called for a thorough investigation\u2062 into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Graham, a long-standing critic of Russia and its President, has been vocal \u2062about his concerns regarding Putin and his \u200daggressive actions. Graham has long advocated for a strong US\u2063 stance against Russia and its \u200cinterference in other countries&#8217; affairs. Navalny&#8217;s \u2063poisoning has only reinforced \u2062Graham&#8217;s\u200b belief that the Russian government needs to \u200dbe held accountable for its\u2064 actions.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, \u200cGraham \u200bcalled \u200bfor the United States to lead\u2064 a coordinated international effort \u2063to hold Putin accountable. He urged \u2064President Joe Biden to\u200c work with European \u2064partners to impose tough sanctions on Russia, targeting key sectors of the country&#8217;s economy. Graham also emphasized the\u2063 importance of \u2062exposing \u2064and highlighting\u2064 the corruption within Putin&#8217;s government, as well\u200d as the need to support pro-democracy movements\u2061 within Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to sanction their energy sector. We need to \u2062sanction their banks. Just go down the list and make their \u2064lives miserable,&#8221; Graham asserted. &#8220;We need to \u2064tell \u2063Putin that \u2064if \u200cyou kill your political opponents, there will be a price to pay\u200d \u2013 not just rhetorically, but\u200b tangibly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Navalny&#8217;s\u2063 poisoning and subsequent murder attempt has brought renewed attention to the dangers faced by opposition figures in Russia. Graham&#8217;s vow to hold Putin accountable for Navalny&#8217;s\u2062 murder sends a strong message to other leaders around the world that such actions will not \u2062be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2064the \u2062United States enters a new era\u2064 of\u200b foreign policy under the Biden administration, it is clear that Graham and other\u2063 lawmakers will continue\u2063 to\u200b push for\u2062 a tough stance on Russia. The international community will be watching closely to\u2063 see how President \u2064Biden and \u200dother world leaders\u200c respond to \u200bNavalny&#8217;s poisoning and the broader issue of Russian\u200c aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Graham&#8217;s strong words and commitment to holding Putin accountable for Navalny&#8217;s murder \u200cdemonstrate the need\u200c for a united front against Russia&#8217;s actions. It is imperative\u200b that world leaders \u2063take a firm stand against such aggression and ensure that \u2062those responsible for these heinous acts face severe consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin will face severe consequences for the alleged murder of Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition leader. 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