Posted on 09/14/2022 4:56:06 AM PDT by RandFan
Inflation, inflation, inflation. That’s the message Republicans have been begging and pleading to talk about for months. But don’t tell that to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Graham stole the spotlight from the biggest news in GOP circles — that the consumer price index report showed that inflation rose 0.1 percent in August — by rolling out legislation that would ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks, creating headaches for a party that has been on its heels for much of the past month.
The move effectively kneecapped messaging by Republicans, who have centered their midterm arguments on what they describe as shaky economic stewardship under President Biden. Adding to the economic issues, the inflation report reverberated significantly on Wall Street as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all suffered their worst day of losses this year (CNBC).
Hours after the inflation news, Graham, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, officially rolled out his bill, which had been teased late Monday. The Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, sending abortion decisions to all 50 states.
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Is he trying to lose us the mid-terms as some on here have suggested?
“Is he trying to lose us the mid-terms as some on here have suggested?”
My first thought - he’s scared of losing power if MAGA wins, so he prefers the Democrats. His judgement is pathetic, siding with terrorists in Syria and then Nazis in Ukraine...so we shouldn’t be surprised here.
He making good coin from his chain of Ukrainian Laundromats.
There are times I want to move to South Carolina for the sole purpose of voting against Lindsey.
Graham provided a talking point for some Republican Senators needing the support of fence sitting women in the coming election
Congress needs to stay away from any abortion legislation - let the states handle the matter.
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The day before Graham went before the Cameras and said he wanted no part of Trump’s plan to pardon the Jan 6th attendees.
Graham wants losses - and then the drumbeat will be Donald Trump is bad for the Party.
It’s obvious to anyone conscious.
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Closer to the Truth than anyone.
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Lose and blame Trump. We need to go in another direction, Fuxk, look here’s Mike Pence at the SC Fair! What a man of courage! If I loved him anymore, he’d be Joe Biden!
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Congress needs to stay away from any abortion legislation - let the states handle the matter.
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That was the whole point of the Supreme Court decision. Not everything is a federal issue. One has to wonder why Graham brings this issue up except to help his party; the UniParty.
Exactly. In proposing a bill that reflects popular sentiments even though it has no chance of passing, he can mitigate the damage by Dobbs to GOP candidates in moderate districts by blunting the message that the Republicans want to ban all abortions.
It also serves to remind these moderate voters that the Democrats are the “abortion at any time for any reason” party.
I think it was a shrewd move.
No doubt. Lindsay is not stupid. Lindsay is an evil Uniparty plant.
Sad when the murder of millions of babies does not have the level of importance to political posturing. Our nation is dead, our culture destroyed along with each natural right lost.
What a f’n idiot! Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. He loves being a butt boy for the democRATS.
Sure, he works hand in hand with the Media-Dem Party.
Yes. But why did he fight for Brett Kavanaugh?
Well he can't make it too obvious, can he? And he also voted to confirm the "Wise Latina".
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