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Lindsey Graham warns GOP after Cassidy loss, urges strikes on Iran

politicsMay 17, 2026353,691

On Meet the Press, Senator Lindsey Graham said Bill Cassidy's recent defeat proves "there's no room in this party to destroy" Donald Trump's agenda and warned "This is the party of Donald Trump." Graham urged the GOP to coalesce behind Trump-aligned priorities and explicitly recommended striking Iranian energy infrastructure to pressure Tehran. That stance matters because it signals a harder foreign-policy posture that could raise risks of military escalation, reshape Republican primary dynamics, and influence global energy markets.

David Rothkopf
@djrothkopf.bsky.social

I see folks like Todd Blanche, Mike Johnson and Lindsey Graham on Sunday shows. There's plenty of evidence that they use such platforms to lie constantly. Giving them a megaphone to spread their lies is the opposite of journalism which is about seeking the truth. It's irresponsible & damaging.

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Nancy Levine Stearns14

"Christian nationalists, including Johnson, 'are zeroed in on defeating democracy,' Rep. Jared Huffman added. 'Violence is a feature, not a bug, of this movement and we need to take it very, very seriously.'" huffman.house.gov/media-center...

SailorLife12

I quit watching Sunday shows about 20 years or so ago. Just made me enraged, so I stopped.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)10

I’d be curious how many times these guests are fact checked in any given interview. My guess is that the ratio lie vs fact check is pretty awful.

Blue Woman Voting 📎7

We just can't get George, Kristen and Jake to understand that so I never watch them anymore. I watch Velshi.

beasweet.bsky.social6

Boycott CBS and all other who air them

Data4Miles5

Sunday shows have been turned into a platform for lying. It’s almost laughable that the media is so complicit in this farce.

Nonnie B5

The only solace I find is that the Sunday am talking head show ratings are dropping. We’re on to ya MAGAts. Meanwhile YouTube, Substack, et al are gaining followers of truth.

Jane Feldman4

That's why I boycott them. I don't want to hear their racism, bigotry and lies.

jmgee.bsky.social3

These appearances have nothing to do with journalism. They are campaign contributions in kind (free air time) from the mass media conglomerates that run network news divisions. Pay those shows no heed. Very few voters do.

Jane3

I agree. Put on a Rock and Bullwinkle instead

donnayoungdc2

Media KNOW this. But they're all addicted to the circus. They KNOW they played a HUGE role in putting FELON/Adjudicated RAPIST Donald J. "Bone Spurs" Trump into OUR White House. Our media KNOW our nation is now being run by mobsters. And yet, media willingly continue to platform those monsters' lies

abcdef 🕶️2

Why are you watching it? That only helps them continue. Watch the indie media. Share what they say and write. Turn of the fascist media.

statman-stu.bsky.social2

And this has been going on for nearly 20-yrs, pre DJT. I railed at the TV as C Todd allowed GOP’ers to turn NBC’s MTP into a sewer, with repeated, & mostly unchallenged, LIES from Senators & more of the GOP. No shame. All couched in allowing GOP liars “equal time” to pervert democracy. It worked!

The Bulwark
@thebulwark.com

Lindsey Graham: "Those who try to destroy Trump politically, stand in the way of his agenda, are gonna lose…Bill Cassidy lost because he tried to destroy Trump…This is the party of Donald Trump."

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PeriwinkleRose 💙🇺🇦43

What an incredibly small and WEAK man Lindsey has become.

ihatethistown.bsky.social38

This is the party of Donald Trump’ is an amazing confession. That’s not conservatism, it’s a personality cult. When a senator boasts that loyalty to one man decides winners and losers, he’s admitting the party has surrendered ideas, policy, and accountability.

James Wilson24

Dems should play that last quote on repeat in the fall

Bearcats Grad11

He just admitted it’s Trump over good policies for Americans

bd-nola.bsky.social11

And if Cassidy were able to run as an independent he’d win overwhelmingly. Had Louisiana not gotten rid of jungle primaries for Senate, Cassidy would have won. Landry rigged the system and carved out fed primaries as closed. First time. 800,000 no party voters in LA. Beware what you wish for, GOP.

furtherexchange.bsky.social9

This is insane. Yes Cassidy the Republican who voted for almost everything Trump wanted and voiced the meekest, weakest concern about RFK and he was out to “destroy Trump” These people are mentally ill

missingcolorado.bsky.social9

Gotta give it to Lindsey….he has stamina! Never stops kissing Trump’s ass!

Yuki love9

And the “Trump Party” is trying to destroy the country - and YOU Lindsey are aiding and abetting him!

knightsmom.bsky.social9

SC needs to elect @drannieandrews.com and send graham home!!

BeedleMama👊🏻🇺🇸🔥🙄6

The kompromat Trump holds over Graham must be career ending, life over, going to prison kind of bad.

kschultze.bsky.social6

Graham shits on the memory of his old friend John McCain everyday, for relevance. Not power, he is powerless. Just to remain relevant. McCain remains relevant, and powerful due to living his life with foundations of duty, honor, and empathy.

Mina Connors5

What a shameful lil troll

donnayoungdc5

Someday, we WILL find out what Putin & Trump have on Lindsey Graham. Cleary, Graham is hoping he's dead by then. But what a clearly evil and spineless fool.

Ewan Sutherland5

Graham is boosting the Sultanism of Trump. Sultanism is a form of authoritarian government characterized by the extreme personal presence of the ruler in all elements of governance

skirtgrl.bsky.social5

I cannot believe my state keeps Graham in power when he should be in a rocker on his front porch yelling at teenagers.

Common Sense4

Look up “sold your soul” and you get a picture of this compromised POS. What a sad excuse of a human being 🙄

The CynNik4

This is the loser a majority of South Carolina want to be a reflection of him? A spineless, unethical, immoral loser? Is that you, South Carolina?

Skaggs of the Living Dead4

I remember when this guy attempted to stand up to Trump and caved within a couple of days

cyborg2024.bsky.social3

“This is the party of Trump.“ Yeah, we know. Linds is speaking as if he’s one of Trump’s family members. 🤨

christie0.bsky.social3

This is why every last one of them are traitors.

Lalo Steensland3

Find someone who loves you the way our 💩 political press loves platforming shameless Republican liars

jansky2300.bsky.social3

The GOP knows Trump is a train wreck. They are just trying to suck every dollar they can out of American’s pockets before it all collapses.

Steve3

You heard it from the weasel himself. No longer the Republican Party.. now just the party of Donald Trump. Come on folks… we must do better than this. Trump is literally the worst of us

Michele Dotson 🇺🇸🫶🏾⚖️🗳📬🇺🇦✌🏾🦾3

Lindsey Graham yelled the quiet part out loud: Essentially, the Republican Party is dead. It’s been replaced by the ‘Cult of Trump.’ Trump, his cult, and billionaire donors built an apparatus that aims to punish those who try to hold the ‘Dear Leader’ accountable. This is un-American and... 1|🧵

besmartcolorado.bsky.social3

And if Trump dies, people die, what do they have other than a collection of sycophants and wannabes? They have no convictions or morals to fall back on.

Marc with a Sea 🌊3

Lindsey Graham is going to be defeated (if not destroyed) by his extreme Trump sycophancy. And he will deserve it.

andersripa.bsky.social2

How long will the mad king be allowed to ruin America?

Dave Knadler2

Roll the tape from Jan. 6.

dshags2

🤣😂And Republicans proclaim that Democrats are the problem ...

mtruman.bsky.social2

This is why Lindsey kisses his ass because that’s what you do when you can’t do the job you’re paid to do.

gcs3.bsky.social2

This is what selling your soul looks like

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