This is a little funny, and simultaneously very sad. Folks, this is the state of legislative affairs in Washington DC, this is exactly what it was like when I was asking these types of questions. Senator Lindsey Graham is listed as one of the Republican co-sponsors for Senate Bill 686, the Restrict Act, aka the TikTok ban act.
Fox News host Jesse Waters goes through the bill on live television and then asks Senator Graham why he co-sponsors it. Lindsey Graham has no idea. {Direct Rumble Link} – WATCH:
This is exactly what it is like talking to republicans in the House and Senate.
I wonder how many pieces of Yuan Sen. Graham sold out for?
Thirty, but he would have done it for one.
Same as downtown.
Or naïve young male staffers.
….a cure for his monkeypox.
Idiot voters.
They are so goddamned derelict is infuriating
and this is why we get such bad bills passed… they don’t read the crap they vote on.
if this bill passes, it will be a very dark day! everyone needs to contact their congress critters and demand that they reject this garbage!
It’s worse than that
they don’t write the bills they vote on. We have criminals writing the bills and these crooks voting for them.
CCP probably wrote the bill
We should always bear in mind the quasi-permanent Congressional staff write the legislation for the donors, which they then present to their Congressional members to sponsor and vote on. These staffers often continue to serve the same Congressional office regardless of which person or party holds the seat; that is how irrelevant the Congressional officials are to the process.
It makes sense they don’t read the bills, because it’s not their job. The donors send out the instructions, the staffers write the bills, and the elected officials perform the theatrics of the vote based on the work of their staff. In the current system both the Congressional members and the parties they belong to mean almost nothing.
It’s very possible Graham has no idea about the bill. He outsources the actual work of being Senator to his staff, choosing instead to pontificate on the media circuit and shuttle between Washington and Kiev.
According to Sundance, it goes something like this:
corporations write the bills, then lobbyists take them to the elected officials who
then form committees…
Might need another treeper to confirm..
Not sure if I can confirm the process. But I know there is a place called K Street in DC that is commonly referred to as the Foggy Bottom (how appropriate) in DC. There are definitely people there taking dictation and are pulling in 6 figure salaries(from taxpayer dollars) doing so.
Also not shocked at Lindsey Graham. In my opinion, he is one of the best examples of the very dire need for term limits. He should take his Monopoly “pass card” now before he goes to jail.
I went to law school in DC in the early 90s. K Street is the absolute power center.
I think “foggy bottom” is a nickname for the State Dept.
“The Hill” is Congress.
K street is where many of the corporate lobbyists have offices.
Yes, I was getting ready to say “Foggy Bottom” is the State Department.
No sympathy just cause he didn’t read it….he is stupid, just like all the rest who did/or do the same thing.
Didn’t know anything about ‘The Restrict Act’…
He thought he was co-sponsoring a new war 🙂
I think he did read it. He just counted on journalists and most people not reading it.
and Hannity
Have you noticed-why does Hannity wear a CIA pin?
Why is Hannity wearing a CIA button?
Perhaps because he has been on Intel committee (not sure of that)?
What he does get, is “the talking points”; and you heard them.
Rattled as he was, Lindsey tried to run thru them,basically “China evil, must protect Americans from China, etc.
Push the fear, in other words.
My stupid senator, a Dem, cosponsored this. They know what they’re doing.
Not only do they not read it – they never even heard of it.
The Restrict Act
Or more appropriately The Patriot Act for the Internet
Think about that for a moment.
They want us to shut up and sit down.
I think not.
That is the truth of it all, they just expect us all to just sit back down and shut up…..as they want us to.. Not one of the bills is even written by an elected person…..not one.
Unfortunately they are probably right – what have we done so far about anything?
Facebook and Google also just want a lot less competition. It’s a huge win for the Deep State and Big Tech.
Kinda like the people in MD who donated hundreds of thousands of dollar to Act Blue
OMG!
Does he really not know? Then find the aide who placed his name as a co-sponsor on the bill and fire him/her.
Or did the Uniparty simply assume he would just smile and bend over for this unconstitutional attack?
Or does he want it both ways? Sponsor it, vote for it, but act like he is against it, a la John “Stooopid” Kerry.
Ausonius: Some lobbyist who helped draft the bill probably paid Miss Lindsey to add his name to the bill. Miss Lindsey is lying.
He has so many lobbyists giving him money for putting his name on bills that he cannot keep up with which one is which. It’s an easy mistake.////
I think Graham likes bending over…
Idiot or evil. Take your pick.
Both
“Graham had no idea.”
I think he’s lying, and Jesse looked like he wasn’t buying it, either.
I loved it when Jesse compared him to Fetterman., too.
Of course he is lying,
if their mouth is moving or they are breathing they are lying
breathing is optional,but even without it,they still lie.
Graham looks a lot like Sgt Schulzt in that screen grab. Acts like him too.
Rabbit in the spotlight. Jesse should have pushed on.
As usual, “I will get back to you on that”. Notice he does not say anything about withdrawing the bill.
When he returns he will say “I am going to send a letter”.
Thank you Jessie for catching that and bringing it to our attention.
Thank you Speaker McCarthy and Freedom Caucus for no more loaded bills that can hide this in thousands of pages. Now we need to work on the Senate.
Jesse missed another opportunity to compare him with “circle back” Psaki. Dang. 😄
He said if did co-sponsor it, he’d come and say it was his “bad”.
Then he’d concentrate on another marxist judge to confirm or how to justify dumping a few more billion dollars to Ukraine.
Silos of shame.
He has no idea. Lindsay Graham is obviously low intelligence and lazy to have no idea of a bill that he is sponsoring. He heard some talking points about it – he mentioned Commerce Department and lots of things about China – but he didn’t understand the deeper motives of the Biden administration in this bill. It was written by someone in the administration like DHS and they were hoping it would be rushed through without any study or understanding of what is in this bill.
He knows, Belle. The Patriot Act-act is 20 years old now. And even small children know his BFF Biden is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China, Inc..
This is the game he plays.
Moments such as these remind me that the Roman Senate lasted longer than both the Roman Republic and the Western Roman Empire, and that it survived by not functioning as the Roman Senate.
Just more indications that Congress consists of a bunch of overglorified salesman.
👍…”overglorified (and corrupt) salesman” . 👌
“overgloridied (and corrupt), used car salesman”…
Nope not even a salesman would try to sell what they don’t know a thing a bout. bit all of those we “elect” to office seem to do the same thing.
What’s a congressman’s sponsorship or vote worth?
China is a threat? Maybe/Probably
However isn’t Miss Lindsey more of a threat then China could ever be? Absolutely/Irredeemably
Is this guy even human?
Incompetence of Congress…we’re not getting what we vote for
Neither party is for “the forgotten men and women”.
I have the urge to take a clue bat to his simpering mug.
Graham is FOS as usual.
$CREW you,
Lindsey Graham !
“My bad” , Really????
Your are
the scumbag
who conferred with scumbag
John braindead McCain
about Russia Russia Russia.
and got the FBI hoax going.
You co-sponsored the bill and all you can / will say is
“My Bad” ??
Yes. You are bad.
-a very bad American
And even worse, a liar and a worm.
This is part of why I have a hard time accepting he was clueless about the effects of this bill.
He’s all about the Derp State.
If he does come back on the show he’ll probably be defending it.
He didn’t play oblivious very well.
A mild water board
oughtta get him to squirm and spill.
I killed all forms of communication from the internet, to radio, TV, CB, HAM, semaphore, and smoke signals?
My bad. Whoopsie!
🤡Show
Graham and other RINOs are just as much of a threat to Americans as the Chinese Communist Party.
I know where I stand with the CCP. It doesn’t pretend to be my friend. And they’re not starting wars and color revolutions and “regime change” all over the planet.
Graham puts his finger in the air every hour to see which way the political wind is blowing…
That’s not the only place Miss Lindsey puts his finger!
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, joins ‘The Evening Edit’ to discuss the ‘hard deadline’ he has given the IRS to turn over documents and communications pertaining to ‘Twitter Files’ journalist Matt Taibbi.
So Jordan has given them a “hard deadline” in one breath, then tells the audience Congress has really no way to enforce their demands, or enforce their laws. Words come out of Jordan’s mouth like water out of a fire hydrant submerged in a lake.
Perhaps you could tell us what else he cam do.
Take a long walk, off a short pier.
Jordan has faked out far too many, for far too long.
Remember Lindsey’s monologue, at the end of the Kavanaugh hearing?
Within 2 weeks he was co-sponsoring, with those same Dems, a National red-letter law.
When Linsey gave that Kavanaugh rant, he was channeling Jim Jordan.
Say it with great passion and sincerity.
Say just what you know the rubes SO BADLY WANT to hear someone, anyone say.
Know that the gullible, emotion driven idiots will transfer the emotion (like/love) that they feel for what you SAY,to you for saying it.
And they do it, cause it WORKS.
They have the power of the purse, and that is what he should be focusing in on until the debt ceiling bill and budget are on the table later this year. Then cut the hell out of these corrupt departments. That is the only thing that will get their attention and change their ways.
Graham is more of a threat to our freedoms and liberty than China. What a lying ass he is!
I was a bit concerned when he said his nieces liked Tik-Tok and that’s okay…..
From what I have seen on Tik-Tok for the Americans, I would not be ‘okay’ with my nieces or my neighbor’s nieces hangin’ around there.
Lindsey doesn’t read anything; his aides handle it all and the rest is just chaff and counter-measures.
Jesse played him a liddle bit tonight…that’s all folks.
In 25 years, we have gone from monitoring our offspring’ use of the internet, to this?
Where are the parents? Oh they too have their faces buried in the ‘screen’…
Who signs Jesse’s paycheck?
“…..my bad”….is his his final, offhand response to the issue of his co-sponsoring it?
“my bad“??????????
How is Graham one bit different than Sen. Lurch in the psych-ward? Neither of them (apparently) has any idea what they are doing or what is being done in their name.
“Neither of them (apparently) has any idea what they are doing or what is being done in their name.”
Unless we compare and contrast them to COOTUS; then they appear to be Websterian.
Would have been so much better if the page with his name was up on the big screen.. you know.. make Grahamstand squirm a bit and hold those feet to the fire long enough to leave blisters.. but they never do.
I have always believed that those behind the scenes (Staffers and their handlers) are the ones behind the destruction.
The politicians are just figure heads who are clueless as to what is taking place and read prepared garbage and what they Sponsor and know nothing about.
Need a deep dive on WestExec.
Who cares how long a bill is. If somebody wrote it, somebody else can read it. No excuses.
I’n not staying tuned.
More like The End of Free Speech Act.
Can you imagine Congress passing a law which is completely unconstitutional that allows them to ban and censor any speech from a foreign or DOMESTIC source that they deem to be a threat to national security? Which is nothing but shrewd way to ban any speech the establishment regime doesn’t like. And the corrupt judiciary will of course allow them to do it making a mockery of the Constitution. Disgraceful.
They can pass it, enact it, all the while knowing that it will take years before it’s ruled unconstitutional, unless someone succeeds in getting an injunction. Lawfare. All they need is to ensure that they can steal the next election and this will certainly help.
That is hilarious…except for the fact that it is terrifying! A supposedly “conservative” Republican Senator has absolutely ZERO idea of what is even in a bill that he apparently co-signed!!
THIS, in one five minute video, encapsulates almost everything that is wrong with our government and the problems extends across both Chambers and BOTH sides of the aisle.
These people are stupid, corrupt, arrogant, and completely out of touch with any semblance of reality. They simply do not care one iota about anyone in their state or their district – they are bought and paid for by foreign devils and corporate lobbyists and their only job is to show up to rallies and say what the “little people” want to hear so they can stay in office, and then to go back to DC and vote the way their puppetmasters tell them to vote!
And we keep falling for it over and over and over again…WHY?!!
There is no government. Its just a club.
How the hell does a US senator not know if he/she is a sponsor/ signer to a piece of legislation?
They didn’t receive the group text.
…from the lobbyist.
Leave it with me and I’ll get back to you. He said there was two bills. Huh. Never hear about it again move on to something else. As Sundance has said, lobbyists write the bills politicians only pass them on. How much clearer can it be.
“Jesse is talking about that stuff people say he never talks about”…
Fox et al always gives us tidbits…until they don’t.
Because he is in the dark, in the closet, maybe….?
FILTHY Miss Lyndsay needs to stay off his knees in front of That Miniature Dictator Zelensky in Ukraine and DO his/her real job.
This man was a Judge….He should be Judging Drag Shows.
Graham, what at clown. ”Makes me look bad” What?
Didnt even read the bill the lobbiests had written, has no clue what McConnell is making him sponsor.
Is Ms Linsey drunk? Sure seemed it.
Better acronyms for RESTRICT ACT:
Reckless Exploitation of Society’s Thoughts, Rights, & Individual Communication Techniques
-or-
Removing Every Single Trace of Resistance In Citizens’ Thoughts
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686
The longer I live, the more Irealize that they are all the same. They actually produce nothing, just sign the bills and don’t even know what they say, cause someone told them it was a good bill, and they need to get it pushed through even though nobody who is signing has even read it…..just like “Nasty” said…..ya gotta sign the bill so you can read it. Long time ago, and it still holds true.
Its the Uniparty as Sundance says.
graham is a lying sack o schitt
They all are and they all stand out like a sore thumb once you see it.
Sen. Graham “Constitutionally -we can’t do that”….they can just falsify documents, lie to courts, and illegally spy.
Politicians are narcissistic actors! They know the questions and the answers before the agreement to appear.
RINO Lindsey Graham thought that Watters was going to him softball questions (Let’s be honest Watters usually kisses Lindsey’s a**) Fox will tell Watters to tow the uniparty line and/or corrupt Lindsey will never again go on Watters show.
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Scott Ritter loses it on Lindsey graham’s warmongering
US Senators are better thought of as profit centers. They’re there to occupy the office, but really it’s a corporation. And in most cases the head of the corporation has no clue. See also: Marco Rubio. The profit center employs an army of staff, and has a business office, a marketing department, legal, etc. The purpose of the US Senator, Inc. is to generate profits for the corporation and its stakeholders.
That’s why so many of these offices are held by senile, mentally incompetent, octogenarians. There’s really no need for the person, just a warm body to occupy the seat. The corporation just rolls on.
The GOP base is just waking up to the treachery behind the so called Tik Tok ban. The government party is trying to ram it through before too many people catch on.
Is he drunk?
No, but he’s definitely smoked some weed… and he’s right on target.
Graham, on the other hand,… he was caught with his pants down and looks like a deer in the headlights.
a dear in the headlights
I see what you did there. lol
on power .. spotlight time…the after glow of screwing the Republic.. oh and the special deposits to his Aruba accounts…
He does give off that vibe. Seems like he was just swinging with some Bros.
Is he drunk?
Yes. On power.
Misgender Alert!
Simple answer YES!
I’m guessing Jack and cokes
Not Teddy’s fave, Scotch, Johnny Walker Blue?