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Fresh off his primary win, Lindsey Graham lavished praise on Donald Trump, calling him “not far behind God” and casting him as the Republican Party’s undisputed kingmaker.

The four-term South Carolina senator made the remarks during his Tuesday night victory speech, after fending off five challengers and winning more than half the vote.

“I want to start with a bunch of thank yous. I want to thank the big guy, God. Trump comes later,” Graham told a crowd of supporters, while laughing. “Mr. President, you're not far behind God, but we’re gonna start with him.”

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 76 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 32 points 4 weeks ago

It's almost as if they don't have a spine.

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 13 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I maintain that based one his behavior since then that Lindsay Graham had to have done something like murdered someone(probably a child) in the middle of a sexual act or something like that, his 180 is too jarring for the dirt to not be the most atrocious

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He should have been voted out in a primary a while ago, this is all just to not show off how he's not actually a modern republican.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

South Carolina is an ES&S state. It is also a state where miraculously, every time Graham is about to get primaried, like with Jaime Harrison in 2020 when there was a huge and overwhelming drive to get the vote out down there, at the very last second just enough votes come in to keep Graham in his seat.

This is why Lindsey Graham believes in god. Not the ethereal Divine, and certainly not the orange chancre, but for all the times ES&S voting machines have miraculously delivered for him.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

His 180 is a simple case of tribalism. The good of the party outranks the good of the cause. Hell most Republicans talked shit about Trump before he was elected, including his own VP.

Same reason some Republican group took down a bunch of rebukes of Ken Paxton immediately after he beat Cornyn.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly, he should have been right. But here we are.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

get busy...?

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 47 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Okay kevin. No matter what you do he will never respect you.

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 weeks ago

And for a final year, we have a season of the boys that was so absurd when it was written, you're shocked anyone greenlit it, only for the Trump admin to make it look like a normal thing.

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 3 points 4 weeks ago

I think he was going for an Andrew Tate vibe.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 43 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

Redraw with diaper around his ankles.

[–] Ozzy@piefeed.com 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

cult
noun

  1. a relatively small group of people having beliefs or practices, especially relating to religion, that are regarded by others as strange or sinister or as imposing excessive control over members

Example: a network of Satan-worshipping cults

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I like how they include "relatively small" so mainstream Christianity wouldn't fit the definition.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Once you had a certain size I guess we just call it religion.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

One distinction I've heard is that in a cult, the people who started it and know it's all bullshit are still alive.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

A cult is a small unpopular religion and a religion is a large popular cult. I heard this over forty years ago and its the best way to explain it.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Graham has the machines rigged because he should not be winning shit with how much he sucks.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Primaries typically have low turnout. Working people have a harder time getting out to vote so it’s the old and determined racists/homophobes/etc who cast the sway, usually.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

God ---> Jesus ---> Felon Rapist Pedophile

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

God is a notorious egomaniac who’s committed multiple genocides, glassed middle eastern cities, knocked up a teenager who was someone else’s fiancé, sent his goons to threaten her fiancé to accept his cucking, then dipped on child support and let his kid get torture-killed. Hate to say it, Lindsay is correct; Trump is a very God-like man.

[–] Epp@lemmus.org 3 points 4 weeks ago

Especially the Mormon version, who threatened women with destruction for refusing to spread their legs for Joseph Smith.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I mean their god ain't exactly big on the concept of consent.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He's up for re-election in November. South Carolina needs to do the world a solid and send this asshole packing.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He already won his primary.

[–] RobMyBot@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

... Which is why he's up for reelection in November.

If he'd lost the primary, then he would not be in November's election.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, but the chances of a Democrat winning in South Carolina are not exactly huge. They basically have voted for the incumbent whenever it has been possible since the 1930s. South Carolina senators only change when someone dies or retires.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 weeks ago

Lindsay, you stupid whore, did you not see his post? He is literally Jesus Christ. That is who he is to you, anyway, and any other followers of his.

[–] mystik@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

If he not that far behind God, I'm not sure I like that God. That's not the God I was taught about.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe God is a 12 year old girl

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

No, then he'd be right in front of God

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago

You sure about that?

Might be time for a critical reading of the Old Testament

[–] MrSelfDestruct@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 weeks ago

I wonder how many little boys Graham has fucked that they have proof of?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

JFC, this guy is utterly shameless.

So thirsty. This is the guy that warned that PEDOnald would be the end of their party, no?

[–] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

These dinosaur politicians see Trump as a benefit the same way CEOs see AI as a money machine. They don't care what the mechanisms are, or what has to be abandoned/contradicted to use it. They want "number go up."

And that's why we need new folks in Washington (and fewer CEOs).

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Trump is the geek biting heads off chickens while the pickpockets work the crowd.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Trump is not far from Satan's sulfurous asshole.

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Dude even the rest of the south hates South Carolina. First to secede.

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 3 points 4 weeks ago

This is just so utterly pathetic

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

No, he's right!

im just not sure if its Tzeentch, slaanesh, nurgle or khorne. He embodies all of them pretty well.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Trump's spirit is extremely skaven-y.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Lindsay. Toadiest toady that ever toadied (in the last 10 minutes). He knows he’s only there for as long as he’s useful because he’s what they hate. He probably has so much dirt on everyone he’ll fall out of a window before he ever has a chance to leave.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Wait until he comes out of the closet

[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

What is god to an atheist?

[–] brownsugga@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago