Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) on Thursday called for “somebody in Russia” to take out Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the invasion of Ukraine.
“Is there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military?” Graham posted on Twitter, referring to the assassin of Roman dictator Julius Caesar and the attempted assassin of Adolf Hitler.
“The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out. You would be doing your country – and the world – a great service,” Graham added.
Graham’s tweet came as Russia and Putin face accusations of committing war crimes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. officials say the Russian president has been targeting civilian areas such as hospitals and schools.
Graham’s comments quickly drew rebukes on Twitter by Republicans and Democrats who found it irresponsible for a U.S. official to call for the death of a leader of another country.
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Graham continued to say how Russian people are the only way Putin’s dictatorship ends as thousands of Russians have been arrested for protesting the invasion of Ukraine.
“The only people who can fix this are the Russian people. Easy to say, hard to do,” Graham said in a follow-up tweet.
“Unless you want to live in darkness for the rest of your life, be isolated from the rest of the world in abject poverty, and live in darkness you need to step up to the plate,” he added.
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