Graham predicts ‘riots in the streets’ if Trump prosecuted over classified docs
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday warned of “riots in the streets” if former President Trump is prosecuted for his handling of classified materials found when the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home.
“If there’s a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information, after the Clinton debacle… there’ll be riots in the streets,” Graham told former South Carolina congressman Trey Gowdy, who now hosts Fox News’ “Sunday Night in America.”
Trump shared a clip of the interview on Truth Social later Sunday evening.
Gowdy was chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, which probed the 2012 terror attacks in Libya that left four Americans dead and uncovered a private email server used by Clinton.
Graham expressed concern that Trump is treated with “a double standard” and repeated his warning of riots regarding the Georgia special grand jury investigating attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results in the state.
Graham himself has been subpoenaed in that probe in connection with phone calls made to Georgia election officials seeking to change the election results in the state.
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Graham predicts "riots in the streets" if Trump prosecuted over classified docs https://t.co/jY26Bm9kWd pic.twitter.com/nSF47WR4cr
— The Hill (@thehill) August 29, 2022
Graham says there will be riots in the streets if Trump is prosecuted pic.twitter.com/oE6MyuqjeA
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 28, 2022
Trump just posted the clip of Lindsey Graham threatening riots if he’s prosecuted pic.twitter.com/qcbycF6gsj
— Christian Vanderbrouk 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻 (@UrbanAchievr) August 29, 2022
I vaguely recall … **every conservative ever** saying that warning of riots in response to legal law enforcement actions (even wrong ones) was entirely unacceptable.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) August 29, 2022
1/ The slow drumbeat of Authoritarian Classic Hits is increasing in tempo as the DC elites and the media fall into the trap.
Variations of "Well, if Trump is indicted and prosecuted we'll have blood in the streets" is an increasingly common trope.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 29, 2022
3/ It accepts the false assertion than any arm of government that seeks to hold Trump not to political but *legal* account is inherently corrupt, political, and malevolent.
The DOJ isn't being "tested"…it's doing its job.
America, however, is being tested.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 29, 2022
5/ The media faces a particularly tempting variation of this; to turn the coverage into the legal version of he-said she-said horserace coverage.
This isn't just back-and-forth both-sides-have-a-point, folks.
Trump's effect on American political…
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 29, 2022
7/ If they do rise up to violence, we face a choice; collapse into the long dark or do the hard, correct things to save America from a (not semi) fascist movement.
The New Civil War is here, it's just not evenly distributed yet. (h/t @greatdismal)
Finis
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 29, 2022
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s prediction of riots reads more like a threat, the Editorial Board writes. https://t.co/I6trtkxOZr
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) August 30, 2022
Lindsey Graham's threat of "riots" is disgusting. But let's not overlook his other trope: That it would be unfair to prosecute Trump because Hillary was not prosecuted. That's a demand for absolute impunity for Trump *regardless of what the facts show.*https://t.co/EWfBjkgx0Y
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 29, 2022
Lindsey Graham:
“Most Republicans, including me, believe that when it comes to Trump, there is no law. It’s all about getting him.”
This is the fake GOP rationale for adopting their actual position — that the law can't be legitimately applied to Trump.https://t.co/EWfBjkgx0Y pic.twitter.com/SCexeRv55T
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 29, 2022
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