Earlier this week on Fox News, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent a warning to Americans that if Donald Trump ends up being charged for stashing classified documents in his Florida home, riots will ensue. Some have wondered if Graham was making a prediction or issuing a threat. Straight Arrow News contributor Rashad Richey argues Graham was sending a message to both Trump’s most ardent supporters — and those opposing him — in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots investigation:
He comes on Fox News on national television and decides to dispute this madness. Why? Why did Lindsey Graham decide to say this? Why is Lindsey Graham being this dangerous? Here’s why.
Lindsey Graham is sending a message not only to those who may actually engage in violence against our democracy, but he’s also sending a message – a threat, if you would – to the witnesses against the former President Donald Trump, to those who are cooperating witnesses against the former President Donald Trump. He’s sending a message to the investigators who are investigating the former president of the United States.
Keep in mind all of the defenses that have been launched in support of the tyrant, known as Trump, have not said Trump is actually innocent. They’ve said things like, “Well, why would you raid a former president:” Or, “This is unconstitutional,” or my favorite, “Well, they must have planted the evidence at Mar-a-Lago.”
And the list goes on and on.
Giuliani even said, “Well, Trump was actually preserving these classified documents.” Trump’s team is saying, “No, Trump declassified it because of a standing order that nobody knows about.”
Here’s the bottom line. Those on the extreme right do not care about rule of law. They are willing to shred the Constitution to violate our understanding of decency, and civil democracy in order to do what? Not to save this country, but to save their power, not to save this nation, but to create a nation in their own image.
