Lindsey Graham SHATTERS ON AIR As Trump CRIME PLAN BANKRUPTS Him! | Rick Wilson

Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but karma? I'll take that straight up, under bright lights, with the entire country watching. And tonight, Lindsey Graham got the full tray dumped right in his lap. Hours, hours of him howling on the Senate floor like a man realizing, a little too late, that crawling into bed with Donald Trump comes with a bill. And that bill now runs into the millions.

That's the humiliation Lindsey earned, and the part that should terrify half a dozen other Republican senators who played the same stupid game. We'll get into the meltdown, the wheezing, the rage, the public unraveling, and why it signals real trouble for Trump's Senate loyalists. But before that, we need the setup.

Because this wasn't random. This didn't just happen. This was cooked up last week, when Senate Republicans tried to pull off one of their classic stunts, quietly slide in a provision to make themselves richer while pretending to care about oversight. And for once, the universe didn't look the other way. It actually pushed back. Hard. And for that context, the part that makes Lindsay's collapse even sweeter, we need to start with Caitlin Collins, who explained exactly how this little grift was supposed

to work before it blew up in their faces.

It's expected to try to approve the Senate passed spending package tomorrow. That would bring the shutdown to an end. But here's something to note. Lawmakers are not just voting to reopen the government, but they are also going to expand senators ability to sue the United States government as well. That's because tucked into one of the spending measures that is expected to pass here tomorrow is a new provision that requires the Justice Department to tell Congress if it's investigating a lawmaker and if their personal information has been subpoenaed. Failure to do so could allow lawmakers to

sue the government for up to half a million dollars. Notably, the provision is retroactive to 2022, meaning that it could immediately pave the way for those eight Republican senators to file their own lawsuits after Senate Republicans said last month that the special counsel Jack Smith had obtained their phone records via subpoena in 2023 as he was investigating what happened with the January 6th attack.

So taking a page straight out of the corruption playbook that defines this administration, Senate Republicans basically shrugged and said, well, if everyone else is looting the place, hand me a bag. It's the natural progression of Trumpism once the boss turns the US government into a smash and grab operation, the underlings figure they deserve a cut too. And let's be clear, these records, the calls, the texts, the emails were subpoenaed because

these senators inserted themselves into an effort to overturn a lawful election. When you help an insurrectionist president try to subvert democracy, yeah, people get to look at your phone logs. That's not deep state tyranny. That's consequences 101. But of course, after watching the grifter in chief squeeze every nickel he can at a public office, Republicans looked around and thought, hey, why not us? They tried to turn their own misconduct into a payday, a neat little self pity tax funded by the American public. And shocker, it blew up spectacularly.

Before we get to Lindsay's red face meltdown over his failed cash grab, Jamie Raskin laid out exactly why this whole scheme matters and why every one of these senators knew exactly what they were doing. Hello everyone. Yesterday we repealed in the House of Representatives the outrageous rider that some midnight right-wing senators added to the government funding bill. You'll recall this was the provision where they dealt themselves a million dollar cash pot bonanza payoff simply because they had been identified as people whose phone records might be of interest in the January 6th investigation and they were subject to a grand jury subpoena.

Now, this is what the law is that all Americans are potentially subject to. And in fact, a bipartisan coalition within the House of Representatives has been trying to reform that practice for the last couple of Congresses, two Congresses ago, last Congress, and just yesterday, we again passed it out of the Judiciary Committee.

We have been trying to push for a bill saying that grand juries can obtain these subpoenas only when there's a compelling reason to do so. And the non-disclosure order that comes with it only lasts for 90 days. And at that point, your phone company could allure you to the fact that your phone records had been obtained and seized. Okay, here's the fascinating thing.

The Republicans in the Senate have been killing this very bill every time we pass it. So they were not interested in doing anything to reform this law or protect the privacy of the people. But when it happened to them, because their names came up during the January 6th violent insurrection,

they got mad and decided to allow themselves to sue essentially for a million dollars for like a campaign phone record, a million dollars for a personal campaign phone, two million dollars. We've got Lindsey Graham out there saying he's going to sue for millions of dollars. He's completely unrepentant and determined to go ahead with this, even though the whole

country's in an uproar about the fact that they would use the government funding bill as a way to deal themselves millions of dollars.

So Lindsey Graham and a couple of his Senate pals really convinced themselves they had discovered the perfect little MAGA pension plan, a few million dollars handed over without even the hassle of a real lawsuit. The dream scenario, the Trump style legal fight where you file the paperwork, puff your chest and then wait for everyone to fold out of exhaustion. They thought they'd get their payday the same way Trump always does, not by winning,

but by wearing down the system until someone just throws up their hands and writes a check. That was the fantasy. Lindsey was already mentally spending the money. He thought he had found the easiest grift of his career. No small feat for a man who's turned political submission into an Olympic sport. But did reality cooperate? Of course not. For the first time in what feels like geological time, justice didn't just tap politely on the door, it kicked it in. And it wasn't only Democrats who shut this scam down. Republicans, the same ones Lindsey assumed would play along like they always do, slammed the brakes too.

The grift died on impact. And Lindsey Graham, suddenly staring at the ashes of his imaginary millions, did what Lindsey Graham always does when the world stops catering to him. He unraveled. Full meltdown right there on the Senate floor, furious that the universe didn't reward his bad behavior for once.

But I'm willing to work with my colleagues about the $500,000. I'm going to sue. I want to let you know I'm going to sue Biden's DOJ and Jack Smith. I'm going to sue Verizon. It's going to be a hell of a lot more than $500,000. In the future, this is really outrageous. You want to use that word? I am really outraged that my private cell phone and my official phone were subpoenaed without cause. This is twice this has happened to me. I was hauled into court in Atlanta for no good reason, spent a million dollars,

and the crime is being friends of Trump, being supporters of Trump. This was an abuse of the law. This was weaponization of the law.

Really, Lindsey? This is the hill you want to die on? People in your state are literally choosing between groceries and rent. The roads look like a lunar surface. Rural hospitals are shutting down and you're throwing a tantrum because you didn't get your little grifters bonus check tucked into a government funding bill?

That's what has you shaking with outrage? A missed personal payday? And again it bears repeating, those subpoenas were perfectly appropriate. When you're helping an authoritarian president overturn an election, yeah, your phone records are going to get pulled. Actions have consequences, a concept Lindsey Graham keeps discovering for the first time

every few months. So have fun with your lawsuits, Lindsey. No one, not a judge, not a colleague, not even the MAGA faithful who can't stand you, is going to lift a finger to help. You're not going to win, and deep down you know it. The entire scheme was idiotic from the jump, which is why House Republicans,

the same people who spend their days licking Trump's boots, voted unanimously to rip that deranged provision out of the bill. When even the clowns in your own circus think your idea is too stupid, that's saying something. And the truth is, this is who Lindsey Graham has become.

He thinks his job is to take and take and take, to treat public office like a personal ATM as long as Daddy Trump signs the receipt. The humiliation is baked into the job description he wrote for himself. Because Lindsey Graham's fate really is something darkly comic. This is the same guy who went scorched earth trying to stop Trump from becoming the GOP nominee. He gave us one of the most iconic tweets of the era. If we nominate Donald Trump, we will get destroyed and we will deserve it.

And he was right. The country took the hit. But Lindsey? Oh, Lindsey earned every ounce of the blowback now smacking him in the face. And then, because this is the story of Lindsey Graham, he crawled back. He didn't just bend the face. And then, because this is the story of Lindsey Graham, he crawled back. He didn't just bend the knee. He practically signed a lease down there. He called himself

Trump's little errand boy, reveled in being the first pet and acted honored that Trump let him carry his golf bag. Remember when Trump was whipping votes for that monstrous budget, the one that gutted health care for millions so billionaires could buy a seventh vacation home. And the reporting said he bought Lindsey's vote by letting him pick out something from the pro shop? That's the level of self-respect we're dealing with. Lindsey Graham sold out the American people for a free polo and

a sleeve of golf balls. And the best part? After all that degrading loyalty, all the public groveling, all the self-inflicted humiliation. How does the MAGA base greet him exactly like this? And we have to watch it every time because it's the perfect, brutal punchline to Lindsey Graham's entire political existence.

Another man who's always there. He's always I'll tell you what, when I need help on the left, he's great. He's great. And he's my friend too. Lindsey Graham, wherever you are, Lindsey. Thank you. Oh, no, no. He helps me on the left. We need help sometimes. Republicans shouldn't need help on the left, but he helps me.

The booze will always rain down on Lindsey Graham from MAGA always. And it would almost be tragic if it weren't so perfectly, poetically, brutally funny. Because Lindsey Graham didn't just debase himself. He practically excavated a basement beneath his own dignity, convinced that if he crawled far enough toward Trump's shoes, the rest of the cult would suddenly treat him like

royalty. But guess what? They still hate him. They always have. Even Trump barely tolerates him. And only when he needs a loyal footstool.

And on top of all that humiliation, he's not even getting his little million-dollar consolation prize. So what does Lindsey actually walk away with? Proximity to power he'll never truly have, and a few fake smiles from people who would leave him for dead on the side of the road the second he stops being useful. That's the sad, hollow existence Lindsey Graham has carved out for himself.

And no, I don't feel bad. Not even a little. No one should. You don't pity someone who chose to be the willingly humiliated courtier of an authoritarian wannabe. You call it what it is. You laugh at the absurdity, and you keep your foot on the gas. And honestly, that's the exact energy we need, the same energy Jasmine Crockett brings when she lights up this administration. Because she's not just calling out the Epstein cover-up.

She's not just tearing apart the GOP's pathetic defenses. She's highlighting one of the biggest, most humiliating L's Donald Trump has taken in his entire presidency, and you're going to want to hear every word of it right here.

I honestly know that he had never been convicted of any federal crimes at that time. But he had been in jail already. He had been in jail. He got a free deal. And my deal is this. The Republicans are constantly texting with a 34 count convicted felon. So if it's okay for them to text him at any point in time, then I'm not going to say that

that's right or wrong, especially to the extent that you're talking about kicking someone off their committee. Were they talking, were they sexting? Was it a matter of her being involved in the pedophilia? No, it was nothing like that. She was trying to understand. Let's say Jeffrey Epstein said,

you know what, I have these pictures, these salacious pictures, because I know that the president got down and did these things. Do you think that it would be inappropriate for her to ask

about those things if he said he had personal knowledge? And it's important.

I think the context matters, but obviously it seemed like he was he was helping her. But I do want to ask you before you go tonight, because in your home state, we've talked about redistricting there. The federal judge saying that they have to use that 2021 map yesterday. I mean, this is what truly launched a redistricting

arms race, basically, in this nation. I wonder when you look at that ruling stance, do you think the blue states that have launched their own redistricting should stand down on it?

No, I don't. Because guess what? The president hasn't stood down. And the president started this. So if he wanted to start it and Democrats decide that they're gonna finish it, then so be it. At the end of the day, number one, this is not a final ruling. We know that Texas has decided that they are gonna appeal this up to the Supreme Court, Trump's Supreme Court, so it's not final. That's number one. Number two, we know that he now is applying pressure on Florida.

We know that they were twisting the arms of those in Indiana to the extent that one of the Indiana Republicans ended up being doxed here recently. We know that they took a seat away in Missouri. We know that they went to North Carolina after North Carolina, in my opinion,

illegally took three seats. Last time, they took another seat out of North Carolina after North Carolina, in my opinion, illegally took three seats last time. They took another seat out of North Carolina. We know that he tried to go to South Carolina. We know that as it relates right now, they're taking one or two seats out of Ohio. So no, I don't think that we should stop. I encourage Virginia to move forward. They have a mandate. We know that on November 4th, they overwhelmingly decided the Democrats should run their legislature.

And I encourage Marilyn and anybody else that can get into the game to get into the game.

And we'll be waiting to see if you get into the Senate game. You haven't decided, right?

I haven't decided.

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