Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is talking tough, insisting that he owns an AR-15 rifle and knows how to use it to defend himself from “the gangs.”
Graham, who is allegedly known to D.C.-area male escorts as “Lady G,” opposes gun control measures advocated by Democrats, including a ban on the gun and others like it. The gun has been used in half of the ten deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history.
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“I would challenge him [Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)] to bring the assault weapons ban to the floor of the United States Senate. It won’t get 50 votes, much less 60,” Graham told Fox News’s Chris Wallace.
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“I own an AR-15. If there’s a natural disaster in South Carolina where the cops can’t protect my neighborhood, my house will be the last ones that the gangs will come to because I can defend myself.”
While Graham can talk tough about hypothetical thugs, he did the same thing about former President Donald Trump until Trump won the 2016 presidential election. Graham was a big supporter of the Trump administration.
Twitter, predictably, had thoughts about the senator’s bold stance and the sheer lunacy of his supposed worry about warlords taking over South Carolina after a hurricane.
"I own an AR-15. If there's a natural disaster in South Carolina where the cops can't protect my neighborhood, my house will be the last one that the gang will come to, because I can defend myself." — Lindsey Graham pic.twitter.com/PYTkLzvK1J
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 28, 2021
South Carolina after a tornado, per its elected representative: pic.twitter.com/8ypZaRcXG6
— Pé (@4everNeverTrump) March 28, 2021
I get the impression he would like a gang. pic.twitter.com/Dtlj97YpoT
— 😺🌊😾 Willow 😾🌊😺 (@Fuzzy_Fuzzbutt) March 29, 2021
No, because they all heard about LG's AR-15 and don't dare go near Seneca. It's just like how I keep polar bears from marauding my place in North CA by coloring my hair purple. Haven't seen a single polar bear since moving here in 2018! It works!
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— Alisande DeMerovence (@AlisandeDM) March 29, 2021
I've lived thru 12 days without power after a hurricane. Typically we all help each other.
But, if that what he wants, he also underestimates how many people here also have an AR-15, and that if they were to form a gang, his AR-15 is not going to be a match for all of theirs.
— Miranda- #LindseyGrahamIsCorruptAF (@MirandaLBkr) March 28, 2021
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— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) March 28, 2021
Sorry I know it might seem snarky or catty but this is the only things that come to mind when I hear Lindsey saying that about guns and being ready for gangs 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 👇🏿🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/qMMJ6EpG3V
— Tony- HELL NO 2 VOTER SUPPRESSION- Alford (@TonyLAlford) March 29, 2021
When it became profitable to scare people. pic.twitter.com/PEOOSJaM5K
— JVG Independent Voter (@JVGIndyVoter) March 28, 2021
They live in these Rambo-esque fantasy worlds of fending off hostile hordes after a disaster.
But really, since they won’t fund FEMA nor any preparations for disasters, they will instead die trapped in the rubble of their homes with their guns out of reach.
— Marc Livolsi (@marclivolsi) March 29, 2021
