{"id":11988,"date":"2021-11-08T07:02:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T12:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=11988"},"modified":"2021-11-08T07:02:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T12:02:23","slug":"lindsey-graham-reportedly-called-for-officers-to-murder-jan-6-protesters-youve-got-guns-use-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/lindsey-graham-reportedly-called-for-officers-to-murder-jan-6-protesters-youve-got-guns-use-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham Reportedly Called for Officers to Murder Jan. 6 Protesters: \u2018You\u2019ve Got Guns… Use Them\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: Lindsey Graham Reportedly Called for Officers to Murder Jan. 6 Protesters: \u2018You\u2019ve Got Guns… Use Them\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Senator Lindsey Graham reportedly called for law enforcement to murder Trump supporters who were protesting on January 6th.<\/h3>\n

The shocking allegation was mentioned in an\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0about the timeline of events on that day.<\/p>\n

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In a portion about how lawmakers had to shelter in place when protesters breached the building, the paper describes Graham urging the Senate\u2019s sergeant-at-arms to use guns against the members of his own party.<\/p>\n

The Senate and House leaders also had been evacuated by Capitol Police and taken to an undisclosed location, but many lawmakers remained in their chambers for a few minutes before they were led to safety in the Hart Senate Office Building. Sen. Lindsey O. Graham was irate that senators were forced to flee their own chamber. He yelled at the Senate sergeant-at-arms. \u201cWhat are you doing? Take back the Senate! You\u2019ve got guns. Use them.\u201d The South Carolina senator was adamant. \u201cWe give you guns for a reason,\u201d he repeated. \u201cUse them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ashli Babbitt was an unarmed Air Force veteran who was shot at close range by a Capitol Police officer during the protest. Her killer will not be charged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Lindsey Graham Reportedly Called for Officers to Murder Jan. 6 Protesters: \u2018You\u2019ve Got Guns… Use Them\u2019 Senator Lindsey Graham reportedly called for law enforcement to murder Trump supporters who were protesting on January 6th. The shocking allegation was mentioned in an\u00a0article\u00a0in the\u00a0Washington Post\u00a0about the timeline of events on that day. Advertisement – story continues … Continue reading Lindsey Graham Reportedly Called for Officers to Murder Jan. 6 Protesters: \u2018You\u2019ve Got Guns… Use Them\u2019<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,39,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11990,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11988\/revisions\/11990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}