Lindsey Graham has outburst on senate floor, is warned to follow decorum rules
Related: A judge just bench slapped Lindsey Graham like a little b*tchHassan then suggested a further amendment also striking the gas surcharge.
However, her vote required 60 votes to pass (including at least ten Republicans). Graham voiced outraged, saying Hassan was simply playing politics with an eye to her reelection in November.“This gives phony and cynical a bad name,” he said, disgusted. “They wouldn’t let you do this in professional wrestling.
If you think people are this dumb, you’re going to be sadly mistaken.“What she’s doing is trying to strike the provisions that she just voted against but it requires 60 votes, so she can vote for repealing a gas tax she just voted against so she’ll look good for the voters.“If you really wanted to repeal the gas tax … you should have voted for my amendment,” Graham continued. “What you are doing is deceitful and it’s dishonest, and we’re going to call you out!”Blasting Hassan as “deceitful” and “dishonest” earned Graham a rebuke from Sen.
Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).Murphy, as presiding officer, reminded Graham and everyone else not to “impute to another senator or other senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming of a senator.”“The senators are reminded to address each other through the chair and in the third person,” he said.“Senators are reminded to address all remarks through the chair in the third person and to be mindful of Rule 19,” he said.Rule 19 allows a presiding officer to “call to order” a senator who directly attacks or insults a fellow senator.
