Please, don’t give Obama any ideas here! But, he did say this here in NH at the Concord City Republican Committee meeting:
During his remarks before the Concord City Republican Committee last week, Sen. Lindsey Graham(R-SC) suggested that robust military spending is absolutely necessary to defeat ISIS forces abroad, and that, as president, he would use the military itself to force Congress to reverse budgetary cuts to defense and intel.
In brief audio obtained by BenSwann.com, Sen. Graham purportedly suggests he would use the military to restrict the movement of Congress until they complied:
…[A]nd here is the first thing I would do if I were President of the United States: I wouldn’t let Congress leave town until we fix this. I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to. We’re not leaving town until we restore these defense cuts. We’re not leaving town until we restore the intel cuts.
Seeing the high possibility that this could be Graham’s special brand of humor, we’ve reached out to his office and will update if and when we hear back.
I really have to wonder about it being a joke given how hawkish he’s gone lately. Is this really someone that I’d want as Prez? Absolutely not. Look, given the absolutely horrid conditions are in DC between Congress and the Presidency already, this is no laughing matter and not a topic to be trifled with. I just am awestruck that Graham would even bring this up – as a Senator, as a JAG officer, the utter contempt (even if a joke) of what he would do to Congress contra the Constitution?
Let’s say he’s serious – how different would we finally be compared to the stereotypical banana republic? For certainly, if that were to happen, we’d be a Republic no more.
