Sen. Lindsey Graham is a guy I would like to see retire. If he won’t retire, I think it is the solemn obligation of South Carolina voters to retire him.
Now, he’s got a problem with this ad from Keep American Safe:
Graham is actually defending not only the appointment of lawyers who defended al-Qaeda terrorists to the Justice Department, but the fact Holder won’t name them. And at the same time, he’s condemning Liz Cheney.
“A defense attorney who is making the government do their job regardless of the nature of the case is making this whole country a better place,” said Graham, a military lawyer who’s currently a senior instructor at the Air Force JAG School. “I represented people as a defense attorney in the military that were charged with some pretty horrific acts and I gave them my all.”
I agree with the first part. Here’s a little bit of nuance for you, Lindsey. You don’t have to appoint those same people to the Justice Department. It’s not a law. You can say, “Oh, you defended people who wanted to kill thousands of innocent Americans while simultaneously destroying Western culture and installing an Islamic caliphate? I think I’ll pass.”
As for representing people “charged with some pretty horrific acts,” were you not appointed their defense lawyer? Weren’t these people who couldn’t afford a private sector lawyer? They have the choice.
As do the people who appointed lawyers who choose to defend the enemy. You don’t put people like that in the Justice Department.
