Lindsey Graham is pulling a ‘Jeff Flake’ over the murder of journalist Khashoggi – he’s going to vote against all Republican bills until the CIA briefs Congress on their findings.
Lindsey Graham is saying he won’t vote for anything Republican leaders need his vote on (spending bills, judicial nominees) until the CIA gives a briefing about the Khashoggi assessment
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) November 28, 2018
To be clear this is new from Graham and it’s awesome because one of the spending bills in the next package is HIS bill (!!!)
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) November 28, 2018
It also seems like he came up with this in the moment because whenever we asked for clarity on what specifically he would be blocking, he vaguely answered whatever gives him the most leverage
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) November 28, 2018
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This is all very convoluted because there are reports that the CIA has concluded that the Saudi family was behind the murder, while Trump is denying it. That is probably why Graham just wants to know what is in the CIA report. The Trump administration had made it pretty clear that they just don’t give a damn if the Saudis killed Kashoggi, so I doubt there’s much that is going to come of this…