Lindsey Graham Tells Mark Robinson To Sue CNN Over Report That Crushed His Campaign

During an appearance on NBC this past weekend, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham suggested that Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson should “sue the hell out of CNN” over their report that likely cost him his campaign. But before telling them to sue, Graham conceded that if the allegations are true then Robinson isn’t fit to hold office. That’s quite a contradictory statement, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.

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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham appeared on Meet the Press this past weekend where he told host Kristin Welker that if all of those allegations that CNN reported on regarding North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, if all of that is true, then Robinson, of course, is not fit to hold office. But Lindsey Graham then said he should, he should also sue the hell out of CNN for saying it in the first place. So very contradictory statements there from Lindsey Graham who says, Hey, this may be true, but also he needs to just sue them because why the hell not? Right? That's the best way to shut the media up, is to slap them with a big, old slander, libel, defamation lawsuit and threaten them with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. So here is what Lindsey Graham said, word for word, he deserves a chance to defend himself. Mark Robinson. The charges are beyond unnerving. If they're true, he's unfit to serve for office If they're not true, he has the best lawsuit in the history of the country for libel. He's claiming they were artificially created in that CNN passed it along to be true. Well, so what would I do if I were him? I would hire the best lawyer I could find, I'd sue the hell outta CNN because what they're saying about him is just unbelievable.

CNN would not run with this story if they didn't have the evidence, okay? CNN is many things, but overly sloppy on such a, you know, scandalous story. No. Oh, they created these artificially, Mark Robinson says. So, eh, that's a stretch. In fact, Republicans throughout this entire election season have claimed that anything they don't like is just artificially generated, right? It's ai, they're doing it all. Yeah, that's not the case. I don't think CNN would risk their entire financial future trying to take down a guy who was already losing by like nine points, right? That's not a big, uh, uh, a smart gamble on their part if they're, as Graham says, making it all up. But I do love how you're like, well, if this is true, this is bad. But either way, sue 'em. No, that's not how it works. And for the record, if it were untrue, even though the story, you know, it was only a few days old, really, um, he would've already sued that lawsuit would've been filed the day after the story broke. You don't sit around and just wait and you're like, well, maybe I'll sue. Maybe I won't. We'll see what happens. No. If it's a legitimate, uh, lawsuit, you sue immediately. But what's even funnier is that Lindsey Graham was asked by host Kristen Welker like, okay, well, Trump endorsed the guy. Should he take back his

Endorsement? I mean, should he, should he distance himself from him? And Lindsey Graham said this without actually answering the question, Lindsey Graham goes, uh, there's nothing, no accusation involving Trump. It's all about Robinson. She was like, yeah, but he, he endorsed him. And then Lindsey Graham goes, should every Republican in the country be held responsible for this guy? Yes. Yes, you should. This is your guy. You guys put him up, you vetted him, right? He is a Republican. He represents you. He has your same ideology. He has same, your same morals. Yes, every Republican should have to answer for this guy because that's how it works. Just like every Democrat was asked about Bob Menendez. Well, turnabout's fair play, right Bud and Lindsey, Graham continues. It's him, not me, it's not Trump. He's the one that supposedly said these things. He has a right to defend himself. Sure he does. But that doesn't have anything to do with the question you were asked. And again, you still didn't answer it.