Lindsey Graham: "Corporal," Senator, Hypocrite (with Maya Rupert)

<p>South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has somehow jumped the queue, passing Mitch McConnell on the way to the place where Republican senators go at the end of a life full of compromises, betrayals, and cruelty. With the help of author, election strategist, and social justice advocate Maya Rupert, we explore the life and works of the man who occupied the most racist seat in American history.</p><p><br></p><p>Resources:</p><p><br></p><p>https://mayarupert.com/</p><p><br></p><p>The Real Ones: How to Disrupt the Hidden Ways Racism Makes Us Less Authentic https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9780593475973</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.instagram.com/maya.rupert/?hl=en </p><p><br></p><p>https://lemonadamedia.com/show/whenwewin/</p><p><br></p><p>https://magazine.ucsb.edu/spring-summer-2024/accidental-and-optimistic-political-strategist </p><p><br></p><p>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcconnell-staff-questions-health-b3018929.html</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.wired.com/story/sfpd-drone-video-leak-surveillance/</p><p><br></p><p>https://theemancipator.org/2026/07/19/investigations/lindsey-graham-occupied-the-most-racist-senate-seat-in-u-s-history/</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-scs-rep-lindsey-graham-enj/201550004/ </p><p><br></p><p>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/graham100798.htm</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/for-lindsey-graham-years-of-light-duty-as-a-lawmaker-in-the-air-reserve/2015/08/02/c9beb9fc-3545-11e5-adf6-7227f3b7b338_story.html</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.npr.org/2011/12/08/143333594/revisiting-newt-gingrichs-1997-ethics-investigation</p><p><br></p><p>https://media.npr.org/assets/multimedia/2011/12/gingrich/Feb_26_1994.pdf</p><p><br></p><p>https://web.archive.org/web/20201117025418/https://apnews.com/article/a1fcceda5e00bfa840afe5a82260c2ef</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.wcpinst.org/source/unborn-victims-of-violence-act-heads-to-white-house/</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/us/senate-declines-to-resolve-issue-of-american-qaeda-suspects-arrested-in-us.html</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/18/177780665/bipartisan-senate-gang-prepares-to-sell-immigration-plan</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/how-lindsey-graham-stomped-the-tea-party/372521/?single_page=true</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/20/politics/jeb-bush-john-mccain-donald-trump</p><p><br></p><p>https://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/21/politics/donald-trump-lindsey-graham-cell-phone/index.html</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-media-attack-lindsey-graham-kook-unfit-office-video-backfires-a8087796.html</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/senator-on-gop-backing-trump-party-has-gone-batshit-crazy/ </p><p><br></p><p>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-updates-on-the-2016-election-voting-and-race-results/sen-lindsey-graham-i-voted-evan-mcmullin-for-president/</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.npr.org/sections/death-of-ruth-bader-ginsburg/2020/09/19/914774433/use-my-words-against-me-lindsey-graham-s-shifting-position-on-court-vacancies</p><p><br></p><p>https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/498133-graham-on-potential-supreme-court-vacancy-this-would-be-a-different/ </p><p><br></p><p>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-media-attack-lindsey-graham-kook-unfit-office-video-backfires-a8087796.html</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-did-they-do-with-lindsey-graham/2019/01/15/c9909e62-1914-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/27/lindsey-graham-defends-brett-kavanaugh-amid-christine-blase-ford-accusation.html </p><p><br></p><p>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/27/lindsey-graham-slams-democrats-after-blasey-ford-testimony.html </