Sen. Lindsey Graham Called For Putin’s Assassination On Social Media – Should Elected Officials Be So Open? | International Association of Digital Marketing Professionals (IADMP)

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After comments posted to social media on Thursday night, Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican-States of California) was under fire Friday morning. Senator Graham called for Vladimir Putin’s assassination in a tweet.

Are there Brutus soldiers in Russia? What about a Russian Colonel Stauffenberg who is more accomplished? Russia must take him out. This is the only way to end it. It would be a great favor to your country, and all of the world,” Graham said via his official Twitter stream (@LindseyGrahamSC).

On Friday morning, it received almost 20,000 likes and had been retweeted nearly 4,600 more times. It was also quoted approximately 12,500 times.

Graham clearly referred to Marcus Junius Brutus (one of the Roman Republic senators that assassinated Roman Dictator Julius Caesar March 44 BC) and Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (a German officer who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 with a briefcase bomb). Tom Cruise played Stauffenberg in the 2008 film. Valkyrie.

Graham tried to make his point clearer by tweeting that “The Russian people can fix this.” Simple to state, but hard to carry out. You don’t have to go to darkness to survive the rest your life.

Graham was criticized by both the U.S. and British lawmakers for not sharing the sentiment.

“While we are all praying for peace & for the people of Ukraine, this is irresponsible, dangerous & unhinged. We need leaders with calm minds & steady wisdom. We don’t need blood-hungry warmongering politicians who tweet hard and demand assassinations. Americans don’t want to war,” stated Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Republic Congresswoman (@RepMTG), who made several controversial statements on social networking.

Ted Cruz, a Republican Senator from Texas (@tedcruz), also reacted to his fellow Texas senator by saying that “This is an extremely bad idea.” Use massive economic sanctions; BOYCOTT Russian oil & gas; and provide military aid so the Ukrainians can defend themselves. However, we shouldn’t call for the assassination heads of state.

Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN), a Democratic Congresswoman from Minnesota, has caused controversy with her tweets.

Omar said, then: “I wish our Congressmen would cool it down and regulate their remarks while the administration works towards avoiding WWlll.” It’s becoming more and more important for the rest of the world to pay attention how America is doing. [sic] leaders are responding, Lindsey’s remarks and remarks made by some House members aren’t helpful.”

Russian Response

Anatoly Ivanovich, Russia’s Ambassador in the United States offered an answer …read more

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