Internet criticizes Lindsey Graham as Joe Scarborough rips into senator over Biden's Israel policy

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: During a recent segment of MSNBC's 'Morning Joe', host Joe Scarborough unleashed a blistering critique aimed at Senator Lindsey Graham's questioning of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin regarding President Joe Biden's decision to withhold weapons from Israel.

Graham had expressed concerns about Israel's security amidst escalating tensions in the region, citing recent attacks from Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas.

Lindsey Graham's critique of withheld weapons aid to Israel

"So Israel has been hit in the last few weeks by Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas. Dedicated to their destruction. And you're telling me you're going to tell them how to fight the war? And what they can and can't use when everybody around them wants to kill all the Jews?" Graham said. 

"Do you still think it was a good idea, General Austin, to get out of Afghanistan? I think it was a disastrous decision."

Graham continued, "If we withhold weapons necessary to destroy the enemies of the state of Israel at a time of great peril, we will pay a price. This is obscene. It is absurd. Give Israel the weapons they need to fight the war they can't lose. This is Hiroshima and Nagasaki on steroids."

On the 'Morning Joe', Scarborough did not hold back and repeatedly labeled Graham a "hypocrite" and launched into a passionate diatribe.

Joe Scarborough calls out Lindsey Graham's inconsistency

Scarborough wasted no time in highlighting what he saw as Graham's inconsistency, pointing out that Republicans had previously obstructed aid bills for countries like Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan.

With a touch of sarcasm, Scarborough also poked fun at Graham's loyalty to former President Trump, even jesting about his appearance.

In Scarborough's words, "Oh my God, what a hypocrite. What a hypocrite! What a hypocrite! Republicans sat on their hands for months, refusing to give Israel aid. Republicans sat on their hands for months, refusing to give Ukraine aid. Republicans sat on their hands for months, refusing to give Taiwan aid it needed to push back the Communist Chinese from invading their island for months."

Joe Scarborough emphasizes US support for Israel and criticizes use of heavy bombs

Scarborough then delved into specific instances where the United States had intervened to support Israel against threats, emphasizing Biden's commitment to standing by Israel's side.

“It was the United States of America who stood up for Israel. It was the United States of America that provided the main defense in stopping those Iranian missiles from coming in. It was the United States of America."

He continued, "It was Joe Biden. It was the administration that told Iran we would always stand by Israel’s side, and we are standing by Israel’s side now and forever. But that doesn’t mean we send 2,000-pound bombs for [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] to drop on a densely populated area that has over a million people there right now and no place to go. "

He further said, "That’s your definition of an existential threat? They’re killing Hamas commanders as we speak without 2,000-pound bombs. They will kill and continue to kill Hamas commanders. Hamas isn’t taking Gaza over again and you know it.”

Joe Scarborough challenges the use of bombs and ridicules Lindsey Graham's lectures

Scarborough challenged the notion that providing massive bombs was the appropriate response to perceived threats, particularly in densely populated areas.

He continued, addressing Graham directly, "Stop lying. Stop lying. I know it’s hard because Donald Trump wants you to say things like that. I just, you know, Willie, if I’m going, 'I support Ukraine, I support Ukraine', and then Donald Trump says, 'Don’t support Ukraine'. And his hound dog barks, 'Don’t support Ukraine'. Suddenly he goes, 'I don’t support Ukraine no more. We’re gonna lease them weapons'. What?"

Scarborough mocked the idea of Graham providing lectures to the Secretary of Defense, labeling it as absurd, "And you’re providing lectures to the Secretary of Defense? What a joke!"

Mixed responses to Joe Scarborough's critique of Lindsey Graham

Social media erupted with a flurry of reactions following Joe Scarborough's scathing critique of Lindsey Graham's interrogation of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

One user wrote, "He is one of many examples of the cancer in the political system."

Another said, "Lindsay has been embarassing himself for years. Yet, South Carolina keeps sending him back to Washington."

One user replied, "Gaslighting Graham needs to retire. Sick of his performative BS. Vote him out. He’s a big fat liar like the rest."

Another said, "Another GOP disaster. Lindsey needs to go..."

One user said, "Lindsay Graham is an existential threat to this country. He is without shame."

One replied, "Lindsay Graham has become the laughing stock of America!"

Another commented, "He's just simply two faced. Whater is convenient for him to say at the moment. Doing whatever his lover Trump says to...."

One wrote, "Lindsey Graham is a tool. What an embarrassment to his party, the federal government, and the country at large."

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