South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham sparked outrage online after posting a cryptic comment about environmentalist activist Greta Thunberg on Sunday.The campaigner is sailing toward the Middle East with other activists in a bid to break what she described as "Israel's siege" of Gaza.Graham, a Republican ally of President Donald Trump who supports Israel, shared a photo of Thunberg on board with the caption: "Hope Greta and her friends can swim!"Thousands of people commented on his post on X, formerly Twitter, with the majority interpreting Graham's message as "threatening" Thunberg's life, although others appeared to support him.
That is so crass! Barbarous!
The vast majority of the 8,000 comments beneath Graham's post were written by X users horrified by it. Several said they had reported the post to X for inciting violence and urged others to do the same.Brian McDonald, an Irish journalist based in Russia, said: "Why is a 69-year-old U.S. senator joking about the drowning of a 22-year-old Swedish activist? Is this where American politics is now?"
But it is typical of Republican behavior.
Because of the thoughtlessness of his comments... Sen. Lindsey is hereby awarded the Cuckoo Award!
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