Lindsey Graham: My Pro-Israel Funding May Produce ‘All-Jewish Cabinet’

UNITED STATES - JUNE 17: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters as he arrives in the Capitol for a vote on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told the Wall Street Journal on Monday that if he chooses to run for President, “pro-Israel funding” may cause him to assemble “the first all-Jewish cabinet” in America.

“If I put together a finance team that will make me financially competitive enough to stay in this thing…I may have the first all-Jewish cabinet in America because of the pro-Israel funding,” Graham reportedly said, chuckling.

“Bottom line is, I’ve got a lot of support from the pro-Israel funding,” he added.

The New York Times reported earlier this month on a recent surge of pro-Israel donations within the GOP, while in January Gallup reported on evidence that Jewish voters are turning toward the Republican Party.

h/t LobeBlog

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  1. Avatar for jinnj jinnj says:

    Spoken like the tone deaf moron that he is!

  2. Oh Lindsey… you’re a stupid fucking dumbass.

  3. Wow, Miz Lindsey will lock up the Southern vote fer shure!

    If there is one thing Southerners love more than the Joos, it has to be the ni(CLANG!)

    Just ask the Klan.

  4. OMGod! Does he realize that he just outed himself–no, not that kind of out–as a politician who is for sale, and that his preference would to be bought by political hardline Israelis? SMH, this man would be TERRIBLE as anything more than dogcatcher. Seriously, South Carolina?

  5. Avatar for meta meta says:

    I distinctly heard him say joo.

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