S8 Ep1133: Thaddeus McCotter reflects on the death of Senator Lindsey Graham and the rising global pattern of political violence, including the murder of a UK MP. He also addresses credible Iranian threats to assassinate the US President, suggesting that decapitatio
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🗓️ 16 July 2026
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Thaddeus McCotter reflects on the death of Senator Lindsey Graham and the rising global pattern of political violence, including the murder of a UK MP. He also addresses credible Iranian threats to assassinate the US President, suggesting that decapitation strikes against heads of state have become routine. (13)
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| 0:55.6 | tragedy and risk and fear and threat in these last hours to do with government. |
| 1:02.5 | That's right. I begin with the tragedy of the loss of Senator Lindsey Graham, a man who |
| 1:08.4 | the president of the United States is said to have very much depended upon through this war fighting that we're now involved in in all directions, but also for his very careful presentation of what is called the MAGA, the Make America Great Again agenda. |
| 1:24.5 | Lindsay Graham was a bulwark, I'm told, for the president, and their conversations were |
| 1:30.1 | very lengthy and on the telephone now and again and happy. Lindsay Graham was a strong supporter of |
| 1:36.0 | the president's intentions and a man who was many years of experience. He was with John McCain |
| 1:42.4 | through the war fighting in the late 20th century and |
| 1:44.8 | early part of this century. So he was well traveled. He's now to be honored in a burial, |
| 1:53.2 | in a funeral by all members of all Congress and all parties. His sister is named as to sit in on his chair until the special election |
| 2:03.4 | is arranged in South Carolina. I mentioned that because his loss is grave at this point for the |
| 2:10.4 | president and for Congress to have that information lost. At the same time, there are consistent |
| 2:16.5 | reports of threats to members of government |
| 2:20.7 | and members of Congress or the Parliament or Assembly worldwide. This is not a one-off anymore. |
| 2:27.8 | This begins to look like a pattern. While Thetius was in office, there were attacks about |
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