US Senator Lindsey Graham calls for Putin’s assassination

International

oi-Deepika S

Washington,
Mar
04:
Senior
US
Senator
Lindsey
Graham
has
called
for
Russian
President
Vladimir
Putin’s
assassination
on
live
television
after
after
Moscow’s
invasion
of
Ukraine.

“How
does
this
end?
Somebody
in
Russia
has
to
step
up
to
the
plate…
and
take
this
guy
out,”
the
senator
told
conservative
Fox
News
TV
host
Sean
Hannity.

“Is
there
a
Brutus
in
Russia?”
asked
the
senator,
referring
to
one
of
Roman
ruler
Julius
Caesar’s
assassins.

The
former
presidential
candidate
also
wondered
if
“a
more
successful
Colonel
Stauffenberg”
existed
in
the
Russian
military,
alluding
to
the
German
officer
whose
bomb
failed
to
kill
Adolf
Hitler
in
1944.

Is
there
a
Brutus
in
Russia?
Is
there
a
more
successful
Colonel
Stauffenberg
in
the
Russian
military?

The
only
way
this
ends
is
for
somebody
in
Russia
to
take
this
guy
out.

You
would
be
doing
your
country
–
and
the
world
–
a
great
service.

—
Lindsey
Graham
(@LindseyGrahamSC)

March
4,
2022

“You
would
be
doing
your
country
—
and
the
world
—
a
great
service,”
he
added.

“The
only
people
who
can
fix
this
are
the
Russian
people.
Easy
to
say,
hard
to
do,”
he
said.

“Unless
you
want
to
live
in
darkness
for
the
rest
of
your
life,
be
isolated
from
the
rest
of
the
world
in
abject
poverty,
and
live
in
darkness
you
need
to
step
up
to
the
plate,”
he
added.

The
senator,
who
has
served
in
Congress
for
over
twenty
years
and
has
at
times
been
a
close
ally
to
former
president
Donald
Trump,
had
earlier
in
the
day
introduced
a
resolution
condemning
the
Russian
president
and
his
military
commanders
for
committing
“war
crimes”
and
“crimes
against
humanity.”

Ukraine
says
at
least
350
civilians
have
been
killed
since
Putin
launched
the
invasion
last
week,
and
over
1
million
have
fled
the
country.

Moscow
claims
it
does
not
target
civilian
areas,
despite
widespread
evidence
to
the
contrary.