Senator Lindsey Graham calls for assassination of Vladimir Putin

Sen. Lindsey Graham
Senator Lindsey Graham says that someone should assassinate Vladimir Putin Photo credit Kevin Dietsch / Staff / Getty Images

In a series of tweets, Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) has called for the assassination for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In the tweets, Graham asks if there is a "Brutus" in Russia. He continues to say that the only people who can fix this are the Russian people.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) responded to Senator Graham's tweet with a simple message: "seriously, wtf?"

Criticism didn't just come from Democrats. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that calling for the assassination of heads of state is a very bad idea.

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