The Republican Senator invoked a Julius Caesar-style assignation of Putin who is currently leading an invasion of Ukraine in a series of tweets on Thursday.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) doubled down on his assassination comments, after calling for a Brutus to step up and take out Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In a social media post, Russian entrepreneur Alex Konanykhin said that the Russian president came to power by "blowing up apartment buildings in Russia.”