A lot of people think this was very bad idea.

As you’ve probably heard by now, things are not going very well in Eastern Europe. In fact, you might say that they’re going extremely poorly. More than 1 million people have been forced to flee Ukraine since Russia launched its assault. On Thursday, Russia seized the continent’s largest nuclear power plant. France has concluded that Vladimir Putin wants to take “all of Ukraine,” and that “the worst is to come.” The world is on edge, and with good reason. Not really helping things? Lindsey Graham taking to Twitter and calling on random Russian citizens to assassinate their president.

Yes, on Thursday evening the senator from South Carolina logged on and asked:

He added: “The only people who can fix this are the Russian people. Easy to say, hard to do. 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.”

Perhaps trying to ward off any questions about his phone being hacked, or having gone temporarily insane, Graham also called for Russians to assassinate Putin during an interview on Fox News, saying anyone willing to do it would be doing “their country a great service” and “the world a great service.”

Is Putin a megalomaniac whose designs on Europe it would be nice to not have to worry about for five consecutive seconds? Sure! Is this helping the situation? Not so much!

To give you an idea of just how insane it is for a sitting U.S. senator to publicly call for the murder of a world leader—and one in possession of nuclear weapons at that—Graham’s declaration was met with widespread condemnation by liberals and conservatives alike. Ted Cruz tweeted, “This is an exceptionally bad idea. Use massive economic sanctions; BOYCOTT Russian oil & gas; and provide military aid so the Ukrainians can defend themselves. But we should not be calling for the assassination of heads of state.” (You know things have gone off the rails when Ted Cruz is making a relatively good point.) Laura Ingraham called the idea “dangerous and stupid.” Representative Ilhan Omar tweeted: “I really wish our members of Congress would cool it and regulate their remarks as the administration works to avoid WWlll.” Former diplomat Norman Eisen asked: “Are you TRYING to cause escalation? Now Putin can say ‘one of the most senior U.S. Senators has called for my assassination.’ Why would you want to help him?”

In a statement, Graham’s spokesman told The Washington Post that people are overlooking the fact that, along with trying to crowdsource an assassination on Twitter, the senator “also expressed he was okay with a coup to remove Putin.” He added: “Basic point, Putin has to go. He also noted it will be—has to be—the Russian people who do it.”

Anyway, this is probably good advice for anyone working for an elected official, now or in the future:

Tucker Carlson says it’s not his fault he was calling for Putin to be named President of the Year as of a week ago

Laura Ingraham: Stop this yacht-seizing madness! It’s not what the Ukrainian people would want!

And now for the tiniest glimmer of hope in humanity

Everything is thoroughly f---ed at the moment, but if you need a reason not to fling yourself into the sea, there’s this:

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, people around the globe have been looking for ways to help citizens of the embattled country. Several organizations have set up charities and donation centers to help people in Ukraine, but some worry about where their money is going and how much Ukrainians will actually receive.... Instead of donating to charities or nonprofits, some people have been booking stays on Airbnb in Ukrainian cities like Kyiv and Kherson with no intention of visiting—just to send money directly to Ukrainian hosts.

“I did it to show support,” Tiffany Marie, who booked a two-week stay in Kharkiv, told Insider. “I had been wanting to donate but hadn’t found anything that really stuck out to me because I’m not always sure where my money goes, so I wanted to pick a specific person.” Jeanie McDonald, who lives in Ireland and found out about the idea on Instagram, told USA Today she spent “a couple of hundred euros” on bookings on Thursday, spread across 10 to 15 hosts. “[It’s] just a message of support from Ireland…and if we can help them in any way, we’d love to,” she said. “Ireland has a history of a lot of Eastern European people moving here over the last 20, 30 years. So it’s quite dear to us that if we can help them again, we’d love to.” While experts have warned there could be fraudulent accounts created to capitalize on the crisis, Notre Dame law professor Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer told reporter Bailey Schulz that the risk is low: “These are established rentals created well before the current crisis. It does appear to get money to individual Ukrainians very quickly.” Airbnb has said it is waiving all fees for bookings in Ukraine, while on Thursday, its CEO said the company is suspending operations in Russia and Belarus.