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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLindsey Graham Calls Trump An 'Equal Opportunity Abuser Of People' But Still Stands By Him
Lindsey is so far up trump's behind right now I'm sure he can see polyps...(TalkingPointsMemo) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says he is still on President Trumps side.
During an interview on Axios HBO show Sunday night, Graham defended his conscious decision to help Trump where I can, despite admitting that he voted for independent candidate Evan McMullin in 2016.
When asked whether his views on Trumps character shifted after the 2016 election, the Presidents closest Senate ally said he had a change of heart after getting to know Trump, but added that he finds Trump to be a handful and an equal opportunity abuser of people.
Ive gotten to know him and I find him to be a handful, I find him to be an equal opportunity abuser of people, but at the end of the day he can be very charming and be very gracious, Graham said, without clarifying what he meant by the abuser remark. Im judging him by his conduct. If I spent all day analyzing every tweet he issued Id go nuts.
In a brief promo of the interview released Saturday, Graham also said that he wants to make Trump successful, but not at all cost in light of his outward opposition of Trumps move to abruptly pull U.S. troops out of Syria.
Last week, Graham threatened to become Trumps worst nightmare if he doesnt resolve the fallout that has ensued from the U.S. leaving the Kurds to deal with Turkey and ISIS detainees in Syria on their own.
Grahams interview on Axios below:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/graham-axios-interview-equal-opportunity-abuser
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Lindsey Graham Calls Trump An 'Equal Opportunity Abuser Of People' But Still Stands By Him (Original Post)
FM123
Oct 2019
OP
LG is a traitor and idiot. Party before Country obviously w/ him. He's facing some serious ...
SWBTATTReg
Oct 2019
#3
LG is a 16 year Senate vet, from SC no less. LG understands rw/trump/hate group/roots
empedocles
Oct 2019
#5
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. all graham's criticism comes while he is on his knees.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,791 posts)2. I wonder how BAD Graham smells......
Does he even notice?
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)3. LG is a traitor and idiot. Party before Country obviously w/ him. He's facing some serious ...
competition in his next senatorial run, as he should be since he's proven that he's a joke.
gordianot
(15,245 posts)4. Sick!
empedocles
(15,751 posts)5. LG is a 16 year Senate vet, from SC no less. LG understands rw/trump/hate group/roots
'complicated pol'tics' like no one else here.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)6. Twitter Analysis Shows How Trump Tweets Differently About Nonwhite Lawmakers
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)7. As they say: "I'm not bigoted...
I hate everybody equally."