Trump Makes Lindsey Graham’s Death All About… Himself
Photos: Wikimedia Commons Donald Trump’s response to the death of Senator Lindsey Graham was nothing if not predictable. It was all about him. “He ran against me,” Trump told CNN, of the Republican primary of 2016, adding: “He was one of the 17 people that ran against me and he was a smart guy. And it was a nasty campaign. He was tough and nasty but I was nasty too. And it was that fine. And I got to know him by little drips and drabs, and then we became friendly. And there was no better advocate.” As shorthand for how Graham attacked Trump – calling him a “loser,” a “nutjob,” a “demagogue,” and a “race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot” who would “destroy” the GOP – but then came swiftly to heel, it was accurate enough, though there were 17 candidates including Trump, Graham one of five who dropped out before votes were cast. Tellingly, Trump also praised Graham for his 2018 defense of Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh, whom Trump said was treated worse than anyone and “that includes me, maybe not.” Takes one to know one, let’s say. Like Trump, Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault. Like Trump, Kavanaugh vehemently denied it. Unlike Trump, Kavanaugh wasn’t found liable. But Kavanaugh was just a sidetrack, a bit of free association. Trump didn’t want to talk about the justice any more than he wanted to talk about Graham. He really wanted to talk about his precious SAVE Act, the voter-suppression measure wrapped in lies about voter fraud the president thinks will save the Republicans in November, and which is set to dominate discussion again when Congress returns on Monday. To NBC, Trump said he spoke to Graham early on Saturday evening, when the senator, just back from Ukraine, “said he was tired, but he wanted to pass the SAVE America Act, and I said, ‘Well, we’re going to get it done, Lindsey. We’re going to get it done. I’ll see you, like, soon.’” “This is a big blow to the SAVE America Act, let me tell you,” Trump rasped. Never mind a blow to Graham’s family, friends, and constituents. Trump repeated the claim to CNN, adding that Graham “was coming aboard, I think, for… terminating the filibuster,” the 60-vote Senate threshold that stands in the way.
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Donald Trump’s response to the death of Senator Lindsey Graham was nothing if not predictable. It was all about him.
“He ran against me,” Trump told CNN, of the Republican primary of 2016, adding: “He was one of the 17 people that ran against me and he was a smart guy. And it was a nasty campaign. He was tough and nasty but I was nasty too. And it was that fine. And I got to know him by little drips and drabs, and then we became friendly. And there was no better advocate.”
As shorthand for how Graham attacked Trump – calling him a “loser,” a “nutjob,” a “demagogue,” and a “race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot” who would “destroy” the GOP – but then came swiftly to heel, it was accurate enough, though there were 17 candidates including Trump, Graham one of five who dropped out before votes were cast. Tellingly, Trump also praised Graham for his 2018 defense of Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh, whom Trump said was treated worse than anyone and “that includes me, maybe not.” Takes one to know one, let’s say. Like Trump, Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault. Like Trump, Kavanaugh vehemently denied it. Unlike Trump, Kavanaugh wasn’t found liable.
But Kavanaugh was just a sidetrack, a bit of free association. Trump didn’t want to talk about the justice any more than he wanted to talk about Graham. He really wanted to talk about his precious SAVE Act, the voter-suppression measure wrapped in lies about voter fraud the president thinks will save the Republicans in November, and which is set to dominate discussion again when Congress returns on Monday.
To NBC, Trump said he spoke to Graham early on Saturday evening, when the senator, just back from Ukraine, “said he was tired, but he wanted to pass the SAVE America Act, and I said, ‘Well, we’re going to get it done, Lindsey. We’re going to get it done. I’ll see you, like, soon.’”
“This is a big blow to the SAVE America Act, let me tell you,” Trump rasped. Never mind a blow to Graham’s family, friends, and constituents.
Trump repeated the claim to CNN, adding that Graham “was coming aboard, I think, for… terminating the filibuster,” the 60-vote Senate threshold that stands in the way.
