Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) has gone from being one of President Trump’s most vocal critics to one of his strongest allies.
His transformation has sparked conspiracy theories about his motives. …
But you don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to understand Graham’s behavior. It’s obvious what Trump has on Graham: his voters. Graham’s criticism of Trump during the 2016 campaign made him remarkably unpopular among Republicans in his home state — and thus highly vulnerable to a primary challenger for his Senate seat in 2020. CONT.
Michael Tesler (UC Irvine), Monkey Cage