Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham had a tough Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the place he tried to spin doom and gloom out of final week’s joyous Democratic Nationwide Conference.
After host Jake Tapper famous the DNC’s successes—“Millions of viewers tuned in, a bit more than tuned into the Republican Convention. It was disciplined. It was well-produced. It conveyed patriotism and unity”—he requested Graham, “Is what [Donald Trump] saw this week making him and his campaign nervous at all?”
“If you’re a Republican, you saw a hate-fest. You saw a hate-fest full of insults,” Graham mentioned, later including, “This whole joy lovefest doesn’t exist in the real world.”
And it’s comprehensible. Graham spends a whole lot of time with Trump, and that may’t be any enjoyable in any respect.
Worse for Graham, he has to publicly reply exhausting questions. On Sunday, Tapper ran by means of Trump’s on-line meltdown through the DNC, stating that Trump nonsensically requested, “Where’s Hunter?” and known as Kamala Harris “lazy” and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro an “overrated Jewish governor.”
“What do you say to the analysis that this really is Donald Trump’s race to lose, but sometimes it looks like he’s trying to?” Tapper requested Graham.
The South Carolinian was a bit flummoxed on that one. “Well, I think—I think the point is that he went to the border, to talk about a broken border,” he stammered earlier than returning to his message of doom and gloom: “The world is on fire. Your grocery bill is up. Your gas bill is up. Your mortgage payments are up. And the worst is yet to come if you reelect these people yet again.”
Later, Tapper performed a clip of Trump responding to Graham’s name that Trump focus extra on coverage. “Look, I like Lindsey. I don’t care what he says, OK?” Trump mentioned. “Lindsey wouldn’t have been elected if I didn’t endorse him.”
From right here, Tapper requested Graham about Trump’s insurance policies. “What exactly is Donald Trump going to do to ‘help women’s reproductive rights’?” Tapper mentioned, quoting a latest Fact Social publish from Trump.
“Yes. No, you need to ask him about that,” Graham mentioned. “What I would say is that President Trump was a very good pro-life president. His position now, as I understand it, is that he’s going to leave the abortion issue to the states. He doesn’t believe there’s a role for the federal government.” Then Graham touted his personal proposed nationwide abortion ban.
All through the interview, Graham abased himself for Trump, saying, “Well, I talked to him a couple days ago. … Me and him are good. We’re going to be together. I’m going to Georgia with him. We’re going to try to have a unity event in Georgia to bring this whole party together. I will be by his side in this election. I am proud of what he did as our president.”
No marvel Graham’s life is so joyless.
