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There are liberals on social media as I write this speculating that this quote is evidence that… Graham has been compromised by the Russians and is now serving the same Kremlin masters that the president supposedly is. That theory is nonsense, of course.
But.
This is not the Grahamnesty I thought I knew. Ever since he went full beastmode at the Kavanaugh hearing he’s been a different man. Did McCain’s passing free him to be more of a populist? Is this some sort of strategic thing, backing Trump on high-profile standoffs with Democrats in hopes that POTUS will acquiesce on lower-profile matters like punishing the Saudis for the Khashoggi killing?
I feel like if this keeps up for much longer I’m going to start having misgivings about calling him “Grahamnesty.”
Complaining Pelosi will not accept a DACA deal for wall money, Graham said: “This is liberal arrogance and I have had enough of it. Take it on, stare it down. See what happens.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 11,2018
He kept it up on Twitter:
Great job sticking to your guns on border security, Mr. President!
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 11,2018
Put DACA on the table and make them say NO to the Wall and DACA. #DigIn
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 11,2018
DACA? Is either side talking seriously about a deal involving DREAMers? Seems kind of random for Graham to mention that — almost as if Benjy Sarlin is right:
There’s a lot of deserved focus on how R’s like Graham have become Trump allies, but a lot of that alliance is just them proposing what they already wanted pre-Trump and then claiming it’s a #MAGA move to own the libs https://t.
