Why is Lindsay Graham so desperate to placate Trump?

[BainsBane]

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	He's afraid of being prosecuted when the Dems gain control
	1 (2%)
	Trump has something on him
	55 (92%)
	He'll just do anything for Trump
	1 (2%)
	He's lost the plot
	1 (2%)
	other? explain below.
	2 (3%)
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[SDANation]

1. 2024 presidential run.

He wants the trump base.

[BainsBane]

5. Do you really think he has a shot at the nomination?

I can't see it.

[PatSeg]

15. No, I really doubt that

I think Trump and/or Putin have something really big on him. His about-face was head spinning. Sadly, whatever the blackmail is that being withheld will probably surface eventually. With Trump, loyalty is always one-sided and eventually everyone gets thrown under the bus.

[bhusar]

2. It saddens me...

I’ve been here for awhile but I hardly post. It really saddens me how far Graham has gone down this path. Actually, saddens is the wrong word. Angers me. He is stabbing McCain in the back with what he is doing.

[TheBlackAdder]

28. Poor Lindsey.

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[bullimiami]

3. he's placating trump supporters. he's afraid they will lose a bunch.

[Windy City Charlie]

4. No doubt

No doubt Trump has something on him. Trump has lost, there's no other reason for him to remain as if he's Trump's puppy dog. In fact it's rather obvious by how much he's overdoing it.

[mitch96]

6. kompromat...

[Binkie The Clown]

7. Remember Wormtail in Harry Potter.

He's spinless little worm who grovels at his master's feet.

[Newest Reality]

8. OTHER: True love! He has an abiding thing for orange authoritarians.

[LeftInTX]

9. I have no idea

I do think that Lindsey is awash in campaign funds that he needs to spend. (Although I do not know how this works!) He is donating $500,000 to Trump's legal fund.

Other than that, I have no idea.

[BainsBane]

11. He says

His promise of funds could be like those Trump makes.
So far, Trump hasn't agreed to pay for a WI recount.

[Buckeyeblue]

10. What could Trump have on him?

He was just reelected by SC. Anything that would come out now would be old news by 2026.

I don't think he knows what he wants to be honest. I think he wants to be a bad ass but he doesn't have that in him. And he can't be the old southern charmer, because he's not that either.

[Windy City Charlie]

12. In that case

In that case, he wants access to Trump's base for 2024 and Trump's endorsement if Trump decides not to run.

[Buckeyeblue]

13. Probably. But Trump's base isn't voting for Lindsay.

[Thekaspervote]

14. Google Lindsey Graham..AKA lady g

[Buckeyeblue]

25. That's old news. I don't think SC cares.

[shrike3]

31. It could involve underage partners. Then, I think they might care.

[TheBlackAdder]

29. Perhaps it starts with the letter B, end with the letter E and has ATHHOUS in the middle.

[randr]

16. Not sure placate is the proper term

Is phlacate a word?

[BainsBane]

23. . . .

[GoCubsGo]

17. He's a parasite.

[skip fox]

18. Trump has tapes.

[zipplewrath]

19. What's to lose

There is no upside for him in appearing to oppose or undermine Trump. And there is no downside to what he is doing.

[robbob]

32. Well, there's a $500,000 downside,no?

[zipplewrath]

20. What's to lose

There is no upside for him in appearing to oppose or undermine Trump. And there is no downside to what he is doing.

[Dem4Life1102]

21. He's in love 😍

[NurseJackie]

22. My guess is there are photos of him with a "rent-person" or an underage pool-cleaning individual.

And that's all I'll say about that.

[BainsBane]

24. Is that really enough though?

Doesn't everyone already assume he's gay?

[NurseJackie]

27. I'm not sure I can say that and get away with it... but if he's paying for "companionship" or,

... or if he's going all Jeffrey Epstein on us, then that might be something that would motivate him to cooperate with Trump (or Putin).

Lindsey Graham is such a complete phony!

[andym]

26. He needs to placate Trump supporters who are the base of the GOP

They (Republican pols) all do, or they will lose their jobs. Trump will still have a great deal of power, because of his supporters (who love him more than the GOP). He may try to block Biden from the sidelines.

[BainsBane]

30. That's a good point

about the GOP base. Of course the problem is what it does to the country.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

33. Graham is a racist, and he knows that, with the rapidly growing number of POC Democrats

in the US, and declining numbers of whites, Republicans will no longer be able to win Presidential elections, unless Republicans can cheat Trump back into office this election. If Trump is allowed to cheat, and steal the 2020 election, Republicans will be able to use the fascist court system to make severely unjust voter suppression rules, in order to make it more difficult, or even impossible, for Democrats to vote and win elections.

Or, Graham hopes Trump will successfully cheat, and use the next 4 years to cement a permanent Trump fascist dictatorship of the Republican party.

Essentially, Graham wants Trump to cheat to win so that POC can never be equal to his corrupt lily white fascist ass. He enjoys white privilege and white supremacy and is determined to make it permanent law in the US.

Speculation, but the Republican party is rotten to the core and will do anything, no matter how corrupt, in order to hold onto power.

[BainsBane]

34. Your speculation about the GOP

has already proven to be true.

[Mr. Ected]

35. Because Trump voters are Lindsey voters

And because most of these GOP congressmen have tiny shriveled up little balls and put re-election in front of statesmanship.