Biden Says Lindsey Graham Has Been A 'Personal Disappointment'

[marmar]

The President-Elect is far more charitable in his description than I could be.


President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday expressed remorse about how his relationship with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), his former Senate colleague, since Graham embraced President Donald Trump and his harsh brand of politics.

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KEY BACKGROUND

Biden’s wife, Dr. Jill Biden, said in a CNN interview in February that Biden and Graham and the late were “great friends” and, along with the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), “traveled together with the Foreign Relations Committee.” However, Dr. Biden suggested that the “negative things” Graham said about her husband during Trump’s impeachment hearings ultimately proved to be a wedge between the two.

CRUCIAL QUOTE

“If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person then you’ve got a problem. You need to do some self evaluation. Because, what’s not to like,” Graham said of Biden in 2015, when he was still a rival and critic of Trump. “He is as good a man as god ever created. He’s said some of the most heartfelt things anybody could ever say to me. He is the nicest person I think I’ve ever met in politics.” ............(more)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/12/18/biden-says-lindsey-graham-has-been-a-personal-disappointment/?sh=39e8631b5838

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Perhaps Joe will have a one-on-one with Lindsey and let him know how he feels about that betrayal.

Lady G needs to be knocked off that pedestal he has climbed unto in a manner that will expose him for the SOB he has become.

[PJMcK]

2. Graham must have some terrible skeletons in his closet

His 180º pivot with Trump tells me that Lindsey has a problem that he wants kept in a box.

I suspect the dirt is of a financial nature, possibly connected to a foreign power. I don't think the issue is of a personal nature.

It's remarkable how Graham has changed in the last 4 years. There's some powerful reason for his behavior. I wonder if we'll ever find out what it is.

[Andy823]

3. Yes, and he is not alone

I believe a huge number of republicans in the House and the Senate have been compromised in one way or another, by trump and putin.

Every republican who has been kissing trumps ass needs to be investigated, period!

[Wellstone ruled]

4. You might be spot on.

Ad to that his hacked e-mails dealing with his personal life. Blackmail.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. That's My Suspicion, 100%!

Dirty money from overseas that resulted in favorable treatment by the federal government.
Likely, highly illegal, & absolutely an egregious breach of ethics.

[musclecar6]

5. Yeah

Lindsey has been kissing trumps ass to the maximum but he’s not alone. There are a ton of other Congress people that are lining up to do whatever Trump wants, all on their hands and knees. Disgusting.

[LakeArenal]

6. Lindsay is an "as the wind blows" Senator.

He’ll be back kissing up to Biden. Especially if we win those two seats.

[PoliticAverse]

7. Et tu, Lindsey? n/t

[Blue Owl]

8. And he knows it