What does Trump have on Lindsey Graham?

[Cyrano]

Are their pictures?

[sfstaxprep]

1. Don't You Mean Putin? nt

[KPN]

16. Exactly. My immediate reaction as well.

[Budi]

2. I think every one of theose loyal Repub pols took laundered foreign campaign funding

Every damned one of them.

[gibraltar72]

3. Whatever the Russians have.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. I think that they all are birds of the same feather, that they all are crooks, etc. Didn't LG try

and get some thousands of votes tossed in Georgia when he chatted w/ the republican elections guy in Georgia so they would do better in Georgia?

I used to think far more highly of LG when John McCain was around, but now, he is a pathetic shadow of that person whom John McCain respected/friended for some reason.

I'd (and I hope Biden takes note of this too) that the powers that be look at every single election now w/ a view of the votes being screwed up, in S. Carolina (and KY, where there were some pretty major discrepancies reported on voting patterns down there too).

[Zambero]

6. Lindsey is a tag-along

A weak and opportunistic follower, nothing more.

[Vdizzle]

21. Yes. He is like Peter Pettigrew.

Wormtail.

[redstateblues]

5. ask Putin

[Thekaspervote]

7. Lady G as he is known in the DC night world ..you can google it if you want

[Mike 03]

8. I'm sticking with the "Pilot fish" theory of Lindsey Graham.

Woodward's first book on Trump, Fear, depicts Graham as starstruck by how close his relationship with Trump became. Graham, for a while at least, thought he had tremendous influence over Trump, and loved being the guy Trump called at midnight to vent, and to play golf with. He attaches himself to the biggest whale.

I'm open to the blackmail theory, but Graham's relationship with Trump is not the relationship most people would have with their blackmailer.

When John McCain died, so did Graham's Jiminy Cricket (his conscience).

At some point the adolescent infatuation gave way to fear, because Trump stopped listening so much to Graham and, in Graham's estimation, Trump has immense power, even after being roundly defeated in this election.

[Alpeduez21]

9. It could be

Graham is just a racist asshole. It seems a lot of Americans are saying the quiet part out loud. I've been saying it since Reagan: Repukes are racist. Never forgive and never forget what repukes want for America. Get out the vote in EVERY election.

[ace3csusm]

10. It all goes back to when the RNC and DNC got hacked ...

remember only the DNC emails where leaked where are the RNC emails, this is why they played ball ... it must be career ending if they are willing to go to these lengths ...

[NightWatcher]

11. More like Lindsey has a crush on him and other big strong men. (not a sex joke)

He and many rebukes want to be taken care of by authoritarians.

There is no sexual joke in the post or subject line. He thinks being near strong men makes him appear strong.

[Mike 03]

13. I'm thinking... Prior to Trump, McCain was the figure he most

idolized, and when McCain died, that left Graham open to maximize (or, really, capitalize on) his relationship with someone even more powerful than McCain. Graham seems gratified to bask in the limelight these larger-than-life figures receive. Sort of like Pence does with Trump, albeit with less fanfare and self-promotion.

[Drahthaardogs]

12. They ALL took the DIRTY RUSSIAN MONEY!

Funneled through the NRA and superpacs

[Midnightwalk]

14. Why do people give them the benefit of the doubt?

As in there must be compromising information or they wouldn’t be doing these awful corrupt things.

I assume they started corrupt. It’s easy to get pulled into further corruption once you get started.

At some point what you’ve already done is compromising enough to drag you even further in.

There could be further compromising or embarrassing or illegal information. That wouldn’t surprise me, but I see Lindsey and others as villains. I have a morbid curiosity of their descent into evil, but practically I don’t think it matters.

I think I’ve said this a few times before.

[Mike 03]

20. They are villains. Nobody's saying they are not. It isn't about giving them "the benefit

of the doubt." I think we all just seek the correct answer, the truth. Not just the first thought that flies into our minds.

After all, a lot of journalists have looked into the Graham/Trump relationship. He probably has taken money he shouldn't have but so have 99% of GOP politicians. That isn't what makes him tick, IMO.

[Edwcraig]

15. Lindsay Graham is a Republican

It is so frustrating for everyone to think that Trump is some kind of non-Republican. He is a Republican. Republicans are him. The election demonstrated quite clearly that the rot here is Republicanism. Graham is a Republican and so is Trump. They do bad things.

[Mike Nelson]

17. I think...

... Lindsey needs Trump fans in SC to vote for him. He wants to keep his power and money.

[pamdb]

18. Limp lindsey

My husband has some ides, but none that can be printed in public.

[qazplm135]

19. Supporters

Who can guarantee him reelection at least this last cycle.

[Upthevibe]

22. Cyrano - I've wondered for years what they have on Lindsey Graham...

I agree with some of the posters here who believe it has to do with Russian money....