Well, actually I don’t know what happened to Senator Graham. He has transitioned abruptly from Trump critic to Trump sycophant since his buddy John McCain left Washington in deteriorating health before his passing last month in Arizona.
For those waiting for a profile in courage to emerge from Republicans in Congress after President Donald Trump was implicated by his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts, stop holding your breath. Sen. Lindsey Graham, formerly one of Trump’s harshest critics, just paved the way for the post-midterm election fate of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, telling reporters on Capitol Hill that Trump is “entitled to an attorney general he has faith in.”
The report noted: ‘As recently as last summer, Graham said there would be “holy hell to pay” if Trump fired Sessions.’
Whatever the motivation for the about-face, he put on a bravura performance at the Kavanaugh hearing yesterday. “White House officials such as Kellyanne Conway and press secretary Sarah Sanders praised Graham’s comments.”
Update: Now it’s clear what happened to the Senator: he was looking ahead to the 2020 Republican primary.