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The Bulwark Podcast

Ep. 2: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Politics

4.611.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Within days of the 2016 election, Lindsey Graham began transforming into Trump's chief apologist—in an effort to influence him on national security and foreign policy. But to get Trump to stand up to tyrants overseas, the senator soon found himself willing to compromise on rule of law at home. The Bulwark Podcast presents The Corruption of Lindsey Graham, with Will Saletan. Read The Corruption of Lindsey Graham in PDF or Kindle formats at thebulwark.com/lindseygraham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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On November 17th, 2016, a week after Donald Trump was elected president,

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Senator Lindsey Graham went on TV to start sucking up.

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For most of the 2016 presidential campaign,

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Graham had excoriated Trump as a toxic demagogue.

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But now Graham was changing his tune.

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He wanted to build a relationship with the president to elect.

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