What Happened to Lindsey Graham?

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 5 March 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Two years ago, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina called Donald Trump a “kook,” a “bigot,” “crazy” and “unfit for office.” Now he lavishes praise on the president at every turn. What’s going on? Guest: Mark Leibovich, who interviewed the senator for The New York Times Magazine. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:33.0	This is the deal.
0:40.0	Today, two years ago, he called Donald Trump a cook a bigot, crazy and unfit for office.
0:49.2	Now, he lavishes praise on the president at every turn.
0:54.4	It happened to Lindsey Graham.
0:59.3	It's Tuesday, March 5th.
1:04.8	I mean, you don't even know which way the wind is blowing with the sky.
1:08.2	Just actually.
1:09.2	Well, I'm talking actually about Lindsey Graham.
1:11.8	Oh, yeah.
1:12.8	And who is he?
1:15.8	I don't know what happened to the Lindsey Graham that I knew because he hasn't been
1:19.2	showing up lately.
1:20.2	He seems to be adrift morally politically.
1:23.6	I think it's misdefined to a lot of people.
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