'You’re not offended about me and McCain, you’re trying to use me to get to Trump. I’m not playing that game,” Graham said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke out about his close friendship with former Sen. John McCain and the criticism he has received for failing to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his attacks of the late Arizona senator months after his passing.
In response to allegations that McCain “shopped” the document “all over town,” Graham asserted that the late senator acted responsibly with the dossier. “I’m not out to please the president about John McCain. He’s my friend, John McCain. I loved the guy to death. He’s an American hero,” the senator added. “I want to help the president, and I like him.”
The South Carolina senator then argued that the people who are angry about Trump’s comments are just Americans who “hate” the president. “To all those people who bring up this narrative, you just hate Trump. You don’t really care about McCain and me,” he said. “I know this. This is a game. You’re not offended about me and McCain; you’re trying to use me to get to Trump. I’m not playing that game.”
“Spreading the fake and totally discredited Dossier ‘is unfortunately a very dark stain against John McCain.’ Ken Starr, Former Independent Counsel,” the president tweeted. “He had far worse ‘stains’ than this, including thumbs down on repeal and replace after years of campaigning to repeal and replace!”
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