In a jaw-dropping display of sycophancy that would make even the most ardent cheerleader blush, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham catapulted himself into the realm of absurdity by flinging unabashed adulation at Donald Trump during a recent appearance on CNN’s State of the Union. Graham bellowed his defense of Trump’s hush money trial, likening the entire affair to nothing more than a “crock,” as if the legal system were just one big game of croquet played on the White House lawn.
With each syllable dripping with devotion, Graham painted a picture of Trump as the beleaguered hero, besieged by nefarious forces bent on his destruction.
“You know, apparently a lot of people do this. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods, I think the whole thing is a crock,” Graham told CNN’s Dana Bash, pointing to the other famous names dragged into Pecker’s testimony.
“The statute of limitations has long shut out the misdemeanor cases. So, this liberal prosecutor in Manhattan came up with a federal campaign violation that the Southern District of New York looked at, the Federal Elections Commission looked at, and Jack Smith looked at, and decided not to prosecute.”
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He also slammed the trial as a “political hit job six months before the election.”
Graham not only parroted Trump’s cries of persecution but also took a curious detour into the realm of presidential immunity. His musings bordered on the surreal, as he seemed to simultaneously champion Trump’s immunity while tap-dancing around the notion with the grace of a drunken walrus on roller skates.
“I think the court is going to find that presidential immunity exists for President Trump like every other president, but you got to be within the scope of being president,” Graham said.
He added; “I think they’ll send it back to the lower courts to find out exactly what actions fall within presidential immunity and what [is] considered personal. I think that’s the way this will end. It will be some immunity for some of the actions.”
“There’s no absolute immunity in the Constitution,” he said before adding: “It will be a legal analysis – the president needs to be protected [to ensure] we don’t become a Banana Republic, where we prosecute our political opponents, which is going on in many jurisdictions. But I think the immunity question will be decided partially for Trump,” he added.
And just when you thought it couldn’t get any more absurd, Graham doubled down on his assertion that Trump’s legal tribulations were nothing more than a politically motivated witch hunt, conjuring images of Trump as a hapless victim tied to the railroad tracks while dastardly villains twirled their mustaches in glee.
“Why don’t you ask me … if he’s convicted in any of these trials, would it change my view? No. I think all these trials are political. I think it’s selective prosecution. I think what’s going on in New York is an outrage,” he said. “The case is eight years ago. They created a crime just for Trump. I think it’s selective prosecution for political purposes.”
But fear not, dear reader, for Graham assured us that while Trump may be embroiled in a sea of legal turmoil, the American people were far more concerned with real issues like inflation, crime, and border security. Because nothing says “keeping your priorities straight” quite like brushing off potential criminal activity in favor of fretting over the price of milk.
“I think most Americans are not going to decide how to vote based on Trump’s legal troubles, but the troubles they face, inflation, crime, a broken border … People are looking at their problems, not Trump’s legal problems,” Graham said.
“They’re going to focus on their problems, not a bunch of cases brought by liberals against Trump,” he added.
Lindsey Graham tries to defend Trump by saying Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tiger Woods did it too. Note: Schwarzenegger and Woods never ran for President. (Video: CNN) pic.twitter.com/QblTO2KFEr
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) April 28, 2024
Lindsey Graham on Trump immunity #lindseybuckingham #cnn #trump #immunity pic.twitter.com/KtlUBW9rw7
— thevital (@thevital11) April 29, 2024
In the end, Graham’s performance was a masterclass in absurdity, a symphony of sycophancy that left us all wondering just how far down the rabbit hole of ridiculousness one man could go in his quest to curry favor with the former Commander-in-Chief. By then end of the interview, one thing was abundantly clear: when it comes to pandering to power, Lindsey Graham is in a league of his own.
