Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this?

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Graham was once one of Trump’s sharpest critics (“I think he’s a kook,” he said in February 2016), and is now one of his staunchest supporters, whether it comes to supporting his Supreme Court pick, or his golf game (“Anyone who says he’s not a great golfer, that’s fake news,” he said).


The change in tune has puzzled those who think fondly upon the Lindsey Graham of 2016, the one who dramatically had himself videotaped while smashing his cellphone after candidate Trump gave out his number (in retaliation for Graham having called him a “jackass”). And the hard-line support for a man accused of sexual assault also may seem out of character for Graham, who once wrote of being a prosecutor: “I learned how much unexpected courage from a deep and hidden place it takes for a rape victim or sexually abused child to testify against their assailants.”


Why, then, is Graham acting this way? Where does this newfound love of the president come from, and what should we make of the red-faced rage?

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