MSNBC’s Ari Melber Explains Why Sen. Lindsey Graham Is Worse Than Other MAGAs

The South Carolina Republican is a "particularly troubled character," said "The Beat" host.
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Ari Melber on Wednesday said he believes Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is a “particularly troubled character.”

Graham has “a self-defeating obsession” with winning over former President Donald Trump, “even though he initially warned more than many about how bad Trump is,” said the host of MSNBC’s “The Beat.”

Before the 2016 election, Graham, who was a candidate in the presidential primary, repeatedly cautioned against Trump taking office. But after Trump took office, he became one of the then-president’s biggest defenders.

It makes Graham “a particularly troubled character because the public record shows he knows exactly what he is doing,” Melber said. “That may be different from someone who gets caught up in the emotion of it, or is a true believer, even a misguided one.”

Graham endured “humiliation” over the weekend when he was booed and called a “traitor” by Donald Trump fans during the former president’s rally in South Carolina, said Melber.

Trump only halfheartedly defended the senator, who has dismissed the former president’s baseless rigged election claims. Melber ended the segment with a montage of jarring comments made by Graham about Trump.

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