Lindsey Graham Just Totally Backed Off His Threat To Unleash 'Holy Hell' On Trump

The South Carolina senator dramatically changes his tune on Jeff Sessions.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has made a 180 on President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Last year, Graham said there would be “holy hell” if Trump fired Sessions, but now he is more than fine with it.

The president is entitled to an attorney general he has faith in,” Graham said on Thursday. “And I think there will come a time sooner rather than later where it will be time to have a new face and a fresh voice at the Department of Justice.”

That’s in stark contrast to what he said in July 2017.

“I’m 100 percent behind Jeff Sessions,” Graham told CNN then. “There will be no confirmation hearing for a new attorney general in 2017. If Jeff Sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay.”

Trump has hammered away at Sessions over a number of issues, but is largely upset that the attorney general recused himself from the Russia investigation. In an interview that aired on Thursday, the president told Fox News that he only gave Sessions the job out of loyalty and claimed the attorney general “never took control” over his department.

Sessions hit back later in the day with a statement saying the department “will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.”

While Graham is backing off his “holy hell” threat, others in the party are still defending Sessions.

I think it would be bad for the country, it would be bad for the president, it would be bad for the Department of Justice for [Sessions] to be forced out under these circumstances,” said Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas.

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