Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took to far-Right Sean Hannity's show on Fox News last night to praise President Donald Trump's first Oval Office address, in which Trump attempted to make his case for shutting down the government over the demand of $5.7 billion of wall to erect at the southern border.
Trump read cherrypicked facts from a teleprompter while sitting still, so naturally Senator Graham said it was the most presidential the man has ever looked.
Graham said:
“This is the most presidential I have seen President Trump. It was compelling and everything he said was true.”
Watch below:
People were flummoxed that the Senator—formerly a vocal critic of the President—was so eager to heap praises upon him.
Some believe that the praises are tactical rather than heartfelt.
@GoAngelo @lovealaska1105 Oh man, Trump and the Russians really have the goods on Graham. Wonder what it could be?… https://t.co/JyOqnLPjXW— Greg Hurley (@Greg Hurley) 1547011392.0
@GoAngelo @mmfa @GrahamBlog is dead to me then. Its clearly a concoction. With MCcain sadly passed, it appears Gr… https://t.co/70X3YcD4eR— Luke (@Luke) 1547001453.0
@GoAngelo @LindseyGrahamSC sold his soul and history will not be kind to him.— Jeffrey Shallit (@Jeffrey Shallit) 1547027701.0
Even more found the idea that commending Trump for being presidential was laughable.
@GoAngelo A Ken doll would have been more presidential.— kp (@kp) 1547006218.0
@GoAngelo Let’s just say for the sake of argument that he was presidential(which he wasn’t). If, after 2 years into… https://t.co/wXNNpCSf0C— Susan Lynne (@Susan Lynne) 1547030481.0
@GoAngelo is anyone still playing this “presidential” game? this was like 10 trump years ago— mini (@mini) 1547000982.0
@GoAngelo Lindsey, how low have you set the bar? Trump read out loud from a teleprompter. That's all he did. Oh yea… https://t.co/rZxOtlBj3B— Keith_Simonian (@Keith_Simonian) 1547001401.0
And as for everything he said being true?
Americans thought that was rich.
@GoAngelo LOL...He said Hello My Fellow Americans....the truth stopped right there— Tony Siracusa (@Tony Siracusa) 1547000958.0
@GoAngelo @mmfa Everything he said was true except for everything he said that has been proven false since day one.— Brian Cooper (@Brian Cooper) 1547016224.0
@GoAngelo BS it wasn’t true— sandy larson (@sandy larson) 1547004529.0
@GoAngelo @mmfa Well, everything he said was true except for all the lies. So, there’s that.— Nancy Claar Flom (@Nancy Claar Flom) 1547010370.0
While painting asylum seekers as terrorists an insisting there's a crisis at the southern border aren't new lies for the President, they're lies nonetheless.
@GoAngelo Trump was reading, not speaking. Lies, by the way. Miss Jean reading "Charlotte's Web" to children on Rom… https://t.co/wO9pSJJzRH— July Wolfe 😎 (@July Wolfe 😎) 1547039121.0
@GoAngelo Except for all the lies.— Linda Cook (@Linda Cook) 1547011017.0
@GoAngelo Everything he said was true...except the part where none of it was true.— Toddington Bear (@Toddington Bear) 1547003854.0
Graham has repeatedly tarnished his reputation to defend a President he used to despise. America keeps wondering: What's in it for Graham?