Trump's newfound friendship with Graham takes a hit
From CNN:
Trump's newfound friendship with Graham takes a hit
CNN has learned that the Trump-Graham relationship could be changing in light of controversial comments made by President Trump in an Oval Office meeting. Trump reportedly used a vulgar term when he interrupted the South Carolina Republican as Graham was trying to explain a bipartisan immigration proposal. CNN's Chief National Correspondent John King reported that the White House had hoped the Republicans in the room would come to Trump's defense.
Sen. David Perdue, a Republican from Georgia, went from saying he "did not recall" Trump's phraseology to saying on ABC's "This Week" that, "I'm telling you he did not use that word."
Another Republican, Sen. Tom Cotton from Arkansas, who also said he did "not recall" Trump's comment, now tells CBS' "Face the Nation" that, "I didn't hear that word either, I certainly didn't hear what (Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin) has said repeatedly."
But Graham hasn't rushed to back up the President's denial.
Graham issued a statement that, while not getting into the details, confirmed he had challenged some of the President's views. Graham's statement went on to praise Durbin — who was also in the room and who publicly angered the White House with a detailed public account of behavior that Durbin labeled as vile and racist. Once a fierce Trump critic, Graham more recently has been a presidential defender and a golf buddy. The senator knows the President is mad at him, but believes he did the right thing, King reported
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So basically, motormouth busts in and rudely vomits that racist bullshit while Lindsey was talking, and his colleagues have thrown him under the bus. 
