'I’d bet whatever money': Ex-Dem senator 'had no idea' Lindsey Graham was this 'disturbed'

United States Senator Lindsey Graham has long been known and criticized by fellow lawmakers for often flip-flopping on his support for former President Donald Trump.

The South Carolina lawmaker has switched from slamming the MAGA hopeful to backing his role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Graham declared he wouldn't back Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, but endorsed the ex-president's 2024 campaign. Once "a longtime foreign policy hawk," according to The Washington Post, the GOP senator — who just several weeks ago, supported a foreign aid package including aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — has chosen to vote against the legislation in favor of what Trump wants.

During Sunday's episode of MSNBC's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough asked former US Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) whether she — as an ex-colleague to US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — is "surprised that he has betrayed Ukraine and Israel, and Taiwan, all because Donald Trump told him to."

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McCaskill replied, "I sat across from him on the armed services committee for 12 years, and if somebody told me during those 12 years that there would come a time that Lindsey Graham would vote against essential aid to Ukraine, to stop [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. And, vote against aid to Israel, and vote against aid to Taiwan, I would say, I would bet whatever money you have that that would not happen."

She continued, "I had no idea, he had this character flaw. I had no idea that he was this, really, frankly disturbed, in terms of needing approval from someone that has more power than he has. And, it's just frightening to me that he would do this. Now, if you look at the list of people who voted 'no', from the new two supposed rockstar [US Senator] Katie Britt (R-AL) who is supposed to be a [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell (R-KY) ally, and was handpicked by, what I would consider the traditional Republican Party. You look at [US Senator] Tim Scott (R-SC), and you look at [US Senator] J.D. Vance (R-OH), you see a list of people who want to be vice president. They all voted 'no'. They voted for the new Republican party that is pro-Putin, and pro-making consumers in America pay more for their TVs, and washers and dryers, and many other things, because of a trade policy that does nothing but punish Americans who buy things, by making prices go higher. So, it is just mind bending to me that Lindsey Graham has become this, but this is who he is and we should recognize it."

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