Graham told Trump he 'f'd up' the presidency: book
By Joseph Choi - 09/26/21 11:42 AM EDT
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) reportedly told former President Trump, "You f'd up your presidency" earlier this year when attempting to advise him to accept that he lost the 2020 presidential election.
This apparent bit of hard truth from the South Carolina Republican was shared on Sunday by renowned Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward while he was discussing his new book "Peril" on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Host Chuck Todd asked Woodward and book co-author and fellow Post reporter Robert Costa how they would characterize the attitude Graham and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows had towards Trump's refusal to accept the election results.
"We quote conversations between Senator Graham and Trump, in which, Lindsey Graham says to Trump, "You f-' up your presidency," at one point just a couple of months ago. The authors said Trump hung up on Graham and then called him back a day later when Graham said to him, 'I would have hung up, too,'" Woodward said.
"The core conclusion that Graham has is you lost a close election. Face it," said Woodward.
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