Following the surprising death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) late Saturday night, MS NOW host Joe Scarborough attempted to set the record straight on Graham’s longtime friendship with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), which changed when Graham allied himself with Donald Trump.
Recalling his time in Congress when he served with Graham, the “Morning Joe” host admitted he had differences with Graham in his final years, repeatedly calling him a “shapeshifter.”
Addressing online commentary that McCain and Graham suffered a major rupture over Trump, the MS NOW host recalled his last talks with McCain before his passing in 2018.
“I mean, it was very funny to see Lindsey become a senator and then suddenly sidle up to power with a guy who was going to be the next presidential nominee for the Republican Party, but he did,” Scarborough recalled. “He was able to move back and forth.”
“I will say that relationship with John McCain, I read a lot of stuff over the weekend,” he observed. “'McCain was angry, McCain was this.’ I would say my last private meeting with John McCain before he passed, I didn't sense that John McCain was angry at Lindsey.”
“He was more sad, disappointed,” he added. “He sighed, he rolled his eyes, and he goes, ‘Man, it seems like an awfully high price to pay to go golfing with the president of the United States.” But even that was just between him and me in that room. There wasn't anger; it was more like, ‘C’mon, Lindsey."
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