Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, who dropped his bid for president in December and threw his weight behind former governor Jeb Bush – who in turn dropped his own run this past weekend – now thinks he's found the antidote to Donald Trump and is calling for an alliance of three of the Republican candidates.
"[We need a] Rubio-Kasich-Cruz alliance," he said, during an interview on WABC, speaking of Sen. Marco Rubio, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Ted Cruz.
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Graham also called for a Rubio-Kasich ticket, describing the first as a "very, very talented" politician and the latter, as a "terrific" executive, the Hill reported.
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"Rubio-Kasich, Kasich-Rubio, I think those combinations, if they could consolidate and come together, would be a very potent ticket in the fall and maybe help us stop Trump," the Hill reported.
Graham's big concern was that Trump, who just won all 50 of South Carolina's delegates, would "change the party for the worse," he said.
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"Donald Trump would get wiped out in November, but really make it hard for the party to succeed in the future," he said, the Hill reported.
He then acknowledged his political radar hasn't been at 100 percent capacity in recent weeks.
"I didn't make it, Jeb didn't make it, so take what I say with a grain of salt," he said. "But I can tell you this, that I think I understand the nation pretty well in terms of what problems we have as Republicans."
He then said Trump's rhetoric about the border, Hispanics, and the need to clamp down on immigration in order to let intelligence agencies catch up to the refugee crisis as "race-baiting and religious bigotry," the Hill reported.
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