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Sen. Lindsey Graham, who dropped his own bid for the Republican primary nod weeks ago – and who is no friend to Donald Trump-type politics and policies – nonetheless came out and rejected the idea of a brokered GOP convention, saying the scenario would be unfair to the billionaire businessman.
Graham’s statement is also interesting in that he’s thought of as an establishment member of the Republican Party, yet would not take the step of pressing a brokered convention, as some of his fellow GOPers have reportedly done.
During an interview with CNN, he said: A brokered convention would not be “fair” to Trump and would prove damaging to the party as a whole.
“He would leave,” Graham said, of Trump’s likely response to such a scenario. “And he’d have a right to leave.”
He went on, Breitbart reported: “If he got two thirds of what he needs, which I think he’s well on his way to doing, for us to steal from him is not going to help the party. You can lose an election. We’ve lost an election before. But what I’m trying to do is focus on the day after we lose. Can we rebuild this party? Can we create a form of conservatism that’s enticing to young people and people of color? I think we can. And I think that’s the only hope for the Republican Party and, quite frankly, one of the big hopes of this country.”
Trump and Graham have had their share of public disputes. In mid-2015, Graham called Trump a “jackass.” Shortly after, Trump gave out Graham’s private cell phone telephone number on national television.
