So Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham announced today that he couldn’t vote for Donald Trump. A reasonable fellow would respond with “Sorry to hear that, but I hope to spend the next few months proving to Lindsey and anyone like him that we have more in common than they do with Hillary Clinton, and we can work together to make this a better country.” But of course, Trump isn’t reasonable. So his response?
DONALD J. TRUMP RESPONSE TO LINDSEY GRAHAM
"I fully understand why Lindsey Graham cannot support me. If I got beaten as badly as I beat him, and all the other candidates he endorsed, I would not be able to give my support either. Every time I see Lindsey Graham spew hate during interviews I ask why the media never questions how I single-handedly destroyed his hapless run for President. As a candidate who did not receive 1% in his own state - compared to my victory at nearly 40% with many others in the race - he has zero credibility. He was a poor representative and an embarrassment to the great people of South Carolina. Judging by the incompetent way he ran his campaign, it is easy to see why his military strategies have failed so badly --- we can’t even beat ISIS! While I will unify the party, Lindsey Graham has shown himself to be beyond rehabilitation. And like the voters who rejected him, so will I!
Let me translate...
“Lindsey Graham can’t support me because I beat him, unlike Chris Christie who can support me because I beat him. It was a glorious beating. A heckuva beating. The best beating. The only time speech is hate is when someone criticizes me, which is always a lie, and which Graham does, so why doesn’t the media ask him how I beat him? Was it because I got more votes or something? Who knows? Why won’t the media ask him?
“As a candidate, Graham sucked, even in his own state, which makes me feel good to point out, because how dared he run against me? He is a poor representative, even though he is a senator, and he’s an embarrassment because I beat him. Did I mention that I beat him already? Can’t remember... Yup. I beat him.
“Judging by his campaign incompetence, it’s so clear to see why his military strategies failed because he was in the Air Force and apparently was the general in charge of defeating ISIS, since I can’t tell the difference between anyone wearing a uniform, or even bother to see that Graham is a military LAWYER because why look up stuff on Wikipedia when I can spout off bullshit on Twitter? We can’t beat ISIS, even if reality says otherwise, and all because of Graham!
“Therefore, I will unify the party except for those Republicans who refuse to be unified, and South Carolina voters rejected Graham when he ran and won his House seat multiple times, and then when he won the Senate too, So I will reject him and the party will be unified because people like him don’t count because I beat him, in case you didn’t know. “
When it come to Trump, there is no “shift to general election mode”. He is who he is, with no one able to corral or control him.