Lindsey Graham’s attempt to separate Trump from Mark Robinson is ironic – just ask Obama
Appearing on Fox News, Senator Lindsey Graham tried his best to separate Donald Trump from the controversy surrounding North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson. The South Carolina Republican is predictably standing behind his man Trump, but the irony of his apologies is too obvious to ignore.
CNN reported last week that Robinson, whom Trump has called “Martin Luther King on steroids,” once described himself as a black Nazi and called for the return of slavery on a pornographic website’s message board. Robinson denied writing the posts.
The South Carolina Republican is, as expected, standing behind his man Trump, but the irony of his apologies is too obvious to ignore.
Graham said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” over the weekend that Robinson needed to defend himself. When he spoke to Sean Hannity a day later, he sounded like he wanted to grill Robinson.
Democrats are “trying to make people believe that Donald Trump is somehow connected to Mar — to this Robinson guy,” Graham said, not mentioning Robinson’s name.
Of course, it is not too difficult to make people believe that Trump is somehow to do with Robinson, considering that the former president has supported him and repeatedly praised him – and even hosted a fundraiser for him at Mar-a-Lago.
Graham also told Hannity, “It would be unfair to tell someone you wrote a letter about, or even your own pastor, that you are responsible for every stupid thing he did. We would be politically crucified if we did that.”
Of course, Republicans did do what Graham described – to Barack Obama when they attacked the then-presidential candidate in 2008 for comments made by his then-pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
Wright and Robinson are not one and the same. But it is noteworthy that Obama ultimately did Condemn Wright. And Republicans Despite it tried to use Wright as a club to attack him years later.
Of course, the Republicans did what Graham described – to Barack Obama.
Compare that to today. Robinson is just a politician Trump supports, not his pastor. And Trump has not condemned him, and as of Tuesday afternoon has not even withdrawn his support or said a single word about Robinson’s recent controversy.
Graham’s apology could not have been more desperate or unrealistic.
