Michael Tesler, associate professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine writes, “But you don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to understand [Senator Lindsey] Graham’s behavior. It’s obvious what Trump has on Graham: his voters. Graham’s criticism of Trump during the 2016 campaign made him remarkably unpopular among Republicans in his home state — and thus highly vulnerable to a primary challenger for his Senate seat in 2020. [Subscription required, you can request an electronic copy of the article by sending an email to communications@uci.edu.]

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