Democratic strategist James Carville says the late Lindsey Graham’s career was ‘defined by duplicity’
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville said Wednesday that while he took no pleasure in the death of the late Sen. Lindsay Graham, he will remember her career as one of “hypocrisy.”
“Let’s give him all the credit in the world. He [Bill Clinton] impeachment managers. Remember the great moral giant Henry Hyde and all that crowd. And yes, it was little more than impeachment. He was the most aggressive,” Carville said.
“I knew him. He was a friendly guy, but the guy… I’m sorry, I don’t want anyone to get sick or die, that’s not the point,” Carville said. “But I think his political career has mostly been defined by hypocrisy. Just my opinion.”
Graham, 71, died on Saturday night aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. This news stunned Washington because Graham was one of the most active members of the organization and even scheduled to appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday morning.
James Carville said the late Sen. Lindsey Graham was known for a career of hypocrisy.
Reaction to the death of Graham, one of the most vocal and visible Republican senators, sparked headlines as people shared warm takes on his career.
“He was a character,” host Al Hunt said. “It’s a bit controversial, different stages of his life. I first met him in 1994, just after he won his House seat, and I felt like he was different than most southern Republicans at the time, 30 or so years ago. He’s young, he’s kind of funny.”
Hunt recalled that Graham was a close ally of John McCain on policy and managed to be witty and funny to the point that he himself chose him for the John F. Kennedy Profile on the Courage Committee when he was told to find someone “smart and funny.”
“Then as McCain was dying, he turned to a new leader, a new guru, because he always wanted to be an actor, and that was Donald Trump,” Hunt recalled. “I think his influence has been exaggerated, but he was a very constructive force on Ukraine and had a very, very bad influence on the war in Iran and indeed on his policy towards Israel.”
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Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday at the age of 71. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
He concluded: “I think Lindsey Graham has been a force in American politics for 30 or so years, and like most people, if you get too close to Trump, you get dirty.”
Carville gave a harsher assessment but still acknowledged how handsome he could be.
Graham served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 and was a key figure in the impeachment trial of Carville’s former boss, former President Bill Clinton.
Graham was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002 and re-elected three more times; He was seeking a fifth term when he died in 2026.
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The late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R.S.C., was known for his sense of humor and for being approachable to his fellow politicians.
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