Lindsey Graham praised Biden after the January 6 Capitol riot and criticized Trump.
During an interview segment with New York Times reporters Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin, the tapes were played on CNN. Graham spoke candidly about Biden and Trump in an interview with Martin after the riot.
In the first audio clip, Graham said he thought everyone would come out stronger.
Moments like this reset are common. People will calm down. Graham said that people would say, "I don't want to be associated with that." The country will say that they are better than this for a while.
Graham said that Biden would help make that happen.
Graham is heard saying that he will be the best person to have.
In a second audio tape played on CNN, Graham is heard saying in an interview after the riot that he thought Trump mishandled the passion and criticized the former president's actions.
Graham said that he went too far when he played the TV game. He created a sense of revenge.
Graham is most likely referring to a part of Trump's speech at the Ellipse on January 6, 2021, when he suggested that his supporters "primary the hell" out of those who don't fight to overturn the election.
Graham is a close friend of the former President. Graham may have had a different view of Trump. According to Burns and Martin, Graham threatened to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office during the Capitol riot. During a March fundraising dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Trump mocked Graham, calling him a "progressive senator" from South Carolina.
Graham criticized Trump for floating the idea of pardons for Capitol rioters, which prompted Trump to call Graham a RINO.
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