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Lindsey Graham Endorses Ted Cruz, Takes the Bullet Over Poison

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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the Senate in 2014. (Photo: Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images)

Politics make strange bedfellows. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president and the Republican nomination on Thursday. Sen. Graham, who dropped out of the race before losing an embarrassing defeat in his own home state, was one of the first candidates to attack frontrunner Donald Trump for his policy on immigration.

“I’m going to help Ted in every way I can,” Graham told CNN.

But in the past, Sen. Graham also blasted Sen. Cruz, bashing him for being so unpopular in the Senate, even among those in his own party.

“If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you,” Graham said during a recent press dinner, a joke he once said at a fundraiser, as well.

Yet, now, Sen. Graham—who also endorsed Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor who dropped out after Mr. Trump won Graham’s state in a landslide—will host a fundraiser for Cruz on Monday. What a reversal. Sen. Graham also once said of the choice between Cruz and Trump: “It’s like being shot or poisoned. What does it really matter?”

Looks like he chose the bullet over the poison.

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Led by R. D. Baris, the People's Pundit, the PPD Elections Staff conducts polling and covers news about latest polls, election results and election data.

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  • Graham thinks he’s a christian but he’s not eve close he should be a shamed of himself

  • Cruz is the racist and should not be allowed to run, he’s in the same category as Hillary, liars

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