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Grisham: Lindsey Graham 'was using Trump to mop up the freebies like there was no tomorrow'
The Hill ^ | 10/04/21 04:08 PM EDT | BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL

Posted on 10/04/2021 1:48:08 PM PDT by RandFan

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham took on Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in her new book, writing that the veteran lawmaker “was using Trump to mop up the freebies like there was no tomorrow.”

Grisham in her new book “I’ll Take Your Questions Now,” set to be released on Tuesday, writes that Graham would use the president to receive free rounds of gold, food and access to celebrities.

“It struck me that he was using Trump to mop up the freebies like there was no tomorrow (seems that he still is). He would show up at Mar-a-Lago or Bedminster to play free rounds of golf, stuff his face with free food, and hang out with Trump and his celebrity pals,” Grisham writes, according to Insider, which obtained a copy of the book.

Grisham recounts a specific instance when she saw Graham, who she referred to as “Senator Freeloader,” at Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey golf club.

She writes that Graham “kicked out a White House staff member so he could take her room,” before recalling a comment he made to her about easy living at the golf club.

“Senator Freeloader was sitting at a table by the pool, a big grin on his face, lapping up the goodies he was getting like some potentate. He said to me, with a creepy little smile, 'Isn't this great? Man, this is the life,’” Grisham writes, according to Insider.

She said she walked away from the encounter thinking “Yes it is, but it's not your life — it's the president's life.”

“There was something so gross and tacky about his behavior during that trip that the image never left me,” Grisham writes.

The scene is just one of a number of revelations included in Grisham’s highly anticipated book, which is scheduled to hit shelves this week.

News organizations have been publishing excerpts from the memoir throughout the past week, documenting episodes involving a number of top figures in the White House, including the former president, Melania and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

Grisham writes that Graham, whom she grouped with other “hangers-on," spent a considerable amount of time at the former president's properties.

“Someone who was almost as frequent a guest at Trump properties as I was Senator Lindsey Graham,” she wrote, according to Insider. “Okay, I'm exaggerating, but not by much. The difference, of course, is that I was there to work.”

She said Graham was "one of the weirder ones” when it came to the “various character and hangers-on in Trump world.”

“And that's saying something. He seemed almost schizophrenic,” Grisham wrote. She cited the senator’s frequent change of opinion when it came to Trump.

“Some days he would be one of Trump's most vigorous defenders; other days he was a harsh critic. People around the president would tell him that he couldn't trust Graham, but Trump seemed to like him whatever reason and I often wondered if he sought Lindsey's approval,” Grisham wrote.

Graham in January, hours after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, slammed the effort by a number of his Republican colleagues to block the certification of the election results, saying on the Senate floor “count me out.”

“Trump and I, we had a hell of a journey,” Graham said. “I hate it being this way. Oh my god I hate it...but today all I can say is count me out. Enough is enough. I tried to be helpful.”

The next day, he said Trump needs to understand that “his actions were the problem, not the solution,” adding that the president’s legacy was “tarnished by yesterday.”

Months later, however, Graham changed his tune. In May he told Fox News’s Sean Hannity during an interview that the Republican Party can’t move forward without Trump.

The Hill reached out to Graham for comment.


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To: Albion Wilde

That’s a picture of Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. It has NOTHING to do w/ Mar-A-Lago.


41 posted on 10/04/2021 2:42:13 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: Albion Wilde

Da hell is she doing?


42 posted on 10/04/2021 2:42:35 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: Revel

Bullshit! If he runs again at the end of 6 years, the voters of South Carolina will re-elect him in a landslide. The evidence shows that they love and worship him.


43 posted on 10/04/2021 2:42:43 PM PDT by sport
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To: Lazamataz

Probably having a fit.


44 posted on 10/04/2021 2:44:37 PM PDT by sport
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To: Revel

He should not have won again after his THIRD amnesty vote in 2014.


45 posted on 10/04/2021 2:46:37 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Albion Wilde

At least all she took off was her wig. 🙂


46 posted on 10/04/2021 2:52:50 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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47 posted on 10/04/2021 3:02:39 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: FLNittany

It’s about 5 miles due west of Mar a Lago not far from PBI. There is also the Jupiter course, about 30 minutes from Mar a Lago.


48 posted on 10/04/2021 3:08:36 PM PDT by Oystir
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To: RandFan

He’s muscling in on the reporters gig always show up at meal time.


49 posted on 10/04/2021 3:11:34 PM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: All

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Those call Graham a Politician, like that’s the answer, a Politician doesn’t sink his own parties objectives.

Graham has done the dirty work for the Left.


50 posted on 10/04/2021 3:12:47 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: Albion Wilde

She’s had two divorces and two DUIs, and at 45, she’s not aging well. She’s admitted to taking Xanax and other psychotropic meds. Wouldn’t be surprised if she hits the bottle hard, too. Bitter, unmarried, menopausal woman entering middle age and not liking it much.


51 posted on 10/04/2021 3:15:19 PM PDT by twister881
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To: AnthonySoprano
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52 posted on 10/04/2021 3:16:01 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: Oystir

Yep. I live here - about a mile east of Trump Jupiter.

I just get tired of people claiming there’s a golf course at Mar-A-Lago. There’s a putting green, but no golf course.


53 posted on 10/04/2021 3:21:38 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: martin_fierro; alarm rider; Alex1977; at bay; Babsig; BILL_C; bnelson44; Califreak; ColdOne; ...
Thanks for the ping martin_fierro.

linda has always been known for her free loading ways.

linda
Graham
ping!

Want on or off linda's fav ping list? Just FReepmail me.


54 posted on 10/04/2021 3:26:41 PM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed, the more evidence I see supporting my decision. Psalm 144:5-8)
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To: FLNittany

Hi neighbor!


55 posted on 10/04/2021 3:28:38 PM PDT by Oystir
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To: Oystir

Bluffs here - I guess I’m a mile east of the Bears Club...probably 2 miles from Trump. Been here over 30 years. Tough place to leave!


56 posted on 10/04/2021 3:33:49 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: RandFan

Linda is a hanger-on social butterfly. Shocker!


57 posted on 10/04/2021 3:43:58 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“ stupid people of SC just keep re-electing him.”

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Elections are still rigged.


58 posted on 10/04/2021 3:56:25 PM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. )
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To: RandFan

I actually believe her on the subject of Miss Lindsey.


59 posted on 10/04/2021 3:56:54 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: jacknhoo

I’m beginning to think they have been rigged for a long time.


60 posted on 10/04/2021 3:57:57 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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