Hicks Palmetto Politics: Good grief, Lindsey Graham is the Charlie Brown of GOP politics

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Note that when 1st District congressional candidate Catherine Templeton announced she would challenge Nancy Mace in the primary, she expressed her desire to help President Trump and Sen. Tim Scott.
50% : And given the level of booing that Graham inspires at Trump rallies, even getting back in the former guy's good graces probably won't help that.
47% : "People like Lindsey Graham, that are unrelenting, are handing Democrats their dream of the House, Senate, and perhaps even the Presidency," Trump said in one post.
43% : But reiterating Arrington's support was presumably just a reminder to primary voters -- many of whom don't much like congresswoman Nancy Mace, despite her endorsement from Trump -- that Templeton is the alternative.
40% : Predictably, conservatives across the land took issue with Trump's position -- but nonetheless pledged to still support Trump because ...
26% : And, Trump claimed, he wouldn't support a national ban.
26% : But Graham took a strong stand against Trump for the anti-abortionists, or the publicity.
23% : Trump got on his "Truth Social" to blast Graham.
20% : "Respectfully" disagreeing with Trump, Graham said that "It's a state's issue up to a point.
16% : Bottom line, Graham will likely find his way back into the fold at Mar-a-Lago, because Republican politics has become a soap opera and Trump usually loves anyone willing to shamelessly suck up to him.
13% : Former guy and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump laid out a bizarre, but politically transparent, position on abortion last week.
8% : Clearly, Trump's big announcement was a ploy to court suburban women ... who absolutely loathe Trump.

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