Lindsey Graham Says He Will Not Support McConnell to Be Majority Leader If He Cannot Forge 'Working Relationship' with Trump

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham threatened on Wednesday to oppose Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s re-election to leadership if the GOP minority leader can’t work with former President Donald Trump.

“I like Sen. McConnell. He worked well with President Trump to get a bunch of judges including three Supreme Court justices on the bench. They got the tax cuts passed working together,” Graham said on Fox News. “But here’s the question: Can Sen. McConnell effectively work with the leader of the Republican Party Donald Trump? I’m not going to vote for anybody that can’t have a working relationship with President Trump.”

Graham’s comments follow months of McConnell endorsing a purge of the former president and his supporters by legitimizing the Democrats’ weaponized House Select Committee on Jan. 6.