All these GOP Senate and Congress people have some kind of individual drama, performance art, or whatever, schtick. And of course, it’s a scam or part of a larger scam of fleecing the rubes and stoking their grievances. And as I said in an other post, the relationship between the GOP and scams like goldbuggery, supplements and “medicines” of dubious efficacy has been well documented by Rick Perlstein in his article, “The Long Con.” And by Paul Krugman in various posts and articles. For example, this thread:
Approached from this perspective, the GOP antics, including those of Lindsey Graham, seemingly bizarre to us, are perfectly explainable in terms of a never ending, widespread, intensive con game against society. And it works on anyone who is gullible and prone to wishful thinking, including sophisticated members of the press. The long con is right.