Lindsey Graham warned ‘erratic’ Trump Jan 6 would be ‘his obituary’, Woodward’s new book reveals

Senator Lindsey Graham has urged an “erratic” Donald Trump to move on from his false claims about the 2020 election so that January 6 won’t be his “obituary,” according to Bob Woodward’s new book.

The veteran journalist relays a series of alleged conversations between the former president and Graham, a top Trump ally, in his upcoming book War due out on October 15 and seen in advance by CNN.

According to Woodward, the South Carolina Republican advised Trump over his 2024 campaign, telling him that if he moves on from falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen, “then January 6 won’t be your obituary.”

Unlike many Republicans, Graham has told Trump that Biden “won fair and square” in the 2020 race butTrump “doesn’t like to hear” it.

A few days after that particular conversation, Woodward writes that Trump told Graham: “I gave a speech today and I only mentioned the 2020 election twice!”

According to Woodward, this was said “as if it had shown maximum restrain.”

Graham is also quoted as saying that Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign is framed “around fear.”

“Trump is becoming more erratic,” he said. “These court cases. I think they would rattle anybody.”

One excerpt from Woodward’s book reveals that Graham gave the former president some advice on how to get reelected in November and urged him to move away from one particular kind of voter.

“You’ve got a problem with moderate women,” Graham reportedly told Trump after the midterms. “The people that think that the earth is flat and we didn’t go to the moon, you’ve got them. Let that go.”

The senator, who has previouslyurged Trump to distance himself from conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, also shared a glimpse of the atmosphere inside Trump’s sprawling Mar-a-Lago estate.