'When they do provocative things, they're going to be met with provocation': Lindsey Graham blames progressive Democrats in his stalwart defense of Trump and his rhetoric

J. Scott Applewhite/AP Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina launched a staunch defense of President Donald Trump's rhetoric and suggested a group of newly-elected progressive lawmakers who oppose Trump's policies acted in a way that was bound "to be met with provocation." "He's fighting back," Graham said of Trump on Capitol Hill on Thursday. "But I don't remember anybody treating [the late Republican Sen. John McCain] the way they're treating Trump. I don't remember John McCain havi...