Kennedy Memoir Revives Unflattering Portrait of Lindsey Graham

Renewed attention follows a New York Times review alongside December witness accounts from a Charleston press event.

Overview

Raw Story highlighted a New York Times review of Joe Kennedy’s October bestseller that resurfaced sharp anecdotes about Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Kennedy portrays Graham as unpredictable, writing that a dinner invitation could end with him “get[ting] drunk and vomit[ing] in the fish tank.”
The book underscores Graham’s hawkish image with the line, “Ask him to name a country he wouldn’t bomb,” citing his advocacy of military action against several nations.
A South Carolina Courier report relayed that attendees said Graham appeared intoxicated during a December press conference in Charleston.
Coverage points to prior context, including a 2015 New York Magazine profile about Graham’s affinity for drinking and his 2016 debate joke about the country “drinking more.”