'Hate-fest full of insults": GOP senator flails as he tries to spin DNC

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham had a rough Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” where he tried to spin doom and gloom out of last week’s joyous Democratic National Convention. 

After host Jake Tapper noted the DNC’s successes—“Millions of viewers tuned in, a bit more than tuned into the Republican Convention. It was disciplined. It was well-produced. It conveyed patriotism and unity”—he asked Graham, “Is what [Donald Trump] saw this week making him and his campaign nervous at all?”

“If you're a Republican, you saw a hate-fest. You saw a hate-fest full of insults,” Graham said, later adding, “This whole joy lovefest doesn't exist in the real world.”

And it’s understandable. Graham spends a lot of time with Trump, and that can’t be any fun at all.