Donald Trump used his Twitter account Monday to demand respect from Sen. Lindsey Graham, one day after the South Carolina veteran Republican senator urged voters to back Ted Cruz for the GOP presidential nomination.
Even though Graham dropped his own presidential campaign in December, he has continued to slam Trump, and on Sunday told NBC's "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd that Cruz has made the "best case" for defeating Trump, reports
The Hill.
Trump also on Twitter compared Graham to 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who last week in a speech called the New Yorker a phony, tweeting that both Romney and Graham are both "nasty, angry, jealous failures:"
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