Graham: GOP will get 'slaughtered' if Trump nominee
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Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamThe Hill's Equilibrium — Presented by NextEra Energy — Tasmanian devil wipes out penguin population The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - Biden support, gas tax questions remain on infrastructure This week: Senate set for voting rights fight MORE (R-S.C.) argued Wednesday that if Donald TrumpDonald TrumpGuardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa wins GOP primary in NYC mayor's race Garland dismisses broad review of politicization of DOJ under Trump Schumer vows next steps after 'ridiculous,' 'awful' GOP election bill filibuster MORE is the GOP nominee, Republicans will get "slaughtered" in the November election. 

Lambasting the outspoken Republican front-runner as an "opportunist," Graham argued that Trump would kneecap Republicans' hopes of winning back the White House. 
 
"I think he's a kook. I think he's crazy. I think he's unfit for office," Graham, a backer of Trump rival Jeb Bush, said on Fox News's "America's Newsroom."
 
"I'm a Republican. and he's not. He's not a conservative Republican, he's an opportunist," Graham said on the program. "He's not fit to be president of the United States."
Trump pushed back against the broadside, sending several tweets arguing that Graham had no support before ending his own White House bid in December and "no cred" to make the claims.
 
"I will beat Hillary easily," Trump insisted in one of his tweets before going after Fox News for airing remarks from one of his critics on the program.
 

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