Overview
- Chris Christie told HBO’s Real Time Overtime that numerous Republican colleagues laud President Trump on camera but disparage him off air.
- Pressed to name names, Christie identified Sen. Lindsey Graham and suggested his public posture shifted after golf invitations and access.
- Graham’s communications director, Taylor Reidy, called the allegation untrue and criticized Christie for trying to drive a wedge.
- Graham is publicly aligned with Trump, holds the president’s endorsement for his 2026 reelection bid, and has been photographed golfing with him and attending a Mar-a-Lago Super Bowl event.
- Graham was a fierce Trump critic in 2015–2016, yet there is no independent corroboration of Christie's new claim beyond his on-air statement.