前副总统乔·拜登批评参议员林赛·格雷厄姆自唐纳德·特朗普总统上任以来的行为，但表示他并不反对他。
拜登和格雷厄姆的长期友谊最近几个月面临一些紧张时刻，因为政治让他们彼此不和。周日，在接受采访时国家南卡罗来纳州报纸拜登说，他对他的朋友在特朗普治下的表现感到“失望”。
“我知道他知道得更多，”拜登说。“坦白地说，我不知道林赛怎么了。我只是想不通，但我没有时间怀恨在心。”
尽管在奥巴马医改和伊拉克战争等政治话题上存在分歧，拜登和格雷厄姆多年来已经建立了友谊。2013年，拜登支持格雷厄姆连任，2015年，这位南卡罗来纳州参议员泪流满面地谈论他们的友谊，他告诉《华尔街日报》赫芬顿邮报，任何不能欣赏拜登的人都有一个“问题”，因为“什么不喜欢？”
去年11月，格雷厄姆要求获得与拜登的儿子亨特·拜登参与乌克兰事务有关的文件，这导致了参议员和前副总统之间的紧张关系。当时，拜登说他对格雷厄姆的所作所为感到“尴尬”，并声称他会“以我认为他会后悔一辈子的方式走下去”
格雷厄姆为索要文件进行了辩护，他说，如果抄本显示的是“那里什么也没有”，他将是第一个说“那里什么也没有”的人。他重申拜登是一个“很好的人”，他“非常喜欢”，但补充道，“我们不会生活在一个只有一个政党受到调查的国家。”
民主党总统候选人、前副总统乔·拜登1月18日在爱荷华州西得梅因喜来登酒店举行的爱荷华州教育工作者协会(ISEA)论坛上发表讲话。周日，拜登告诉该州，他对参议员林赛·格雷厄姆在唐纳德·特朗普总统领导下的行为感到“失望”。
除了批评格雷厄姆(他将于11月再次竞选)，拜登还与他的两位民主党总统候选人提名竞争对手发生了争执。他声称该党的两位领先者，参议员伯尼·桑德斯和伊丽莎白·沃伦，不会激励人们在每一场竞选中投票给民主党，而不仅仅是白宫。
拜登告诉记者:“我认为候选人必须是一个能帮到票的人。”国家。“问题是，谁最有能力帮助民主党在北卡罗来纳州、乔治亚州、佛罗里达州、得克萨斯州、密歇根州、宾夕法尼亚州和亚利桑那州获胜。”
根据拜登的说法，他是竞选的最佳候选人，因为在这些州中的一些州，投票结果对特朗普不利。ACNN12月份的民意调查发现，拜登和特朗普在德克萨斯州的登记选民中几乎持平，特朗普为48%，拜登为47%。与对沃伦和桑德斯的支持相比，特朗普获得了7个百分点的优势。
根据一月份的数据，在投票较早的南卡罗来纳州，拜登以36%的支持率领先于民主党候选人福克斯新闻民意测验。亿万富翁汤姆·施泰尔是民主党初选中第二受青睐的候选人，支持率为15%。
JOE BIDEN SAYS HE 'DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO' LINDSEY GRAHAM DURING TRUMP PRESIDENCY
Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized Senator Lindsey Graham's actions since President Donald Trump took office, but said he doesn't hold it against him.
Biden and Graham's long-time friendship has faced some tense moments in recent months after politics put them at odds with each other. On Sunday, during an interview with The State, a South Carolina newspaper, Biden said he was "disappointed" with how his friend has acted under Trump.
"I know he knows better," Biden said. "I don't know, quite frankly, what's gotten into Lindsey. I just can't figure it, but I don't have any time to hold a grudge."
Despite disagreeing on political topics such as Obamacare and the Iraq War, Biden and Graham have developed a friendship over the years. In 2013, Biden supported Graham's reelection and in 2015, the South Carolina senator teared up discussing their friendship, telling the Huffington Post, anyone who couldn't admire Biden had a "problem," because "what's not to like?"
In November, Graham requested documents pertaining to Biden's son, Hunter Biden's involvement in Ukraine, causing tension between the senator and the former vice president. At the time, Biden said he was "embarrassed" by what Graham was doing and claimed that he would "go down in a way that I think he's going to regret his whole life."
Graham defended asking for the documents, saying he would be the first to say there's "nothing there" if that's what the transcripts showed. He reiterated that Biden was a "fine man" who he likes "a lot," but added, "we're not going to live in a country where only one party gets investigated."
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Iowa State Educators Association (ISEA) forum at the Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel on January 18 in West Des Moines, Iowa. On Sunday, Biden told The State that he was "disappointed" in Senator Lindsey Graham's behavior under President Donald Trump.
Along with criticizing Graham, who is up for reelection in November, Biden took issue with two of his competitors for the Democratic nomination for president. He claimed two of the party's frontrunners, senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, wouldn't inspire people to vote Democratic in every race, not just for the White House.
"I think the candidate has to be someone who's gonna help the ticket down the line," Biden told The State. "The question is, who is best equipped to help Democrats win in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona."
According to Biden, is the best candidate running because of how poll results against Trump in some of those states. A CNN poll in December found that Biden and Trump were about even among registered voters in Texas, 48 percent for Trump and 47 percent for Biden. When compared to support for Warren and Sanders, Trump was favored by seven percentage points.
In South Carolina, an early voting state, Biden leads the field of Democratic candidates with 36 percent support, according to a January Fox News poll. Billionaire Tom Steyer was the second favored candidate among Democratic primary voters with 15 percent support.
