<p>Despite his disapproval of Donald Trump, Senator Lindsey Graham believes the Republican Party would be better off losing the general election than having a brokered convention denying Trump the nomination.</p>
<p>Graham ended his own presidential campaign in December after falling behind in the polls. He warns that a brokered convention would not be &ldquo;fair&rdquo; to Trump, despite the overwhelming disapproval of the candidate by the &#8220;establishment&#8221; of the Republican Party.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If he got two thirds of what he needs, which I think he&rsquo;s well on his way to doing, for us to steal from him is not going to help the party,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;You can lose an election. We&rsquo;ve lost an election before. But what I&rsquo;m trying to do is focus on the day after we lose. Can we rebuild this party? Can we create a form of conservatism that&rsquo;s enticing to young people and people of color? I think we can. And I think that&rsquo;s the only hope for the Republican Party and, quite frankly, one of the big hopes of this country.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Graham believes that Trump is exploiting race in an attempt to secure the presidential nomination. The senator recently spoke to David Axelrod on &ldquo;The Axe Files&rdquo; podcast and stated, &ldquo;I don&#8217;t think he supports the KKK. I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s a racist. But he&#8217;s playing a political game.&#8221;</p>
<p>Although Graham believes Trump is not truly a racist, he does believe that his actions will &ldquo;be the demise of Donald Trump and the Republican Party&rdquo;.</p>