Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamSenate Republicans face tough decision on replacing Ginsburg Democratic senator calls for eliminating filibuster, expanding Supreme Court if GOP fills vacancy What Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies MORE (R-S.C.) said Tuesday negotiations to protect young immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program have turned into an "s-show" amid the fight over vulgar comments President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE reportedly made in a White House meeting.

Graham said it was clear that both President Trump and Democrats, particularly Sen. Dick Durbin Richard (Dick) Joseph DurbinMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled Senate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Top GOP senator calls for Biden to release list of possible Supreme Court picks MORE (Ill.), wanted to strike a deal, but that both sides would have to compromise to get there.

"This has turned into a 's-show' and we need to get back to being a great country where Democrats and Republicans work together to do something that we should have done years ago," Graham said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing while questioning Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Kirstjen Michele NielsenDHS IG won't investigate after watchdog said Wolf, Cuccinelli appointments violated law Appeals court sides with Trump over drawdown of immigrant protections Democrats smell blood with new DHS whistleblower complaint MORE.

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The South Carolina Republican said there appeared to be "two Trumps": one who spoke with compassion at an initial meeting with lawmakers from both parties as cameras rolled; and the other who at a closed-door meeting rejected a bipartisan proposal later in the week while saying the U.S. shouldn't accept more immigrants from "shithole countries."

"So Tuesday, we had a president that I was proud to golf with, call my friend, who understood immigration had to be bipartisan, you had to have border security as essential, you have border security with a wall, but he also understood the idea that we had to do it with compassion," Graham said.

"I don't know where that guy went," he added. "I want him back."

At the closed-door meeting, Graham said: "The president ran hot."

"And quite frankly, I got pretty passionate and I ran a little hot, too. Somebody needs to fix this problem," he said.

Graham blamed Trump's apparent shift on White House staff, saying in comments after his questions to Neilsen that someone in the White House "gave him really bad advice."

But Graham also said lawmakers needed a more "reliable partner at the White House" if they hope to strike a deal on the program's protections.