Appearing to be on the verge of a breakdown of some sort during Monday’s Cuomo Prime Time, CNN political commentator and Never Trumper Ana Navarro got all worked up talking about Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and how he’s sided with President Trump more and more.

Completely derailing a conversation that was supposed to be about how Attorney General William Barr hired a respected prosecutor to investigate how the Russia probe was started, Navarro grieved for her old friend. “Lindsey has been a friend of mine for so many years. I used to be able to pick up the phone and talk to Lindsey any time I wanted. He hasn't picked up the phone in a long time, so I'm going to use your show to talk to him,” she said with what seemed like emotion welling up in her voice.

“Look, I was so proud to be a supporter of Lindsey Graham. I hosted fundraisers for him. I traveled with him. I loved this man. He was a truth speaker. He was a straight talker. He was John McCain's best friend,” she said.

According to Navarro, Graham was being corrupted into a man she didn’t recognize, who wasn’t living up to McCain’s legacy (click “expand”):

When I see what has become of Lindsey Graham right now, it hurts my heart. It hurts my heart because this is not Lindsey Graham I know. Like Senator Manchin, I too don't recognize him. I know, he is a man who loves his country, who is a patriot, who has served his country. I am proud and grateful for his service but I am hoping that Lindsey Graham realizes that he is not serving this country well. He’s not serving the constitution well. He is not serving the memory of John McCain well. Ask himself, “what would John McCain do in this moment?” You know, he is not in Congress, he’s not in the U.S. Senate to be Donald Trump's accomplice, Donald Trump's lawyer, Donald Trump's defender and adviser, a legal adviser for Donald Trump Jr. He is there to represent the people of South Carolina. He is there to defend the U.S. Constitution.

“Lindsey, go back to being Lindsey. I feel like it's an episode of [Invasion of] the Body Snatchers. That horrible sci-fi movie from the 1970s,” she lamented.

After host Chris Cuomo got his name wrong, actual conservative Mike Shields cut right through Navarro’s whining. He simply stated the obvious in that “Lindsey Graham represents the people of South Carolina, not pundits on CNN, not anyone in the media.”

“Secondly, I just love it when people love a politician when they’re on their side. And they think they have great integrity. And they're so thoughtful when they agree with them,” Shields continued. “But when they disagree with them they're no longer thoughtful, they’re no longer an expert, they’re no longer a legal expert, which Lindsey Graham is. Now they’ve lost their way.”

A short time later, and after more shrieking from Navarro, Shields argued that politicians change their minds all the time, whether it’s through cynical political calculations or they learn something new based on evidence. “What I think is, that Lindsey Graham knows what he is talking about...I mean, Lindsey Graham is someone who is sticking by what he thinks is the right thing to do in all circumstances,” he said.

As the segment was wrapping up, Navarro started to speak over Cuomo and pleaded with Senator Graham to call her: “Lindsey, if you have an issue with anything I'm saying, you know my number, baby. Give me a call, because I've got to talk to you.”

The transcript is below, click "expand" to read: