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South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham made headlines Thursday for his interview and comments aimed at Democrats questioning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, however he went further later in the day saying that his former colleague John McCain’s temper would have even eclipsed his anger.
On Thursday during a hearing about sexual assault allegations made against Kavanaugh, who has repeatedly denied them, Graham blasted Senate Democrats.
A visibly angry Graham hammered Democrats for what he saw as their attempts to destroy Kavanaugh for political purposes.
“Boy y’all want power, God I hope you never get it, I hope the American people can see through this sham,” he yelled.
“To my Republican colleagues,” Graham said. “If you vote no, you are legitimizing the most despicable thing I’ve ever seen in my time in politics.”
In Thursday’s tyraid, Graham reminded everyone of his own bipartisan streak, noting he had voted for both of former President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court picks.
“When you see [Justice Sonia] Sotomayor and [Justice Elena] Kagan, tell ‘em Lindsey said hello because I voted for them,” he told Kavanaugh before turning again to Democrats. “I would never do to them what you’ve done to this guy.”
“This is not a job interview, this is hell,” he added.
As reported by Fox News, others; particularly left-wing commentators, attacked Graham and suggested he had changed since the death of Arizona Sen. John McCain. McCain died last month after battling brain cancer, and the two were close friends who frequently worked together in their bipartisan efforts.
Former McCain adviser Steve Schmidt said on MSNBC on Thursday that Graham had been “corrupted.”
“He’s corrupted by ambition, corrupted by politics, and it’s tragic because this country could use a statesman right now. And Lindsey Graham, for a long time, was on a path, that he’d be that person — that he’d be a figure of courage. That he’d be a serious person in a frivolous era.”
“Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough, meanwhile accused Graham of having gone “from being John McCain’s wingman in politics to becoming Donald Trump’s carnival barker.”
Left-wing HBO host Bill Maher said Friday that Graham “needs the stabilizing influence of his dead boyfriend,” an apparent reference to McCain.
Graham, perhaps anticipating that criticism, dismissed such claims, saying that McCain’s anger would have been so great at the hearing, “he would have made me look like a choir boy,” according to The State.
The paper also stated that in fact, it was McCain who taught him to pick and choose his battles.
What are your thoughts? Do you think McCain would have gave the Democrats hell for their tactics on the Kavanaugh hearing? Let us know below.
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