Why Sen. Lindsey Graham Believes the Supreme Court Confirmation Process Is “Broken”

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Why Sen. Lindsey Graham Believes the Supreme Court Confirmation Process Is “Broken”

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During the contentious confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was one of Kavanaugh’s most vocal defenders on the Senate Judiciary Committee - decrying Democrats for making the hearing what he called “the most unethical sham since I've been in politics."
In an extensive interview conducted by FRONTLINE’ on February 6, 2019 during the making of “Supreme Revenge,” Graham - now the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee -- speaks out about why he decided to rail against Democrats in an angry defense of Kavanaugh: “And I thought this was a complete joke. I thought it was a drive-by shooting. I thought they were destroying this guy’s life.”
This extended interview is part of the FRONTLINE Transparency Project, an effort to open up the source material behind FRONTLINE’s reporting. View a version of this interview that includes an interactive text transcript, and explore dozens of other interviews shedding light on three decades of Supreme Court confirmation battles, on FRONTLINE’s website: www.pbs.org/wg...
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@racingBandit98 2 жыл бұрын

This is how journalism should be, ask the questions, let the interviewee answer and most important let the people watching form their own opinions on the response! Thank you Frontline

@TheMauf 4 жыл бұрын

Boy these guys are so different on PBS than on Fox or MSNBC.

@JimmyTheGreek2000 3 жыл бұрын

This is because the questions are very very very good, Neutral and not biassed !

@The495marauder 3 жыл бұрын

Pbs doesn’t pay well.

@chknrsandTBBTROX73 3 жыл бұрын

First rule of politics and comedy: Know your audience

@The495marauder 3 жыл бұрын

@No Face not fake but they’re definitely cheap!

@YourPoliticsUnfiltered 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't recognize him. It is truly unbelievable

@SuperVampirelife 5 жыл бұрын

Frontline does the best interviews ever. Neutral and no bias whatsoever.🥇👌🏽🙏🏿

@NunYa953 5 жыл бұрын

That is true, but their final cut is beginning to show some bias. I've watched Frontline for decades, they are by far the most credible but starting to be infected by the progressive disease.

@SuperVampirelife 5 жыл бұрын

Nun Ya hopefully they stop it right there

@tonyglock6161 5 жыл бұрын

They are the closest to being fair, but wow is the news crazy biased... It's propaganda really

@benwholoves4450 4 жыл бұрын

What? Have you watched the interviews with leftists? They allow conservatives to speak, granted. But watch their posture and loaded questions with the underlying assumptions and narratives when they interview libs.

@mikewhite3936 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, sometimes there is an unlining bias in the questions, but they allow the answers unfiltered.

@abrahamjean8176 3 жыл бұрын

The argument that the democrats would do the same thing if in their place is the most stupid piece of trash these peoples have got to say. There are no ifs, or maybes, or howevers in the course of history- you were wrong to stall Merrick’s nomination and you were equally wrong to rush in Coney Barrett’s- which could have easily less controversial if you guys hadn’t been a bunch of drama queens and just do your duty and do right in 2016.

@segasys1339 3 жыл бұрын

Boy do y'all at Frontline like substantive long form interviews and I hope you never stop.

@Mariofan2479 3 жыл бұрын

Lindsey Graham every 5 seconds: 👁👅👁

@voltsgenesis8002 3 жыл бұрын

What?

@williejenkins5694 3 жыл бұрын

@rg31404 3 жыл бұрын

25:03 he called it, and here comes justice barrett

@zachariaslachowicz5517 3 жыл бұрын

SHE WAS A COMPLEAT LAIR....

@slavikk6712 3 жыл бұрын

@@zachariaslachowicz5517 Hahahahahah

@clintfowler1526 3 жыл бұрын

@@zachariaslachowicz5517 well your president is out of business.... see yah

@zrob692 3 жыл бұрын

@@zachariaslachowicz5517 🤣

@johnwellington5754 3 жыл бұрын

He's a major part of hyper partisanship, Senators like Him Moscow Mitch, Diane Feinstein, Schumer all have got to go.

@CG-jz9ms 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! This is not a party thing! This is an American thing!

@johnwellington5754 3 жыл бұрын

@@CG-jz9ms we need a new generation of politicians with term limits and lowe pay!!

@CG-jz9ms 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnwellington5754 AMEN!

@skaterdudeabides 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot Nanthy Pelothi.

@johnwellington5754 3 жыл бұрын

@@skaterdudeabides Nancy and Trump can also GO

@peregrino14 5 жыл бұрын

And love Frontline because onto now still neutral as journalists

@walterarchibald1318 5 жыл бұрын

until?

@deadeyetopher8621 3 жыл бұрын

@Loraine Jones how is live interviews lies? That's like calling Cspan fake news! Try to realize the whole world can read how ignorant that sounds!

@chknrsandTBBTROX73 3 жыл бұрын

@@deadeyetopher8621 CSPAN is biased, as well as NPR, every outlet has bias and you’d be stupid to think that excludes state funded ones.

@waltbryant0860 3 жыл бұрын

It’s all about avoiding a primary? I know how we can fix the system-term limits.

@timgriffin3368 2 жыл бұрын

Finallllly someone gets in my head. It will Never happen as they are the lawmakers but I so wish it too!!!!

@puro4981 3 жыл бұрын

Lidsney Graham has zero credibility and his word is not worth much.

@aaronruss6331 3 жыл бұрын

C'mon so you don't think the supreme court has gotten extremely political?

@ryleeroseborough7885 2 жыл бұрын

6:02 Sen. Graham is just wrong on this point. He forgot Sen Tester of Montana voted no on Kavanaugh and was relected in 2018 by 3.5%. Dem Senators Donelly (Indiana), McCaskill (Missouri), and Heitcamp (North Dakota) all voted no and lost.

@cumpanions8105 2 жыл бұрын

Sen Graham 😎 is an Murican patriot 🇺🇸 , god bless him 🙏, dont ya dare question him you liberal 🌈 propagandist! I can spit on youse liberal bias!!!

@tori2dles 3 жыл бұрын

25:03 - He doesn’t understand why they left so many vacancies? Are you serious? They didn’t leave vacancies. McConnell blocked any of Obama’s nominees hoping Trump (or other GOP) might get in. It became a lesson in futility for poor Obama.

@Akira-ss6cm 3 жыл бұрын

It's incredibly frustrating, even more so when Trump claimed it was Obama's fault for leaving those 120+ judge seats open during the first debate.

@Akira-ss6cm 3 жыл бұрын

@William Rutherford well, Kagan and Sotomayor were more liberal than Merrick Garland, and they both got around 2/3 of the senate vote. Garland himself was a lot more moderate. McConnell earlier had actually suggested Obama nominate him as an acceptable compromise. This is just the most prominent of those open judge seats. I'm not saying Democrats aren't hypocrites, because they are too, but Republicans are equally as responsible. American politics just sucks in general.

@carltruth2888 2 жыл бұрын

He keeps saying he wouldn't have done this to other nominations. Of course not because accusations where not brought like this against them. I'm confused that he doesn't realize he is a partisan blinded as the ones he's accusing!

@hoangly8557 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! this is purely hypocritical. Lindsay Graham voted against confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson when she was overqualified and had solid records. Kavanagh had an on-going investigation against him in lower appellate courts that was paused at the time of nomination, and let's be real, he had MULTIPLE accusations of sexual misconducts. Yes, the Court has been politicized by the broken Senate led by McConnell, but Graham is quite two-faced to be excluding himself out.

@alanbourbeau24 4 жыл бұрын

Senator Lindsey Graham. Probably one of America’s controversial Republican senators. You don’t know whether he’s with President Trump or not. So it leaves us Republican Americans like myself baffled and confused. But I do know this. I hope that both Republicans and Democrats can be more civilized and bipartisan.

@JerryDLTN 4 жыл бұрын

I thought he was wanting to be the next John McCain.

@MsMarsmith 3 жыл бұрын

I like the way he defended Kavanaugh, even losing his cool and spelling it out the way it was, good for him!! I believe he supports a person for who they are not what they are. I believe he can see what is respectable about a person and what isn't, with a few exceptions like McCain and Biden (my opinion). Doesn't follow the gang all the time but goes by his own gut feelings and knowledge. Sort of the same league as POTUS. The best leaders because they're usually right.

@joerogue231 3 жыл бұрын

@@MsMarsmith Pretty much this .

@curiositypiqued6573 9 ай бұрын

@@MsMarsmith he's a trump goon

@ernestdunphy7027 3 жыл бұрын

Good interview especially at the end but it also reminds me about a comment regarding lawyers....do not ask lawyers for advice because they can only find problems, not solutions

@suzannealexander8856 3 жыл бұрын

🤔😉

@samirbatta502 3 жыл бұрын

I love this interview.. I'm the biggest liberal 'snowflake' but what he said about the Kavanaugh vote and the increasing partisanship and qualification of the nominee over his/her beliefs makes sense to me . He followed the same Scalia Ginsburg way for Sotomayor and Keagen even if the judge had the opposite view.. so it only makes sense that he expects the same . I COMPLETELY DETEST his hypocrisy with Amy Coney Barret... She's definately qualified but this hypocrisy was too much to take in along with that rushed vote

@jwgibbons2 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a conservative and sad about the political game it all has become, it's sad that Garland went the way it did he I felt would have been a good justice, it's just sad the way the whole process has turned

@hoangly8557 2 жыл бұрын

Also, Lindsay Graham voted against confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson when she was overqualified and had solid records. Kavanagh had an on-going investigation against him in lower appellate courts that was paused at the time of nomination, and let's be real, he had MULTIPLE accusations of sexual misconducts. Yes, the Court has been politicized by the broken Senate led by McConnell, but Graham is quite two-faced to be excluding himself out.

@etx007blue2 3 жыл бұрын

He's right that the system is broken.

@onomatopoeia162003 3 жыл бұрын

on a host of issue's, yes.

@howardstern9129 3 жыл бұрын

And that's why he has to go

@icu4life240 3 жыл бұрын

He willingly knows this yet does nothing to try and fix it..

@johnwellington5754 3 жыл бұрын

@@icu4life240 He's in power and the GOP Benefits from having the Senate so they can do all the BS they want.

@Edress786 3 жыл бұрын

Please get Mitch on the hot seat.

@Edress786 3 жыл бұрын

@Eric Johnson do you know the name of the Episode?

@rock-n-rollfoodie 3 жыл бұрын

Vote Mitch out! Period!

@Edress786 3 жыл бұрын

@@rock-n-rollfoodie I compete agree, but you can't deny the fact that he has some wisdom, having survived across 7 administration.

@rock-n-rollfoodie 3 жыл бұрын

@@Edress786 ... no I do not agree with that. I believe he is a racist and President Obama’s term infuriated him. From then on he was determined to control Congress no matter what and mission accomplished. Oh yeah, forgot to mention America must DEMAND term limits. Another old F sucking every dollar out of us. Pelosi too! She’s 80 years old. Mitch is 78. Get out go home and bring in some progressive young scholars!

@Edress786 3 жыл бұрын

@@rock-n-rollfoodie "racist and President Obama’s term infuriated him" "Pelosi too! She’s 80 years old. Mitch is 78. Get out go home and bring in some progressive young scholars!" I do agree with that point. My point is that they will be out, but we need to learn from them. Fool is not a label one can apply to Mitch and Pelos they know how to run the country. Mitch and Nancy are best buds I have no love for either one. As a processive, we are getting a beating on every turn. Just look at how Mitch, delayed the Supreme court for more than 9 months, and was able to install is puppets in the different committees. We need to learn the rules of the game and beat them at their own game. As progressives we are not unified and haven't been since the 1970s. I think unity has to be our first step and make that unity permanent before anything else.

@peregrino14 5 жыл бұрын

Love Graham 👍🏼👌🏼good job

@StevesSlideandJazz Жыл бұрын

Almost as good a liar as Fat Donny!

@rizzpas2942 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Senator Graham and this network for gracing us with this interview. It is indeed an honor to see (Senator) you in action for calling BS as it is and still trying to strike an unbiased position.

@stonerhistory8742 2 жыл бұрын

Wow,you are so brainwashed

@hoangly8557 2 жыл бұрын

This is purely hypocritical. Lindsay Graham voted against confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson when she was overqualified and had solid records. Kavanagh had an on-going investigation against him in lower appellate courts that was paused at the time of nomination, and let's be real, he had MULTIPLE accusations of sexual misconducts. Yes, the Court has been politicized by the broken Senate led by McConnell, but Graham is quite two-faced to be excluding himself out.

@curiositypiqued6573 9 ай бұрын

He's a joke

@zechariahlim6372 3 жыл бұрын

this interview in a nushell Reporter: Any Question Sen. Graham: Sotamayor and Kagan

@iamkonner4813 8 күн бұрын

If anyone knows the SCOTUS confirms process is broken it’s Lindsey Graham, he did it himself

@animeyahallo3887 2 жыл бұрын

25:00 I too don't understand why. Let's ask Mitch.

@nobody-wk6ej 3 жыл бұрын

Lindsay "Georgia votes shouldn't count" Graham is a clown.

@timgriffin3368 2 жыл бұрын

He crossed over to the broken side with Judge Jackson!

@astroredd7895 3 жыл бұрын

Poor Graham always being the politician riding the fence

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@MJAMES1021 5 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy hearing Lindsey Graham.

@joyal876 4 жыл бұрын

He is a crook. A devil

@darrylcrane253 4 жыл бұрын

Same guy who said in the primaries Trump is a bigot racist neo Natzi now Trump best friend

@voltsgenesis8002 3 жыл бұрын

@@joyal876 quiet liberal

@johnsmith-hk3pd 3 жыл бұрын

@@voltsgenesis8002 you told him

@voltsgenesis8002 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnsmith-hk3pd 😂

@tori2dles 3 жыл бұрын

26:35 - “If the shoe were on the other foot ...” BS. He proved it by flip flopping on Coney-Barrett.

@britainreynolds7365 3 жыл бұрын

The circumstances are different. The biden rule that mcconnell invoked to block Garland was during an election year in which the Whitehouse and senate were held by different parties. It was different in 2020

@Akira-ss6cm 3 жыл бұрын

@@britainreynolds7365 even if they were different, was it not unsavory to confirm any judge when McConnell said that the American people should decide in 2016? I'm not saying that Democrats didn't flop on the issue too, but Republicans still chose to play it both ways.

@britainreynolds7365 3 жыл бұрын

@@Akira-ss6cm They didn't play it both ways, because it was different in 2016, like I said. Unsavory? Maybe. But so was what democrats did to Bork, Thomas, and Kavanaugh

@abrahamjean8176 3 жыл бұрын

@@britainreynolds7365 what did they do? Two of them had credible sexual assault cases against them- were they not to be brought up?

@tavernmike6295 3 жыл бұрын

They can both say whatever, the bottom line is that whenever yhere is an opening in the SCOTUS, all that matters is who has the majority in the Senate. There was no way in hell Mitch McConnell wasn't gonna get A.C.B. in begore the election and the Dems would of done the same thing if they had the majority. Period. Bad blood has been there ever since the Dems blocked bork and got rid of the filibuster

@hebber1961 4 жыл бұрын

There needs to be a rule about appointments in the final year of a presidency. I liked the Garland thing but that's from a bias perspective. There shouldn't be the arguing if they had clear rules.

@deadeyetopher8621 3 жыл бұрын

@colette s ya ? Thats not what McConnell said 8 months before Obamas turm was up! The Republicans have blocked any move by Democrats, then Blame them for not playing fare! For 45 years the Republicans have controlled this game! Changing the rules for themselves! You just heard the hypocrisy! From his own mouth! Now you say this live interview is fake news ! What does it take for some of you to stop drinking Jones coolaid! Infowars is a BS conspiracy theory website that millions now believe! That's fake news !

@Black_Caucus 3 жыл бұрын

@colette s Then why did Republicans break their oath of office and now allow Merrick Garland EVEN A HEARING, but now they are trying to pack the court with another conservative justice, two weeks before the election? If they didn't allow Obama to appoint a justice with a year before the election, how can you defend appointing someone two weeks before?

@icu4life240 3 жыл бұрын

There are rules and the Republicans just choose not to follow any not even the ones that they set themselves.

@joaobaptista5307 3 жыл бұрын

There are clear rules and they are the ones on the constitution: The president appoints The senate has hearings to confirm or not These rules were all respected. And if you think any Democrat would have even blinked before doing the same thing as McConnel, I envy your childlike innocence.

@verawallace9055 3 жыл бұрын

No,Isaidposse Definitely, then there would be no Political maneuvering in both cases

@carltruth2888 2 жыл бұрын

Then he continues to say after the horrible process he had to endure who would want to go through this after Cavanaugh. Obviously anyone who has spent there life in law and have had the privilege of being nominated. I sure haven't heard anyone one of them regret the decision or flat out decline!!!

@lindahuckabee9169 2 жыл бұрын

I'm very serious about who our Justices are.

@jrichards4742 2 жыл бұрын

The problem with Graham is that he will play on what ever team gives him the most attention, he's a lot like Trump in that way.

@JerryDLTN 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I could ask him "Was Hillary promising Obama a nomination to the Supreme Court if she won the POTUS?"

@davidwilliams6966 3 жыл бұрын

Why?

@deadeyetopher8621 3 жыл бұрын

What does that even mean? Stop listening to Jones! He ruins lives for money!

@HVACSoldier 2 жыл бұрын

Conservatives wonder why Graham keeps getting re-elected. You can’t really hate this person. I can see why he could easily win re-election.

@blairmurray1983 5 жыл бұрын

A great interview like always Sen Lindsey Graham can’t wait to vote for Sen Lindsey Graham of South Carolina in 2020 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅and President Trump 2020 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅my first time voting God Bless Them 🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻✝️

@lynneling7662 5 жыл бұрын

I began to like him too. Wish l can vote for him but live in crap California😡

@cghantayt1 5 жыл бұрын

@Big AL Yes, but as He said Himself, He lost and Trump won and with the election being over as a mature person and patriot would do He said was going to help Him where He can, oppose Him when He must and generally act in the best interests of the party and the country. Yes, Trump's rhetoric can be a bit jarring at times and there are something I am not sure I agree (ex: Iran nuclear deal, North Korea ...) _ don't know, but I can't argue with His accomplishments overall. I have more respect for Lindsey how He was able put aside His differences and work for the good of the president, party, country. A man of character, a patriot

@Ali-su9em 4 жыл бұрын

He obviously has never Googled the devils triangle.

@patricktjia 3 жыл бұрын

Strange thing is during the hearing, why didnt they just take out their phone and Google the term?

@sprucedude 3 жыл бұрын

Wonder what they use to prop him upright since he lacks a spine.

@DHTCF 4 жыл бұрын

28:30 - that's exactly what McConnell did do, isn't it? He denied a Democrat President the right to name a replacement for Scalia.

@RBD1797 4 жыл бұрын

No. Obama did name a replacement and McConnell didn't prevent that. He just didn't confirm him.

@DHTCF 4 жыл бұрын

@@RBD1797 you may think that a clever answer...

@BruhWhyDidTheyChangeThis 3 жыл бұрын

Rahul Bharadwaj oh good let’s ignore the facts for semantics

@babyfacenc 3 жыл бұрын

@@jacc9061 After the Dems destroyed Bork in the 80s, trash a good man in the 90s, Clarence Thomas, and do the same with Kavanaugh? Women show up in the 11th hour as a smear tactic, in a perfectly opportune moment? I've got the world's smallest violin for you.. The Dems, "Search and Destroy" politics and vitriolic leftist rants, is EXACTLY why Repubs had to be just as divisive, to get anything done. Dems have decided there's no middle, and to fight for every inch, about 35 years ago.. Conservatives are just trying to catch up.

@patricktjia 3 жыл бұрын

@@babyfacenc Dems didnt destroy Bork. He destroyed himself. He answered the last question in the hearing as a Justice he would have 'an interesting or intellectual feast' What kind of answer is that? who is the dinner here? the public. Next, Thomas. He was a problematic nominee. You didn't see Roberts or Breyer got sexual allegations because they are simply clean candidates and Senate couldn't do anything but to confirm. Kavanaugh? same like Thomas plus he likes beer and getting drunk lol what joke. Trump could pick better candidates but he did not and now GOP complaining it's not fair bla bla bla. Heck yeah Dems blocking them, because they were problematic. Dems are now on the path of securing the White House and Senate. They wanna pack the court? dont blame them. Garland and Ginsburg's seat were stolen.

@bobcornwell403 2 жыл бұрын

I think the whole way Supreme Court justices are selected has to change. The present method provides far too much temptation to try to pack the court. This temptation was more or less successfully resisted for most of our history, but now it is manifest. A new method needs to be such that it makes it nearly impossible to pack the court. Then, the temptation goes away.

@sharic8777 3 жыл бұрын

Listen from 13:20 if I could I'd tweet it to him

@zachariaslachowicz5517 3 жыл бұрын

term limits, please!!! this ***** needs to sit down!!

@markjohnson9455 3 жыл бұрын

I have always considered Graham to be a RHINO, but it is interesting to listen to his perspective. The one statement he made is that if hearings are not professional, future judges may not want to go through the nomination process. Why would someone want to go through a process if they will be treated like Thomas or Kavanagh? I hope that the Barrett Cone hearings are professional, respectful, and nonpartisan if it is held.

@spanky7277 3 жыл бұрын

No one ever had anything Bad to say about Scalia , he was a fair man .. He was a good Man , a real conservative

@oscarrodriguez2439 3 жыл бұрын

Why am I watching ms., Graham she change position every now and then

@johnbaugh2437 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve always liked him. He is a voice of reason. Very intelligent.

@MrDuds1984 5 жыл бұрын

Lindsey is right, trump could have nominated Bozo the Clown and Democrats would have opposed

@JaredFugitt 5 жыл бұрын

...what are you going for, here?

@MrDuds1984 5 жыл бұрын

J F that it didn’t matter who Trump nominated that person would have been radically opposed

@JaredFugitt 5 жыл бұрын

@@MrDuds1984 I'm pretty sure they would have approved of Merrick Garland.

@kimberlykimball3206 5 жыл бұрын

MrDuds1984 No, I’m calling bullshit. You’re just wrong. When Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch (other than being annoyed over the Merrick Garland issue) I actually thought Gorsuch was/is a very decent, intelligent and fair person who actually possesses a moral compass. Kavanaugh’s nomination was a WHOLE different story. If you can’t see this, you’re extreme partisan views are obscuring any semblance of objective thinking.

@bitjockey6265 4 жыл бұрын

OK... If Bozo the Clown had no qualifications, then anyone who rejected him would be serving our country well, regardless of political persuasion.

@anthonysvenforsic4760 3 жыл бұрын

The process isn’t broken. The people DOING the process are.

@marcoslopez9647 5 жыл бұрын

He said when democrats say when they say they are going to do something different, He don’t believe” but that’s odd when you stand for a party that your party acclaimed to be traditional”! But yet there was a lot oddball being display throughout this trump era!

@markallen6244 3 жыл бұрын

Traditional beliefs change with experience. Traditionally, he's seen democrats use accusations of sexual misconduct to block supreme court appointments 3 times in a row. It began with Justice Bork and seems to be a pattern with them. The system is broken. I think they should be vetted and chosen by the president, then promptly voted on by the senate. Accusations should be brought forth long before the selection process is started. Anything after that should be put in the basket of an attempt to "bushwack" somebody that somebody doesn't like. Accusations are like assholes, everybody has one.

@marcoslopez9647 3 жыл бұрын

Mark Allen actually it was twice because Bork had a right wing agenda to put up for Supreme Court and then Thomas whom happened to be black in 90’s during the racial era that made joe Biden to allow Thomas off the loose leaving out the evidence and kabanaugh where the repubs are money hungry humans whom happen to work for Putin but Putin not really caring about which is hilarious, kavanaugh hearing went astray without the allowance of evidence, it’s funny to about the Supreme Court eras pick because dems and repubs are both fukking the American_, nice it’s funny seeing Russia destroy America especially the white Americans, ha!

@markallen6244 3 жыл бұрын

Marcos Lopez I dont hate anyone or want anyone to be destroyed. I can only be honest that I didnt understand what you are trying to say.

@Akira-ss6cm 3 жыл бұрын

@@markallen6244 Christine Ford had made a statement prior to the hearings, stating that she wouldn't be surprised if it had no effect on the hearings, for whatever reason, illegitimate or not, she was willing to put her public image out there for everyone to see, and possibly tatter her reputation. I'll grant you I can't speak for Bork, but to me regarding Kavanaugh, there was an underlying tone from Republicans saying "We believe you, we just don't care."

@markallen6244 3 жыл бұрын

@@Akira-ss6cm The problem is when an accusation is simply "believed" by the word of someone. It opens the gate for people to be punished for crimes they did not commit when they are falsely accused. That is exactly what happened in Germany when people were accused of crimes against the state and many were executed based on the word of someone else. We must not devolve into a totalitarian society that relies on anyone's word over solid evidence. I don't care who believes what. I also don't care if a person "looks like" they did it or everyone else concludes in their mind that they did it because they don't like that person or have a political agenda. I want justice all the time, every time.

@StevesSlideandJazz Жыл бұрын

He knows it is. Mitch isn’t supposed to control the process to get what Mitch wants. It is supposed to be fair and equitable and SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!

@yolanda4445 5 жыл бұрын

SHE WAS A COMPLEAT LAIR....

@chuck1prillaman 5 жыл бұрын

Graham asks:"What if we have a Democratic President and a Republican congress? ... The public will not tolerate a President being denied the ability to pick a Supreme Court justice." Ummmmm...isn't that exactly what the Republicans did to Obama? Yes! Yes, it was. And apparently there was 46.1% of the voting public who WOULD tolerate it and even endorse it. 46.1%!

@michaelbranson3653 5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing and I wished the interviewers would've called him out on it. That was literally the situation when Scalia died in Feb '16. The following month President Obama nominated Garland, a moderate judge from the D.C. Court who was seen favorably by many Republicans, including Orrin Hatch. The Republican majority Senate wouldn't even hold a hearing and Graham seems to dumbfounded that the seat was still vacant come January '17.

@benwholoves4450 4 жыл бұрын

You misheard. He didn’t say Congress - he said Senate.

@susanford2388 2 жыл бұрын

Why does anyone bother interviewing Graham. He blows like the wind. All over the place.

@charleselmore4707 2 жыл бұрын

Lindsey Graham has never looked more competent.

@PepinsSpot 5 жыл бұрын

28:35 You ALREADY denied a Democratic President from appointing a Justice! Hypocrite!.

@michaelbranson3653 5 жыл бұрын

"One of my proudest moments was when I looked Barack Obama in the eye and I said, 'Mr. President, you will not fill the Supreme Court vacancy.' " - Mitch McConnell

@GSHAPIROY 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed listening to this - I think that Sen. Graham is very smart and I genuinely hope that he will work well with Biden.

@darkthingswithmarkdavis4497 3 жыл бұрын

He is a major hypocrite.

@GSHAPIROY 3 жыл бұрын

@@darkthingswithmarkdavis4497 In my opinion, he is a major hypocrite SOMETIMES.

@gerdruess9364 3 жыл бұрын

Has not happened in the past

@GSHAPIROY 3 жыл бұрын

@@gerdruess9364 What hasn't?

@gerdruess9364 3 жыл бұрын

Working together with Obama and Biden

@mrp1924 2 жыл бұрын

What do they say a picture and a 1000 words, go back over the years at pictures of the Supreme Court.

@dr.g3860 3 жыл бұрын

By now, Graham has proven his lack of integrity many times over.

@54tristin 3 жыл бұрын

How can he speak and kiss trumps butt at the same time

@catlady443 2 жыл бұрын

Because he wants only conservative choices

@bettywelkie3865 3 жыл бұрын

If the shoe fits, Lindsey, there's your answer.

@Besqu 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is SO full of shit, I don't understand where's his charm and admirably. You can clearly sense what he's saying is not what he BELIEVES. It's just all fluff to appear sensible and bipartisan. Great interview.

@ironsideeve2955 3 жыл бұрын

Hypocrite

@joaobaptista5307 3 жыл бұрын

Don't you know he's a politician? Then why are you stating the obvious? All politicians are hypocrites. They have to be, in fact.

@ironsideeve2955 3 жыл бұрын

@@joaobaptista5307 they don't have to be. They choose to be.

@joaobaptista5307 3 жыл бұрын

@@ironsideeve2955 If they choose not to be, then their careers as politicians would be very short lived, that's the point.

@ironsideeve2955 3 жыл бұрын

@@joaobaptista5307 no I don't accept that

@joaobaptista5307 3 жыл бұрын

@@ironsideeve2955 You're free to do so. You're also free to think that the Democrats wouldnt have been hypocrites and would have acted in a different way than the Republicans if the shoe was on the other foot. After all, what you think doesn't need to correspond to reality.

@jeffrudzinski 3 жыл бұрын

Literally nobody has ever heard of a drinking game called the Devil's Triangle. On the flip side, that phrase was common slang at the time for threesomes...

@patricktjia 3 жыл бұрын

he is a boomer wdy expect

@davidlewis3072 3 жыл бұрын

the extremes from both political parties are broken...graham is an example of what has split americans along both party lines with an unwillingness to work there issues out and cling to the my way or the highway type of politics and government...the unethical sham is what he, his party and all politicians are a part of....

@cherchuhaikieu4328 3 жыл бұрын

How ironic

@MrTerdherder 5 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry Feinstein is a liar

@Edress786 3 жыл бұрын

Please get Mitch on the hot seat please.

@slavikk6712 3 жыл бұрын

That somebody was Amy

@bobbybishop8426 2 жыл бұрын

Great interview

@miz_logo_lee 3 жыл бұрын

O RLY?

@stephaneperron9852 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is part of the problem

@ahamed4152 3 жыл бұрын

6:08 lol when he is spitting facts about the Dems poor vote.

@therealchristian1 3 жыл бұрын

The Devils triangle is definitely group sex lmao not that Lindsey Graham would ever know that

@cherryharris8238 3 жыл бұрын

Your not to believe Graham you continue to flip flop with what you say

@astroredd7895 3 жыл бұрын

She was and is a damn liar.

@lxrdeknives5412 3 жыл бұрын

I wish every senator was like Lindsey graham. He’s a firm member of his party but will always keep an open mind and isn’t afraid to vote against his party if he feels it’s right

@jefferyespj 3 жыл бұрын

For the mainstream media this was actually a decent interview. They did not try any tricks on this interview how it was pretty amazed. It was a simple back and forth conversation that's real journalism right there

@danielblue4460 3 жыл бұрын

Obama sat for 8 years and just appointed two SC justices.

@zrob692 3 жыл бұрын

And god is he going to regret that when the election reaches THE SC

@davidhurst5434 3 жыл бұрын

@@zrob692 it won’t, it’s over.

@joaobaptista5307 3 жыл бұрын

And thank God for that. Otherwise, he would have filled the court with unelected legislators instead of justices.

@PMJ4EVERR 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe Sen Feinstein is still alive? And working?

@patricktjia 3 жыл бұрын

so are Grassley, Cornyn and McConnell

@tonyray4565 2 жыл бұрын

It’s only broken when the Democrats can appoint but I guess it was perfectly ok when your party appointed the judges.

@peteremwells 5 жыл бұрын

Merrick Garland was qualified!!!!!!!!

@thraciuspratt4915 4 жыл бұрын

So was Robert Bork.

@tomcotter4299 4 жыл бұрын

It’s not about the merits of the judge. It’s politics. And it’s been politics since the Democrats assassinated Bork’s confirmation.

@davidwilliams6966 3 жыл бұрын

@@thraciuspratt4915 he got a hearing and vote

@Agtsmirnoff 3 жыл бұрын

LOL all the salty libs in the comment section

@anthonymartensen3164 3 жыл бұрын

Lindsey Graham is a disgraceful human being.

@davenc8527 3 жыл бұрын

As a resident of South Carolina, I'm looking forward to removing Lindsay Graham from the Senate in November. He is a weak, career politician.

@davidwilliams6966 3 жыл бұрын

Ditto I voted Obama/ Graham in 2008, he keeps stooping to new lows

@onomatopoeia162003 3 жыл бұрын

I am sure there is still some in the house since the late 70's. And I think only one in the Senate. Leahy since Nov. '74.

@xino_z 3 жыл бұрын

Graham voted for 2 Dem judges. I don't know. They need to get this Judicial appt back to the 90-10 vote. If they're qualified put them on the bench. I don't like these made-for-tv court appts. That's wrong. I enjoyed watching these when it was boring. Like CSPAN. This is crazy.

@xino_z 3 жыл бұрын

David Williams Your 2008 vote, did many others vote like you? I think your state's politics are so hard to understand. I would like to visit So. Carolina. I think So. Carolina is highly influential.

@DWHalse 3 жыл бұрын

Integrity is important to the Right!

@walterarchibald1318 5 жыл бұрын

Qualifications were never a question during Brett's hearings. The only thing that troubled me was that he was nasty and asked,"What do you like to drink?" The rape allegations were him as a adolescent. The alcohol and snarled face nastiness during the hearings were what troubled me. These showed a person with volatile behavior.

@tonyglock6161 5 жыл бұрын

Biden said of Thomas when Thomas was being nominated, "there's been nothing made of his character or characterization of his character", then the next week they made him out to be a pervert

@rachaunadixon2768 Жыл бұрын

The snarly "bad acting" he did along with the fact that he clearly committed perjury several times. The latter is definitely disqualifying for any judge let alone SCOTUS. Also Mrs. Ford tried to come forward during his hearing for Circuit Court way before SCOTUS. Feinstein needs to go asap with her dementia she prob really legit forgot to mention rhe allegation. Lindsay is a child his tick for tack partisan games is dooming democracy

@randomx7526 3 жыл бұрын

Interviewer: explain how the confirmation system is broken Lindsey: ok *dances a little bit knowing that he’s prepared*

@octaneblue6 3 жыл бұрын

Qualifications matter, and then you vote to confirm ACB.

@peteremwells 4 жыл бұрын

He needs to leave congress

@thomaswade5583 3 жыл бұрын

How's your sweet heart umma

@zachariaslachowicz5517 3 жыл бұрын

Good interview especially at the end but it also reminds me about a comment regarding lawyers....do not ask lawyers for advice because they can only find problems, not solutions

@tendr247 3 жыл бұрын

Save Trump

@cm1971it 5 жыл бұрын

I have nothing but disrespect for that man.

@cghantayt1 5 жыл бұрын

Why disrespect?

@daltonfury6749 4 жыл бұрын

Score another one for Mitch McConnell. A Man Apart. A true politician and a real American.🥰😍

@Batlord_Carcas 2 жыл бұрын

Him and drumpf sound like little boys pulling for straws when they talk

@peteremwells 5 жыл бұрын

Graham is part of the reason the process is broken. He is being incredibly dishonest regarding Garland’s nominations.

@babyfacenc 3 жыл бұрын

Dems started it waaay before, with Clarence Thomas, and Bork. Those same Clarence Thomas hearings were so obviously a smear and disgusting affair, that they inspired one Andrew Breitbart to delve into political news. RIP Andrew! Love ya, big guy!