Graham to Kavanaugh: Within an Hour and 18 Minutes of Your Nomination, You Became the Biggest Threat to Democracy

‘You became the biggest threat to democracy in the eyes of some of the most partisan people in the country’

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GRAHAM: "You were nominated by President Trump on July the 9th, my birthday, which I thought was a pretty good birthday present for somebody who thinks like I do, and I think I may have something to do with that, at 9:00. By 9:23, Chuck Schumer says, I will oppose Judge Kavanaugh. By 9:25, Senator Harris, 'Trump’s Supreme Court justice nominee Judge Kavanaugh represents a direct and fundamental threat to the rights and health care of hundreds of millions of Americans. I will oppose his nomination.' Elizabeth Warren at 9:55. 'Brett Kavanaugh's record as judge and a lawyer is clear. Hostile to health care for millions, opposed to the CFPB, corporate accountability, thinks President Trump is above the law,' on and on and on. Nancy Pelosi at 10:11, Bernie Sanders at 10:18, 'If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, it will have a profoundly negative effect on workers’ rights, women’s rights and voting rights for decades to come.' All I can say, within an hour and 18 minutes of your nomination, you became the biggest threat to democracy in the eyes of some of the most partisan people in the country who would hold Kagan and Sotomayor up as highly qualified and would challenge any Republican dare to vote against them."

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