Tolliver: I Was Wondering Who Was Giving Lindsey Graham His Talking Points When He Voiced Support for Biden’s SCOTUS Nominee

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TOLLIVER: "Alicia, I was wondering who gave Senator Graham the talking points, right? I was fully surprised that he came out so supportive, especially for a specific potential nominee who we know is a graduate of University of South Carolina Law School. So the ties are clear. Also, Senator Graham is someone who has historically deferred to presidents and their selection of judicial nominees. He’s one of the three senators who did support Ketanji Brown Jackson when she was up for her circuit court nomination last summer. But hearing that contrast between Senator Graham with what we heard from Senator Susan Collins and Senator wicker, I hope more of the GOP decides to fall in the line of Senator Graham, because this is not a moment when they want to be continuously on the wrong side of history and it’s critical that they emphasize the importance of this historic nominee considering that in the 230 years of existence of the court, there hasn’t been a black woman to serve. I think the GOP will be split and divided on this, and so there is a big opportunity for this to be a bipartisan effort, as Senator Durbin mentioned on 'Meet the Press' this morning.”