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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 02:09 PM Oct 2018

Lindsey Graham Is Booed For Brett Kavanaugh Remarks, Tells Crowd 'Boo Yourself'

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was booed onstage at The Atlantic Festival in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, after saying Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “was treated like crap.”

While in conversation with The Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, Graham said he didn’t “particularly like” President Donald Trump’s mockery of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s Senate testimony at his rally in Southaven, Mississippi, Tuesday night. Last week, Ford recounted to the Senate Judiciary Committee her allegation that Kavanaugh had forced himself on her and groped her during high school.

“I would tell him, ‘Knock it off, you’re not helping,’” Graham said, before making a bizarre reference to Juanita Broaddrick and Kathleen Willey, the women who accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual abuse.

When Goldberg asked “what the point” of Graham’s remarks were, Graham said, “Here’s the point, I have seen what happened to these women in 1998 when they came forward. I don’t like what the president said last night. I’m the first person to say, ‘I want to hear it from Dr. Ford.’ I thought she was handled respectfully.”

Graham went on to say that he thought Kavanaugh “was treated like crap,” a remark the crowd responded to with resounding boos.

“Yeah, well boo yourself,” Graham said to the crowd.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-gets-booed-for-brett-kavanaugh-remarks-tells-crowd-boo-yourselves_us_5bb4e10fe4b0876eda9a56a5

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Lindsey Graham Is Booed For Brett Kavanaugh Remarks, Tells Crowd 'Boo Yourself' (Original Post) mfcorey1 Oct 2018 OP
Sounds like a normal response... llmart Oct 2018 #1
This is a completely offensive post. Bleacher Creature Oct 2018 #3
If there hadn't been an actual VRWC to take Clinton down by any means neccessary, maxsolomon Oct 2018 #2
He has gone full Pro Wrestling heal. JDC Oct 2018 #4
All you need is confirmation to become Attorney General, Nevermypresident Oct 2018 #5

llmart

(15,556 posts)
1. Sounds like a normal response...
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 02:11 PM
Oct 2018

from an 8-year old. Guess he and Trump both suffer from arrested development.

Bleacher Creature

(11,258 posts)
3. This is a completely offensive post.
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 02:21 PM
Oct 2018

I've known many eight-year-olds over the years and NONE of them are as immature as Graham!!

maxsolomon

(33,419 posts)
2. If there hadn't been an actual VRWC to take Clinton down by any means neccessary,
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 02:18 PM
Oct 2018

Graham might have half a point.

If Graham hadn't been integral to the Impeachment debacle, he might have half a point.

The Arkansas Project was a real thing, Richard Mellon Scaife was real, the animus against Clinton was real.

Brett Kavanaugh was integral to that CONSPIRACY.

Nevermypresident

(781 posts)
5. All you need is confirmation to become Attorney General,
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 02:31 PM
Oct 2018

which is one reason why he's all in re trump and he doesn't give a shit about re-election to the Senate.

When Sessions is fired, he'll be AG and will fire Mueller, Rosenstein, and clean house of all the "liberals" working at the DOJ. I've never despised so many pp. in my entire life!

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