Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said that Democrats in red states are “toast” in the 2018 midterm elections if they vote no on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
“I think they are toast,” Graham told Fox News Tuesday night. “All of them. They’re toast if they vote no, and they should be.”
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Graham has been a vocal supporter for Kavanaugh’s nomination and has vehemently attacked Democrats' tactics to discredit him through what he said were strategically timed sexual assault allegations.
He claims that the Democrats held onto Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh for months so they could bring them out right before the scheduled vote to delay the confirmation process.
Ford, the first of several women to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, says the nominee pinned her down and tried to take her clothes off during a party in 1982, while both were in high school. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations.
“President Trump won these states promising to nominate conservative judges who are well qualified,” Graham continued. “[Kavanaugh] is a Bush guy, he worked for the Bush White House. He’s as mainstream as you can get.”
Graham says that if Senators vote no for Kavanaugh when it reaches the Senate floor, then they are rewarding people for destroying a man’s life and are ultimately setting in motion the destruction of the judiciary.
Democrats have sought to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation until after the 2018 midterm elections. If they gain a majority in Congress. they could block the nomination.