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Lindsey Graham: ‘I Now Have A Different View’ On Confirming Justices After Kavanaugh

Jon Brown
Lindsey Graham: ‘I Now Have A Different View’ On Confirming Justices After Kavanaugh
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) explained that the way Democrats treated Justice Brett Kavanaugh is one of the reasons he believes President Donald Trump should appoint a new Supreme Court justice, even during a presidential election year.

In a public letter addressed Monday to the Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee, Graham first mourned the loss of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and then went on to explain why he believes circumstances are different than when the Republican-controlled Senate blocked President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland in 2016.

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