Lindsey Graham Gives His Immediate Thoughts After Ford's Hearing and Absolutely NAILS IT
you see towards the end miss Mitchell should be questioning the political
motives of dr. Ford's attorneys here's what he said she was I'm really upset
that they knew about this in August and never told anybody I'm really upset that
Diane Feinstein believed this was a credible allegation that you wouldn't do
mr. judge Cavanaugh of the service of saying I've got this what's your side of
the story turn it over the committee so we could
have something not this close to the midterms when they say that she wasn't
sure we were willing to go out there that's a bunch of bull I don't know what
they told miss Ford but we were willing to go to California we were told she
couldn't fly all I can say is it were 40 something days away from the election in
there go not miss Ford's goal is to lay this past the midterms so they can win
the Senate and never allow Trump to fill the seat I believe that now more than
ever I don't know who paid for a polygraph but somebody did and here's
what I'm I'm more convinced of the friends on the other side set it up to
be just the way it is I feel ambushed as the majority we're
going to hear from mr. Kavanagh judge Cavanaugh and I've been a judge a
prosecutor and the defense attorney and here's what I'll tell you when it comes
to where it happened I still don't know I don't know when it happened she said
she's a hundred percent certain it did happen I bet you judge Kavanagh say I'm
a hundred percent sure I didn't do it the people name say they don't know what
miss Ford's talking about she can't tell us how she got home and how she got
there and that's the facts I'm left with a nice lady who has come forward to tell
a hard story that son corroborated and this is enough god help anybody else
that gets nominated based on what I heard today you could not get a search
warrant or an arrest warrant because you don't know the location you don't know
the time you don't have any corroboration as to
miss Mitchell that's what I hope she would do I heard a bunch of speeches
from a bunch of politicians will politicize this from day one who've been
lying awake for a political purpose not miss Ford but certainly them making a
bunch of speeches and miss Mitchell methodically went through the facts of
what happened that day leading up to that day and how we find ourselves here
so from my point of view I'm pleased with what else a prosecutor did you
sitting up there fine dr. Ford to be credible I didn't find her allegations
to be corroborated against mr. Cavanaugh I don't doubt something happen to her
but she is saying it's Brett Kavanaugh but she can't tell me the house she
contented city she can't tell me the month of the year he's saying I didn't
do it so here's what you do when you have a emotional accusation and an
emotional denial use the rule of law the presumption of innocence attaches to the
person accused you have to give them notice in times of time and location you
ask is there anybody to verify this and when you give names all them go the
other way having said that would I think about
miss Ford very competent accomplished lady
something happened I don't know what but you're asking me to say it was Brett
Kavanaugh and I don't know when it happened where it happened he said it
didn't happen similar but I would say this I thought it was a good suggestion
for her to go talk somebody to work through this
not all an argument over a board fulsome investigation if you really believe we
needed an investigation of this why didn't you tell us
in August the FBI is gonna tell us what what house are they going to go to what
city are they going to go to who they're going to talk to because they can't tell
us the month barely the year so this is all delay here's where they going mr.
judge he says I didn't do it I don't know what she's talking about they want
to bring him in trash him out and call 25 people well they say that he's an
abuser and guess what we'll be past the midterm
I'm not going to reward people for playing a political game I think with
her life she is just a much of victim as this as I think Brett Kavanaugh because
somebody betrayed her trust and we know who she gave the letter to and the
people have betrayed her trust they owe her an apology
joining us now South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham Lindsey
senator could you thank you known you a long time yeah 20 years as it was
happening I was live on my radio show and what I had my next break I don't
think you ever had a more powerful moment in your career and I've known you
a long time thank you well I just told the truth this is not about finding the
truth between dr. Ford and Brett Kavanaugh
it's about delaying the hearing until get past the midterms hope they pick up
the Senate and denying this seat to be filled by Donald Trump it's not about
the FBI if you really wanted to know what the FBI thought about this you were
to come forward when you first know about it it's certainly not about
protecting dr. Ford the one thing I learned beyond any doubt today any doubt
is this they never intended to protect dr. Ford and everything I believed I
knew about Brett Kavanaugh I am now more convinced than ever that he didn't do it
that he's the right guy to be on the court that miss Ford has got a problem
and destroying judge Cavanaugh's life won't fix her problem and if we
legitimize this god help us all because both sides can do this to my
friends on the other side I would never have done this to one of
your nominees you should be ashamed you voted for people that I know you know
not share their judicial philosophy picked used to be if you're a qualified
elections matter here's what the big picture is elections don't matter to
them they only matter when they win now when we win when Donald Trump wins there
are no rules there are no boundaries President Trump today I hope you
understand why pick Brett Kavanaugh not only is the incredibly qualified judge a
incredibly decent man he and his wife are the parents of the year if they're
going to give an award for parenting I'd give it to Ashley and Brett based on
what their girl that his daughter said about who to pray for so I'm honored to
help him if I helped him today is one of the highlights of my career in to my
Republican colleagues if this guy goes down and then we don't deserve to stay
in power because it's not about power to me it is about the process it is about
honoring elections to my Democratic Prince Joe Manchin I like him a lot Joe
you can't figure this out Trump went about 40 points do you really believe
that Brett Kavanaugh is a serial rapist do you believe any of this garbage you
know I'm sorry that dr. Ford went through this she shouldn't have had to
go through it but I am convinced beyond any shadow of a doubt there Brett
Kavanaugh is not the man that they're trying to make him and this is all
political so Joe I'll appeal step up Heidi I like you a lot
joe donnelly great guy why can't you talk about whether or not we've met the
burden here if you if he had to prove he was innocent he did it for me but he
doesn't have to may I ask you Republicans met in
conference tonight in the Senate bring us inside the meeting as much as you are
able to share I went well I think everybody was blown away Barbara can you
imagine doing what he did today no your life has been ripped apart you had a
32-hour hearing you meet with every senator they've known about this for
weeks and they spring you spring it on you at the end then it goes to where
avenatti comes out and says you're serial rapist you drug women gang rape
gang raping winding the halls and and your whole life is just absolutely
destroyed I think Republicans today felt like Brett Kavanaugh not only met the
test passed the test that this is political and I will be brokenhearted if
the Senate rejects this good man bob corker said yes Jeff good for Bob Jeff
Flake off-camera said this is a tough one
Wow just say yeah I would just say Jeff it is tough because I I don't know what
happened to dr. Ford but I've been a lawyer role model I used to do this
stuff for a living Jeff you couldn't get a warrant she
can't tell you where it happened when it happened it's not he said she said it's
that she said and they said all people named said it didn't have four and you
can't give the date and the time and my god he he went through a calendar of
1982 this is the most squared away guy I've ever met in my life
I was just honored to be in his presence if again I've never seen anybody command
a room like he did I never seen anybody more sincere and I've never seen anybody
more used and abused than dr. Ford was by the Democrats let me ask you then it
seems Jeff Flake Susan Collins Lisa Murkowski and I I've actually been
quoting Susan Collins because she's the one that rightly pointed out from the
beginning this has been unfair to both sides here and she's right she's been
right about that yeah well what I would tell Susan is it if you're the way they
say Brett is you wouldn't have the life brett has lived you wouldn't have 65
women coming forward you wouldn't have six FBI investigations that found
nothing and you wouldn't be in this profile of a job he's been in the
highest levels of government a target for 26 years you find out about it after
the hearings over they knew about it they said on it there's no corroboration
and the avenatti thing tells you all they need to know about where they're
headed with him if we delay this there'll be more coming and he doesn't
deserve it it is time to vote the Senate Judiciary Committee will meet tomorrow
morning yes and walk us through the process the full Senate with what we
expect what Tuesday yeah we will vote tomorrow in committee I will go through
why I believe he's qualified and capable well I will tell you without any
hesitation what I think's happened here in the confirmation process if this is
the new norm god help us all I think he will get reported out of
committee a longer party line vote I hope Jeff can get there I would just
stress again that this man has led an incredible life everything they're
saying about him is made up and it comes out of the left field and it's not
corroborated please don't take away everything he's done he's number one in
his class ever ever since he's you know done anything and I think we're going to
getting confirmed and if we go to the floor of the Senate we're gonna pick up
some Democrats let me put let me tell you this if you
live in these Trump states and you can't figure this out and good luck to you let
me ask you one last question as you look at the emotion of today and all that
happened I I I'd like one of my best friend from third grade his name is John
Gomez and John called me yesterday as Hannity you always say every two four
years and Republicans have racist sexist my whole list as he calls it and he goes
I think I understand a little more now why you always do it because when you
say these horrible things and now we've gotten used to it we expect it you know
it's like my father was killed all over again elect Republicans and black
churches will burn our crosses are going to burn or Republicans don't want to
count african-americans in the census how war said this has to stop senator
those are political arguments that we can handle and people obviously don't
know this is destroying somebody yeah I would hope and pray that I never get
this desperate as a political person to destroy somebody this was a wholesale
effort to take a good man and ruin his life and it backfired on them this is
not about political arguments this is not about what they will do what we will
do this is about the fact that they were willing to set a man up and destroy his
life and it was hard to watch this that it was really hard to watch and when he
talked about his daughter you know let's let's let's pray for the lady too this
is a good man please vote for him you know senator I think the reason your
moment was so powerful is it was raw and real and unplanned it was
totally and I totally real I think you reflected defending many Americans you
know what got me was why won't you agree to the FBI investigation what do you got
to hide these are the same people that said on the information that made it
impossible for us to do an investigation because they wouldn't help us knew it
for weeks planned what they're doing intentionally I am convinced out of dr.
Ford for the political moment that we saw today
and it blew up in their face and I hope America understands that if this is the
new way of doing business we're going in the wrong direction and we've got a
chance to turn it around beginning tomorrow at 9:30 and in 40 days the
American people get their chance senator thank you so much we appreciate it thank
you god bless you and God bless america
you
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