South Carolina Republican Rep. Lindsey Graham bluntly warned his GOP colleagues, “God help us as Republicans,” if they cave on Kavanaugh.
Graham’s comments were heard in the hallway of the Senate after hours of hearings for Kavanaugh accuser Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. Reporters asked Graham about the testimony: “Will this be enough for some reasons not to vote for her?”
Graham stopped and told the journalists,
“Let me put it this way to my Republican colleagues. If this becomes the new standard, where you have an accusation for weeks, you drop it right before the hearing. You withhold from the committee a chance to do this in a professional, timely fashion. When they publicly say that their goal is to delay the vote, get the Senate back in 2018, to make sure [Trump] can’t fill the seat — they’re publicly saying that — I don’t want to reward that kind of behavior. I think we’ve been very fair. To my Republican colleagues, if you can ignore everything in this record, looking at an allegation that’s 35 years old, that’s uncertain of the time, place, date and no corroboration, if that’s enough for you, God help us as Republicans. Because this happens to us. It never happens to them.”
Graham concluded with a warning to Democrats, saying, “Let me tell you, my Democratic friends: If this is the new norm, you better watch out for your nominees.”
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