BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham forcefully defended Brett Kavanaugh against an allegation of sexual assault during a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday [9-27-18] and accused Democrats of wanting to ‘destroy’ the life of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Immediately following an aggressive line of questioning by Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, Graham said angrily, ‘What you want to do is destroy this guy’s life, hold this seat open, and hope you win in 2020.’ The Republican from South Carolina then turned his attention back to Kavanaugh and asked: ‘Are you a gang rapist?’ Kavanaugh replied: “No’…During Thursday’s hearing, senators have had the option to hand off their questioning to Rachel Mitchell, a career prosecutor with decades of experience prosecuting sex crimes. GOP senators opted to defer to Mitchell during questioning of Christine Blasey Ford, while Democrats asked their own questions. Graham appeared eager to speak himself, however, when it came time to question Kavanaugh, and several Republicans followed his lead. Graham had a message for Republicans on the panel as well, saying, ‘To my Republican colleagues, if you vote ‘no’, you’re legitimizing the most despicable thing that I have seen in my time in politics.’ He told Kavanaugh that he hopes the nominee ends up on the Supreme Court, saying, ‘that’s exactly where you should be.'”
–Eli Watkins and Clare Foran, “Lindsey Graham angrily accuses Democrats of aiming to ‘destroy’ Kavanaugh’s life,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, September 27, 2018 8:51 pm