Lindsey Graham Says He’s Coming for Purple State Democrats Over Kavanaugh: ‘This is Going to the Streets at the Ballot Box’

On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace interviewed Judiciary Committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) about confirmation process at large regarding Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and in particular about his own reaction to how Democrats handled their role in the process. Graham said he’s “never been so pissed in his life” and vowed to take action before November.

After some opening discussion of Graham’s reactions, Wallace brought up the stated intent of some Democrats to continue to pursue action against Kavanaugh should they take Congress.

“Democratic congressman Jerry Nadler of New York who would, if the Democrats take the House become the house judiciary chairman, has already talked about launching an investigation into alleged misconduct by Kavanaugh,’ said Wallace. “Nancy Pelosi says she wants to see the FBI interviews and the second background check. It doesn’t sound like this is going to end.”

“We’ll know in November if that make sense,” said Graham. “I hope everyone running for the House in these purple districts will be asked the question, do you support impeaching Judge Kavanaugh based on five allegations, none of which could be corroborated? Do you want an outcome so badly that you would basically turn the law upside down? All I can say is that this is going to the streets at the ballot box.”

Graham then said that he intends to go out and basically campaign against Democrats running for reelection this year.

“I’ve never campaigned against a colleague in my life,” said Graham. “That’s about to change. I’m going to go throughout this country and let people in these, you know purple states, red states were Trump won, know what I thought, know what I think about this process.”

Wallace also asked Graham about the New York Times bashing him in an article published today and calling him “obsequious” to Trump because he supported Brett Kavanaugh, who was nominated by Trump. He asked Graham for a response.

Directing his comments to Frank Bruni, who wrote the article, Graham attacked back. “Frank, you don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said. “In your world, Frank, it’s a noble cause to destroy a judicial candidate who is conservative, whether it be Thomas, Alito, Bork, now Kavanaugh.”

“I am bipartisan when it makes sense. I try to have a good disposition because I like my job, but don’t mistake that I don’t care about the conservative cause,” he continued. “So if I made you upset because I would not legitimize McCarthyism, then good, and I think I can survive in South Carolina.”

As they closed out, Wallace laughingly asked “now is it true that you’re going– for all this talk about obsequiou, are you going to go play golf with the president today?”

“Yeah, and I’m not going to give him any strokes,” joked Graham.

Watch the clip above, courtesy of Fox News.

[Featured image via screengrab]

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