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Graham: I'll 'Lead the Charge' to Replace Ginsburg
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September 21, 2020
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1:39Now PlayingRepublican Sen. Lindsey Graham says he believes his role in the confirmation process for a new Supreme Court justice will likely bolster his reelection bid.
At an event for a congressional candidate Monday, Graham said in North Charleston, South Carolina, that he feels his defense of Brett Kavanaugh during a contentious 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearing has given him conservative bona fides that will help boost him to reelection in a tight race with Democrat Jaime Harrison.
"I don't know what it is about me and moments and lightning, but lightning has struck again," Graham said of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the pivotal role that he will play in the process to replace her.
As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Graham will shepherd the confirmation process.
In 2016, when Antonin Scalia died, Graham supported a move by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to refuse a confirmation hearing for President Barack Obama's nominee.
They said then that it wouldn't be right to confirm a justice during an election year. Scalia died 237 days before the 2016 election.
Ginsburg died 46 days before the 2020 election.
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