Lindsey Graham earlier vowed a president in their last year of 1st term shouldn't fill Supreme Court vacancy: 'Use my words against me'

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The South Carolina senator once dared Americans to 'use my words against me' during March 2016 remarks, in which he declared the next president—regardless of party—would not fill a Supreme Court vacancy during the final year of their first term.

Congressional Democrats say Senate Republicans flip-flopped on the appropriateness of filling a Supreme Court seat during a presidential election year—something they declined to do in 2016, but appear set to do now with Trump after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death Friday.Gorsuch was nominated soon after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, which concluded 11 months of Republicans stone-walling any Democratic nominee.

"We're setting a precedent here today, at least Republicans are, that in the last year that you're not going to fill a vacancy of the Supreme Court based on what we're doing here today," Graham said during Gorsuch's confirmation. "If Ted Cruz or Donald Trump get to be president, they've all asked us not to confirm, or take up, a selection by President Obama. So if a vacancy occurs in their last year of their first term, guess what? You will use their words against them," Graham told the Senate Judiciary Committee in March 2016.

 

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This is what Biden said:

Look! A picture of two Neanderthals with no spines or balls...

How the Democrats treated Kavanaugh changed everything

Just Saying. If realDonaldTrump and GOP senatemajldr used the same reverence towards the Americanpeople as they did the SCOTUS we would have PPP, healthcare, EliminateCovid and MAGA Right? RGB. TheDemocrats JoeBiden SpeakerPelosi SenateDems SenSchumer

I’ve always known this man to be a lying old man who has no credibility at all.

Whatever Trump has on Graham, there must be photos/video & must be very illegal.

Well hell, dat da way it go sometime meathead. Trump2020Landslide ---

How about this guy?

We need to Renew the Court and Fix the Process. Confirmation hearings don't change minds and politicize the courts. Senators have a constitutional right and duty to vote on every judicial nominee including Bork and Garland. Judges need to be held accountable for bad decisions.

Politicians are like cockroaches, you don’t like them, but they are hard to get rid of.

Hypocracy reigns in Rep. party. Vote. Find info for your state.

auntlellie

Republican or Democrat, Graham has to go for lying. If he can do this about face then how can you trust anything he promises as a senator seeking reelection?

Here's what Biden said, gonna post this:

Sycophantic Liar and Obsequious Boot Licker.

What does tRump have on Lindsey Graham

GunReformRyan Ummm, excuse me LindseyGrahamSC I believe your “words” have NO value unless you prove to the American people that you will stand by your own words because they mean something!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Who cares?

Does Lindsay follow the Goebbels’ playbook, the Herman Kahn mind game book, the Oops that was Dick Cheney we elected playbook, the Ayn Rand causes men’s downfall book, the kiss a foreign spy book, the Lindsay’s in a Tizzy book, or all at once. Or is he Yves as in the 3 faces of?

Sorry, but after the insane behavior of the Left; his you’ve treated realDonaldTrump, Kavanaugh, all of us, all bets are OFF!! ConfirmNow SCOTUS

Drewdferguson TWO FACE.

Lindsey Graham has no credibility. Promote, volunteer, donate, and vote for Jaime Harrison harrisonjaime LindseyMustGo

He’s an insult to the intelligence of the people who vote for him!

And the crowd assembled loudly chants📢 FillThatSeatofTrumpsPoopyPants 👶💩 (in a more perfect world)

DBChirpy Is LindseyGrahamSC a man of his word or a TrumpPutin Puppet? SC shall see real soon. rvat thestate foxcarolinanews theobserver WSPA7 wyffnews4 postandcourier abc cbs nbc foxnewsradio ProjectLincoln MeidasTouch

He changed his mind, surely the liberals know how to do that - it is how they govern.

WOW, OMG, two of the most reviled Senators together. At one time they didn't even like EACH OTHER!

They don’t care that we point out their lies and hypocrisy. Learn already.

It sounds like all politicians are liars. Lol keep crying about this, it entertains me. They are going to push it through. Lol

Lindsey is gonna backtrack so fast on this statement, it'll make you think he's the president of United States. LindseyGraham LindseyGrahamHasNoBalls SupremeCourt RuthBaderGinsburg

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The abuse by the Democrats on Kavanaugh changed the game - Trump, Lindsey and the Senate will FillTheSeat

PattyArquette Why in the hell is this even news? Shouldn't we all know by now what a monumental failure this guy is? Some people keep hoping this toad grows a conscience over night...

Go Jamie Harrison! Time to bring some integrity to that office.

Things changed. Kavanaugh happened. The pandemic happened.

PattyArquette support and vote harrisonjaime SendLindseyHome

He’s a liar and a coward

'Shouldn't'.

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Let LindseyGrahamSC know how you feel .... his phone number is 202-224-5972 so do your thing twitter LindseyMustGo

But here’s the thing...very few will use it against him. Those that do were already against him. Those that won’t will vote for him A G A I N.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (3/10/16): 'I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination.'

We already know Lindsey Graham will NEVER keep his word. It's over folks. It's officially a dictatorship at the helm. What was one a great nation, is now filled with corrupt leaders. It hurts to say this, but our country is about to break.

Hillary’s

Lying, hypocrisy, bullying, dirty tricks all part of the conservative value system now.

cpt_hood lol.... and your point is? He said should not, he did not say could not. Who here believes none of this is a political game. Fact is the constitution says nothing about this. If all you want to do is is play 'Gotcha', then here is one from RGB herself.

Graham thought Hillary was going to win! What a lying, dishonorable crook, just like his mob boss trump. Why does he support a president he totally disliked before he was nominated? Because power is all that matters at all to him. He has no morals or integrity.

Musta saw this

And so I shall- let’s honor the icon RBG

Graham talk a big game against Trump before the 2016 primaries, but he quickly fell into line, proving what a pathetic, cringing, spineless toady he is.

What Schumer and Biden said earlier.

Just admitted Trump will lose the elections ! Hurry to point a supreme court judge means Biden will be the next president.

Spineless hypocrite. Unworthy of his seat in the hallowed chamber.

listen to shumer DoYourJob 2020

LISTEN TO OBAMA DoYourJob 2020

Lady G is counting on everyone mistakenly presuming he is a man of his word. Again.

He’s a fucking snake...

These people has zero credibility and zero integrity.

Lady G lost that as soon as Trump got the pics. RESIGN realDonaldTrump gop LindseyGrahamSC SenateMajLdr SenateGOP GOPLeader VP POTUS PressSec WhiteHouse GOPChairwoman KellyannePolls FoxNews foxandfriends Jim_Jordan SecPompeo DevinNunes MarkMeadows DHS_Wolf

harrisonjaime use his words against him— he’s a traitor!!

Who cares , Liberal Sen Reid Majority leader lied through his teeth about Romney on the senate floor , screw liberals !!!! Trump is going get his scotus pick thru confirmation now !!! Sen Reid started the simple majority vote, it came back to bite you in the A— !!!!

“After Kavanaugh, the rules have changed as far as I’m concerned.” - Lindsey Graham

We will if we must...

He knows republican voters have no shame and happily vote for a liar.

His election is in the balance... hahahah

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