He came to the judicial nomination process in a spirit of bipartisanship. Again, he was criticized sometimes from our side of the aisle for that. But What [Lindsey Graham] saw happening to Kavanaugh was not a policy disagreement. It was character assassination. And Lindsay got as fiery and as passionate as I have ever seen a human being get during a judicial confirmation. And I believe that he saved that nomination. (22:08–28:38)
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Asserts that Lindsey Graham viewed the treatment of Brett Kavanaugh as character assassination rather than a policy disagreement.
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