Lindsey Graham
PartisanSeverityExtreme
9/10
ThenMarch 16, 2016
“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.”
Graham supported blocking Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland in an election year
https://www.c-span.org/video/?406228-1/lindsey-graham-merrick-garland-nominationNowSeptember 26, 2020
“I will support President Trump in any effort to move forward regarding the recent vacancy created by the passing of Justice Ginsburg.”
Graham supported confirming Amy Coney Barrett 38 days before the 2020 election, after explicitly inviting people to hold him to his 2016 standard
https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1309658840002478080Analysis
Explicitly stated the rule should apply regardless of which party held the presidency, invited people to use his words against him, then did the opposite when a Republican president had the vacancy
Detected: 3/26/2026ID: partisan_001