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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is Lindsey Graham pushing Childs for Supreme court
there has to be an underhanded motive if he is pushing it.
msfiddlestix
(7,281 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)kentuck
(111,092 posts)He is looking to increase the black supporters in his state.
JT45242
(2,271 posts)1. She is from his home state and state university. So he can put out that he actually cares about his sate (even though he votes against anything that would actually help it)
2. By supporting one blakc woman - -he can claim that his opposition to anyone else is not racist -- that Biden did not pick the best person.
We all know that he is a lying racist POS -- but by getting in front of this . He can be lying, racist POS with a plausible deniability for why he is opposing a completely qualified black woman.
Midnight Writer
(21,755 posts)Bev54
(10,052 posts)He probably wants to take credit.
brooklynite
(94,535 posts)Everything is not a conspiracy theory.
obamanut2012
(26,071 posts)And went to his university. That's it. He would be all for Jackson if she was a Gamecock, too.
TheFarseer
(9,322 posts)And I dont have time to dig into the implications of all her rulings, but I would guess they are relatively pro-corporate. Couple this with the home state factor and the appearance of being reasonable and this is a big win for Lindsey.