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Sen. Graham good morning. I appreciate all of you, all of my colleagues being here promptly. As you know, our Democratic Politics informed the Committee Last night that they will not participate in the hearing. That was their choice. It will be my choice to vote the nominee out of committee. We are not going to allow them to take over the committee. They made a choice not to participate after allowing judge barrett four days to be questioned. I thought she did an exceptionally good job of handling the questions asked. I thought she was aggressively challenged, but not inappropriately. I want to complement my democratic colleagues for not going down the kavanaugh road. I want to complement the republican members for asking questions that matter to you, but showing a tremendous amount of discipline to make sure that on our side the hearing went well. And each of you, when this is over, i hope you feel like a sense of accomplishment. This is why we all run. It is moments like this that ma
Judge barretts actual credentials or qualifications has hardly featured and it. Democratic leader summarized his view yesterday, he said it is not about qualifications. His words. Instead, our mechanic colleagues have tried to claim the senate process itself is not legitimate. Are supposed to lay radicalrk for institution wrecking changes down the road. But of course they are not true. We live in a constitutional republic. The legitimacy of an outcome does not depend on the feelings it provokes and politicians. Let me say that again. The legitimacy of an outcome does not depend on the feelings it provokes in politicians. Precedentscomes from , rules and ultimately the constitution. Restate a few facts for posterity. There is no inconsistency between the republican senates decision in 2016 and our decision to confirm judge barrett this year. Here is what i said in my very first floor speeches following scalia,h of justice quoting myself. The senate has not filled a vacancy arising in an
Florida really is a microcosm of the nation. As florida goes, the nation goes. Four years ago, donald trump one foot up by 113,000 votes in a state of more than 10 million voters. He carried that narrow victory to the white house across the nation. Statea is a divided politically. We have diversity, diverse ethnic diverse in ethnic ways, economically as well as demographically. Voters,ters, younger byple who are divided democratic and republican. As florida goes, the nation will go. We have seen voting problems in the states. Is the state ready . I think the state is ready. It is remarkable because we have ago withcy of 20 years recounts and florida has we crafted and updated its voting systems that the state is very prepared for what we are seeing is kind of a record surge in early voting turnout and that is bit it has been going smoothly. What changes were made . Guest for one thing, we have for it a statewide standard the standard for recounts. Each county does not independently dec
Our recent debates have been heated, but curiously, talk of judge merricks actual credentials or qualifications has hardly featured judge merricks actual credentials or qualifications have early ttsured judge barre actual credentials have rarely featured. They have tried to claim the process itself is not legitimate. These claims are supposed to lay groundwork for radical institution wrecking changes down the road. But of course, they are not true. We live in a constitutional republic. The legitimacy of an outcome does not depend on the feelings it provokes in politicians. Let me say that again. The legitimacy of an outcome does not depend on the feelings it provokes in politicians. Legitimacy comes from precedents, rules, and ultimately, the constitution, so lets restate a few facts for posterity. There is no inconsistency between the republican senators decision in 2016 and our decision to confirm judge barrett this year. Heres what i said in my very first floor speech following the