different. they have to remain calm and they re keenly aware of the danger. i mean, do you throw a rock at a lion who s looking at you, licking his chops, about to eat you, possibly, you throw a rock or just kind of hope for the best? evelyn fairks, evelyn mcdonald, and kelley o donnell, thank you very much. the search for the next supreme court nominee to replace stephen breyer underway and the list of people reported to be under consideration is more than a dozen names long. this morning, senator wicker is facing backlash for likening president biden s decision to nominate a black woman for the role to affirmative action. lindsey graham is push back on, even praising michelle childs, the only potential nominee confirmed by the white house. there s no affirmative action component if you pick her. she is highly qualified. we ve only had five women serve and two african-american men, so
clyburn about his choyce, judge j. michelle childs. i talked to the republican senators from south carolina. both tim scott and lindsey graham, they re very high on michelle childs. so i think both of them would vote for her. today, senator graham confirms there could be republican support. i can t think of a better person for president biden to consider for the supreme court than michelle childs. there s no affirmative action component if you pick her. she s highly qualified. potentially bipartisan support. let s bring in maryalice parks. a new poll about the president s pick came out today. that poll, not good news for the administration. reporter: no, 3 out of 4 americans think president biden should consider all possible nominees rather than only nominees who are black women, as the president has pledged. there is a partisan split there.
childs of south carolina. lindsey graham has asked about what senator wicker said, and listen to this. put me in the camp of making sure the court and other institutions look like america. michelle childs is incredibly qualified. there s no affirmative action component, if you pick her. she is highly qualified. so he disagrees with senator wicker, at least he wants no part of that. he also is essentially trying to bait the president into picking the judge from his state. also jim clyburn s state. what s up with that? i think the idea of a bipartisan pick could have a lot of sway with biden. he likes the idea of things that can get bipartisan support on capitol hill. and lindsey graham was telegraphing i ll support this nominee if you put her forward. that being said, i don t think there s going to be man more republicans aside from a handful that support. maybe lisa collins, lisa murkowski. it s going to be partisan. they usually come down to party lines. the question is how hard
just pay attention to lindsey graham. michelle childs is incredibly qualified. there s no affirmative action component if you pick her. she is highly qualified. and president reagan said running for office that he wanted to put the first female on the court. whether you like it or not, joe biden said, i ve going to pick an african american woman to serve on the supreme court. i believe there are plenty of qualified african american women, conservative and liberal, that could go onto the court. see michelle childs as an affirmative action. i do see putting a black woman on the court, making the court more like america that s lindsey graham. kimberly, real fast, then we have to go to a break. are you as surprised as i am by lindsey graham s that response? i m actually not. i m glad that he has been consistent, lindsey graham,