Protests formed outside Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham’s home to discourage voting on President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Dozens appeared in front of Graham’s home early Monday morning, banging pots and pans and blasting horns to “wake up” the lawmaker. Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee up for reelection in his home state of South Carolina, once said he would not support confirming a justice during Trump’s reelection year but changed his opinion for two reasons.
“Harry Reid changed the rules to allow a simple majority vote for Circuit Court nominees dealing out the minority. Chuck Schumer and his friends in the liberal media conspired to destroy the life of Brett Kavanaugh and hold that Supreme Court seat open,” Graham tweeted. “In light of these two events, I will support President @realDonaldTrump in any effort to move forward regarding the recent vacancy created by the passing of Justice Ginsburg.”
Graham later said being “lectured by Democrats about how to handle judicial nominations is like an arsonist advising the Fire Department.”
Sunrise is giving Lindsey Graham the same treatment postmaster DeJoy got last month: Clanging pots and pans at his D.C. address. They’ve got his 2016 quote on blocking Merrick Garland looping through a speaker. https://t.co/LufFkz6Img
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) September 21, 2020
Outside @LindseyGrahamSC house in DC this morning. pic.twitter.com/KmssaCJu6F
— Matthew Miller (@mattmiller757) September 21, 2020
Activists Hold Early-Morning “Wake Up Lindsey Graham” Protest Outside Senator’s House https://t.co/gZnJmC8CMu
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) September 21, 2020
The protest, which began approximately at 6 a.m., was organized by members of the ShutDown D.C. and Sunrise movement. Police stood in front of Graham’s door to prevent demonstrators from gaining access to the senator’s property.
“DC residents will be fighting for their children and grandchildren early Monday morning, by insisting that Trump should not be allowed to fill his third lifelong Supreme Court appointment, tipping the court for generations,” the group said in a statement to WUSA9. “Let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make the nomination.”
Ginsburg died on Friday at the age of 87 due to complications related to her cancer.
