Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said that his “bullshit meter got pegged” Thursday and led to his impassioned defense of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during the hearing involving the judge and Christine Blasey Ford.

Graham told reporters after the meeting that he wasn’t sure earlier in the day if he planned on handing over his five minutes to question Kavanaugh to Rachel Mitchell, the outside counsel brought in to question Ford and Kavanaugh. Mitchell started off the questioning of the Supreme Court nominee before Graham took over and hit Democrats for putting the judge through the “most unethical sham” he’s seen in his his political lifetime.