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If you wanted a FBI investigation, you could have come to us.
What you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open, and hope you win in 2020.
You've said that, not me.
You've got nothing to apologize for.
When you see Sotomayor and Kagan, tell them that Lindsey said hello, cuz I voted for them.
I would never do to them what you've done to this guy.
This is the most unethical sham since I've been in politics.
And if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn't have done what you done to this guy.
To my Republican colleagues, if you vote no, you're legitimizing the most despicable thing I have seen in my time in politics.
>> Well, many credit Senator Lindsey Graham with helping turn the tide in Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation after that passionate speech denouncing what he called a Democratic sham hearing.
Former Chief Counsel for Senator Lindsey Graham, Lee Holmes, played a central role in Senate confirmations and said that moment was peak Lindsey Graham courage, and he joins us now.
Lee, thank you so much for coming on.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
>> Good morning, Ainsley. Thank you. And thanks for having me.
>> You're welcome. That that moment, being from South Carolina and knowing Lindsey Graham, I've always been proud of him, but I was I remember that moment and everyone every conservative at least was talking about, "Thank goodness that he defended the right thing."
Tell me about that day. What went into that?
>> Well, uh you're right, and I was the staffer sitting behind him in those videos you just showed, and he grew more and more frustrated as the hearing went on because he felt that it was just a fundamentally unfair process.
And it was uh one particular Democratic Senator that pushed him over the edge.
And it that Senator asked Brett Kavanaugh, "If you're really innocent, why don't you want an FBI a further FBI investigation? If you're really innocent, you would turn around to Don McGahn, the White House counsel at the time, and you would ask for this investigation."
And I remember Lindsey turning to me and saying, "This is not the Soviet Union. Tell Grassley, the then chairman, I'm going next." And the rest is history.
>> He he said in that sound bite, you know, I voted for uh Sonia Sotomayor. I voted for um Kagan, Elena Kagan. So, I am willing to cross the aisle, as we all should be willing to do. Why aren't you willing to do that? How did that moment solidify his political career?
>> You know, it I think it goes back to exactly what I was talking about. He felt that he had been fundamentally fair in considering nominees. He had treated them with respect and courtesy. And he felt sort of the degradation of the rule of law happening in the committee before him, where the presumption was against the nominee. And, you know, foreign policy drove him very hard. That's what he felt separated America from the rest of the world. And that's why he thought the United States was so great and why he fought for the American style rule of law and representative government throughout the world.
>> Mhm. Uh Lee, here's a sound bite from President Trump talking about that moment, that intervention that helped change the course of that confirmation battle. Listen to this.
>> I think his finest moment was his defense of Brett Kavanaugh. He's a terrific guy. You know, I tell you, Jake, I think it was a top 10, maybe a top five moment in the history of the Senate. It was an incredible display. And he did it from the heart. He felt strongly about Brett, and he did it from the heart, and it turned that whole thing around. He was really amazing.
>> That really changed the course of the Supreme Court, didn't it?
>> It did. And when I think about Lindsey's legacy, I think about courage, compassion, and results. And in that moment, you saw Lindsey's courage, and you saw him achieving a result, and I think that's why endorsing Lindsey was among the easiest decisions the president has made in his tenure.
>> Mhm.
Well, Lee, he had a great team surrounding him, and we have known many of you all throughout the years. Um, to Tara and to Kevin, who's been with him as comms director for a very long time. God bless you all. Thank you for supporting him and always having his back. We're going to miss him.
>> He was a good one. God bless you.
>> I'll over to you. Ainsley,
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