GOP senators draw contrast between civil Jackson hearing, 'spectacle' of Kavanaugh confirmation

Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee contrasted the civil treatment of President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, during the first day of her confirmation hearings on Monday with the way Democrats and liberal activists vilified former President Trump's second Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. 

"Chairman Grassley couldn't get the first word out of his mouth before they shut down the place," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in his opening statement, recalling the 2018 Kavanaugh hearings. "Most of us couldn't go back to our offices during Kavanaugh without getting spit on. I hope that doesn't happen to y'all. I don't think it will."

"As to the historic nature of your appointment, I understand," continued Graham, alluding to the fact that Jackson would, if confirmed, become the first African American woman on the high court. "But when I get lectured about this from my Democratic colleagues, I remember Janice Rogers Brown, an African American woman, it was filibustered by the same people praising you. I remember Miguel Estrada, one of the finest people I've ever met, completely wiped out."

Graham vowed to ask Jackson questions based on her record.