Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) responded to audience boos on Wednesday when he defended Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, telling the audience to "boo" themselves.
"I thought Kavanaugh was treated like crap," Graham said, which prompted boo's from the audience.
"Yeah, well boo yourself," Graham shot back.
Booed by the audience when he says Kavanaugh "was treated like crap," Sen. Lindsey Graham responds, "Yeah, well boo yourself." pic.twitter.com/Ns6dNPCSk4
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Graham was speaking to Jeffery Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, at The Atlantic Festival. The senator mentioned how he disapproved of President Donald Trump's comments at a Tuesday night rally where he appeared to imitate Christine Blasey Ford, who testified last week about her sexual misconduct allegation against Kavanaugh.
"So President Trump went through a factual rendition that I didn't particularly like. I would tell him to knock it off. You're not helping," Graham said. "But it can be worse: you can actually kill somebody's cat and puncture their tires to get them to shut up."
"I don't know what that means," Goldberg interrupted.
"Well you don't remember Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick. I do–" Graham started. He was referencing the women who came forward in 1998 and accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct and how the women were treated after coming forward. Willey accused the Clinton's of being behind the intimidation and harassment she received, including the killing of her cat.
"I don't remember the thing about the cat, but what's the point? Is the point Donald Trump could have said something worse and we should be grateful?" Goldberg asked.
"The point is that we've come a long way, we've come a long way since–" Graham said.
"Alright, alright, alright. It's fine. It's fine," Goldberg said toward the audience as he signaled for them to stop objecting.
"No, wait a minute. Whether you like it or not, I really don't care," Graham said. "Here's the point. I've seen what happened to these women in 1998 when they came forward. I don't like what the president said last night. I was the first person to say 'I want to hear from Dr. Ford.' I thought she was handled respectfully."