The Detroit News Article RatingLindsey Graham: Potential SCOTUS nominee Michelle Childs is 'fair minded, highly gifted'
Jan 31, 2022 View Original Article
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| "Affirmative action is picking somebody not as well qualified for past wrongs." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "On Saturday, the White House issued a rebuke to Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, who had said Biden's pick would be a beneficiary of affirmative action and predicted she would probably not get a single Republican vote." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "In an interview on CBS's Face the Nation, Graham sang the praises of South Carolina Federal District Judge J. Michelle Childs." | Positive | 30% Conservative |
| "Clyburn is a longtime ally of Biden who helped revitalize his presidential campaign when it was on life support by endorsing the former vice president days ahead of the South Carolina Democratic primary in February 2020." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Clyburn is a longtime ally of Biden who helped revitalize his presidential campaign when it was on life support by endorsing the former vice president days ahead of the South Carolina Democratic primary in February 2020." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Clyburn, who also appeared on Face the Nation Sunday to boost Childs again, has said he believed she would receive support from both of South Carolina's Republican senators." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "This history gives Clyburn's support for Childs extra heft, and the White House took the rare step Friday of confirming she is under consideration for the Supreme Court." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "I can't think of a better person for President Biden to consider for the Supreme Court than Michelle Childs, Graham told Face the Nation host Margaret Brean." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "I can't think of a better person for President Biden to consider for the Supreme Court than Michelle Childs, Graham told Face the Nation host Margaret Brean." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Some have been critical of Biden's promise to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Breyer's retirement aouncement, coupled with Biden's stated goal of choosing a nominee by the end of February - and recommitting to his vow to nominate a Black woman - set off a flurry of speculation over who could be the next Supreme Court nominee." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Washington -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican of South Carolina, on Sunday appeared to enthusiastically endorse one of President Joe Biden's potential Supreme Court nominees to replace Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who last week aounced his intention to retire at the end of this court term." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Washington -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican of South Carolina, on Sunday appeared to enthusiastically endorse one of President Joe Biden's potential Supreme Court nominees to replace Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who last week aounced his intention to retire at the end of this court term." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "A representative for Sen. Tim Scott, the other Republican senator from South Carolina, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Shortly afterward, White House press secretary Jen Psaki hit back at Republican arguments that Biden's pick would be too radical, before the nominee was even aounced." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Rep. James E. Clyburn, also of South Carolina, the number three in House Democratic leadership, has been publicly calling on Biden to choose Childs, and Graham's comments lend credence to his argument that she could attract bipartisan support." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Rep. James E. Clyburn, also of South Carolina, the number three in House Democratic leadership, has been publicly calling on Biden to choose Childs, and Graham's comments lend credence to his argument that she could attract bipartisan support." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Rep. James E. Clyburn, also of South Carolina, the number three in House Democratic leadership, has been publicly calling on Biden to choose Childs, and Graham's comments lend credence to his argument that she could attract bipartisan support." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Democrats, who hold a narrow 50-50 majority in the Senate - with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tiebreaking vote - will need a unified front if they want to confirm Biden's nominee without the help of Republicans." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Democrats, who hold a narrow 50-50 majority in the Senate - with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tiebreaking vote - will need a unified front if they want to confirm Biden's nominee without the help of Republicans." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Graham sidestepped the question about whether he had told Clyburn he was a yes vote on Childs, and he did not fully commit to voting for her." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Graham sidestepped the question about whether he had told Clyburn he was a yes vote on Childs, and he did not fully commit to voting for her." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "On Saturday, the White House issued a rebuke to Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, who had said Biden's pick would be a beneficiary of affirmative action and predicted she would probably not get a single Republican vote." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "On Saturday, the White House issued a rebuke to Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, who had said Biden's pick would be a beneficiary of affirmative action and predicted she would probably not get a single Republican vote." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Graham on Sunday pushed back on Wicker's comments, saying he did not see Childs as an affirmative action pick and that she is qualified by every measure." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Graham on Sunday pushed back on Wicker's comments, saying he did not see Childs as an affirmative action pick and that she is qualified by every measure." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Graham's show of support stood in stark contrast to most Republican senators who have either refrained from weighing in or have expressed concern that Biden would nominate someone too radical." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Graham's show of support stood in stark contrast to most Republican senators who have either refrained from weighing in or have expressed concern that Biden would nominate someone too radical." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell, a Republican from Kentucky, issued a statement last week saying Biden should not be influenced by the radical left when making his decision, though he did not specify what that meant." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell, a Republican from Kentucky, issued a statement last week saying Biden should not be influenced by the radical left when making his decision, though he did not specify what that meant." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
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38% : "Affirmative action is picking somebody not as well qualified for past wrongs.31% : On Saturday, the White House issued a rebuke to Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, who had said Biden's pick would be a "beneficiary" of affirmative action and predicted she would "probably not get a single Republican vote."
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