VIDEO: Graham asked if Biden's plan to nominate Black woman to SCOTUS is akin to 'affirmative action'

Jan 31, 2022 View Original Article
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    68% Negative

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"Graham's remarks come after Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker said in an interview last week that any Black female candidate whom Biden nominates to the court to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer would be a beneficiary of affirmative action."
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-28% Liberal
"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday pushed back against the notion that President Biden's vow to nominate a Black woman the Supreme Court was akin to affirmative action, saying he was in support of making U.S. institutions look like America."
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-30% Liberal
"Affirmative action is picking somebody not as well qualified for past wrongs, Graham said on CBS's Face the Nation."
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-38% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

36% : Graham's remarks come after Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker said in an interview last week that any Black female candidate whom Biden nominates to the court to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer would be a "beneficiary" of affirmative action.
35% : Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday pushed back against the notion that President Biden's vow to nominate a Black woman the Supreme Court was akin to "affirmative action," saying he was in support of making U.S. institutions "look like America."
31% : Affirmative action is picking somebody not as well qualified for past wrongs," Graham said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

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