Lindsey Graham All-In on Biden’s First SCOTUS Shortlist Pick: ‘I Can’t Think of a Better Person’

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina indicated Sunday that he would not be a barrier to President Joe Biden’s plan to nominate a black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The White House has confirmed that U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs is on President Joe Biden’s shortlist of names to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, according to USA Today.

Biden’s plan to let race and gender dictate his nominee has come under criticism.

“The irony is that the Supreme Court is at the very time hearing cases about this sort of affirmative racial discrimination while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of quota,” Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi said Friday, according to Fox News.

White House confirms Judge J. Michelle Childs under consideration for Supreme Court https://t.co/XbRLfBu5yL pic.twitter.com/jVSFO9UhMt

— The Hill (@thehill) January 29, 2022

During an appearance on the CBS program “Face the Nation,” Graham was nothing but supportive when asked if he had told South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn, who is the House Majority Whip, that he would be a “yes” for Childs if she’s the nominee.

“Here’s what I’ll tell him and the nation. I — I can’t think of a better person for President Biden to consider for the Supreme Court than Michelle Childs,” Graham said, according to  a CBS transcript of the interview – READ MORE