See it: Sen. Lindsey Graham, confronted by protesters, plays the victim

Nothing comes easy for Lindsey Graham these days.

The Republican U.S. Senator from South Carolina, who’s fighting for his political life in November’s election, posted a video online of protesters confronting him upon his arrival to Washington D.C. The footage shows the 65-year-old Republican making his way through the Ronald Regan Washington National airport with at least two women in tow, holding his feet to the fire for pushing through conservative Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett before Inauguration Day, January 20, 2021.

Graham has vehemently said on previous occasions that he thinks it’s wrong to appoint a justice in an election year.

“Look me in the eye,” one of the women said as Graham tried to walk away.

“Where are you from?” Graham asked.

When that woman said she was from Seattle, Graham tried making that the issue.

“Seattle’s a good example of how things are getting out of control,” Graham said, referring to protests where cops have clashed with civil rights demonstrators since the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota while he was in police custody in late May.

That woman defended Seattle while a second woman said “You’re an example of how things are getting out of control, sir.”

Graham asked that woman where she was from and she snapped “I’m from the United States of America.”

Asked the same question, Graham answered “South Carolina.”

Folks following Graham Tuesday asked the senator why he was putting Barrett on the nation’s highest court and referred to the judge as a “racist” who is believed to oppose women’s reproductive rights. Barrett was elusive about the latter issue during her hearing before the senate judiciary committee, which Graham chairs. The committee plans to vote on Barrett’s nomination Monday.

“I’m enthusiastically going to support Judge Barrett,” Graham told his airport adversaries. “I think she’s highly qualified.”

Graham posted video of the confrontation on Twitter with a caption again stereotyping the Seattleite and expressing his excitement about voting Barrett onto the Supreme Court.

“I arrived in DC today & was confronted by 2 women -- one of whom was from Seattle -- who called Judge Amy Coney Barrett a racist & unqualified,” he wrote. “This is the modern left, hostile & unhinged. I won’t be intimidated. I can’t wait to #FillTheSeat.”

Barrett’s views on race are an issue because she once ruled that use of the N-word does not necessarily constitute a hostile work environment, according to The Hill. The appellate court judge, who adopted two Haitian children, acknowledged during her senate hearing “that racism persists in our country,” but said she couldn’t say whether it’s “outright or systemic.”

Like Barrett, Graham has been asked to account for past comments in his senate race against Jaime Harris, who has hammered the incumbent for his hypocrisy with regards to filling supreme court seats. Harris' fundraising has also driven Graham to plead for campaign cash on Fox News, where he whined his critics “hate my guts.”

Graham’s flexible convictions were the topic of a political attack ad featuring old clips of him criticizing President Trump, to whom he has since become a loyal ally.

“He is a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot,” Graham said during Trump’s 2016 run. “You know how you make America great again? Tell Donald Trump to go to hell.”

That ad was produced by Republican Voters Against Trump. The Lincoln Project -- also a group of rogue Republicans -- have used its resources to target Graham as well.

Graham’s campaign site calls the 17-year veteran senator “a fighter who doesn’t back down from a challenge.”

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