Lindsey Graham walked out of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing Tuesday after arguing with Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin over the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees following his line of questioning of the Supreme Court nominee.
Durbin, who was trying to defend President Joe Biden's nominee against Graham following his 30 minutes of questioning, spoke to the recidivism rate of those released.
'If you're going to talk about what I said, I'm going to respond to what you said,' Graham shot back, turning his microphone on. 'If we close Gitmo and move them to Colorado, do you support indefinite detention under the law of war for these detainees?'
'As long as they're dangerous, I hope they all die in jail if they're going to go back and kill Americans,' Graham said, starting to raise his voice.
'It won't bother me one bit if 39 of them die in prison,' he continued. 'That's a better outcome than letting them go.'
Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a defense of her sentencing history of child porn offenders as Dick Durbin gave the nominee a chance to address criticism claiming she is too soft on these crimes.
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Comment:
Graham has a very valid point about Judge Jackson being soft on crime.