{"id":1254,"date":"2026-07-14T19:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2026-07-14T19:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:39:01","slug":"obama-appointed-justice-has-only-kind-words-for-lindsey-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1254","title":{"rendered":"Obama-Appointed Justice Has Only Kind Words For Lindsey Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan \u2014 nominated to the high court in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama \u2014 took a moment on Tuesday to remember the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and had only kind words to say about him.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1252\">Trump Splits With FBI, Questions Decision To Probe Lindsey Graham\u2019s Death<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kagan recalled her confirmation process, noting specifically how strange it was for a Republican to vote in favor of her confirmation when the nominee was chosen by a Democratic president \u2014 and vice versa \u2014 and said that Graham had approached the process with \u201cseriousness\u201d appropriate for the situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Justice Elena Kagan on her 2010 confirmation hearing: \u201cMany people have talked about how funny Senator Graham was\u2026What I remember about that hearing was that somehow Senator Graham made me look funny, which is a harder thing entirely, by asking me what I had done on\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/U6IFdoGIwN<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) July 14, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kagan began by offering her condolences to Graham\u2019s family and friends, adding that \u201cthe entire Court\u201d wished them well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll just say that I didn\u2019t get many Republican votes when I was confirmed to the Supreme Court,\u201d Kagan said with a smile, adding, \u201cAnd that\u2019s the usual state of things today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on to say that it was even more striking to see a Republican from a deep red state like South Carolina cast a cross-party vote for a nominee: \u201cAnd yet, Senator Graham voted for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1250\">Trump Gives Another Clue On Thursday\u2019s Primetime Announcement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI vividly remember, because he was a vivid person, the conversation that we had in his office prior to my hearing,\u201d Kagan said. \u201cIt was a long conversation; he took the opportunity to get to know me. He questioned me with great seriousness and great knowledge about my record. \u2026 And I still more vividly remember the conversations we had at my hearing itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last day or so, many people have talked about how funny Senator Graham was. I think Al Franken said that he was the funniest man in the Senate,\u201d Kagan continued. \u201cWhat I remember about that hearing was that somehow Senator Graham made me look funny, which is a harder thing entirely, by asking me what I had done on Christmas. \u2026 Many people said to me afterwards that exchange with Senator Graham was the moment my confirmation was sealed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham mentioned his vote for Kagan during his famous tirade at Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s hearing. To Kavanaugh, he said, \u201cWhen you see Sotomayor and Kagan, tell them that Lindsey said hello because I voted for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He turned his attention back to the Democrats and said, \u201cI would never do to them what you\u2019ve done to this guy. This is the most unethical sham since I\u2019ve been in politics. And if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn\u2019t have done what you\u2019ve done to this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1247\">CNN Gives Insane Racially Charged Defense Of Caitlin Clark Hate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan \u2014 nominated to the high court in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama \u2014 took a moment on Tuesday to remember the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and had only kind words to say about him.Kagan recalled her confirmation process, noting specifically how strange it was for a Republican to vote in favor of her confirmation when the nominee was chosen by a Democratic president \u2014 and vice versa \u2014 and said that Graham had approached the process with \u201cseriousness\u201d appropriate for the situation.WATCH:Justice Elena Kagan on her 2010 confirmation hearing: \u201cMany people have talked about how funny Senator Graham was\u2026What I remember about that hearing was that somehow Senator Graham made me look funny, which is a harder thing entirely, by asking me what I had done on\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/U6IFdoGIwN\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) July 14, 2026Kagan began by offering her condolences to Graham\u2019s family and friends, adding that \u201cthe entire Court\u201d wished them well.\u201cI\u2019ll just say that I didn\u2019t get many Republican votes when I was confirmed to the Supreme Court,\u201d Kagan said with a smile, adding, \u201cAnd that\u2019s the usual state of things today.\u201dShe went on to say that it was even more striking to see a Republican from a deep red state like South Carolina cast a cross-party vote for a nominee: \u201cAnd yet, Senator Graham voted for me.\u201d\u201cI vividly remember, because he was a vivid person, the conversation that we had in his office prior to my hearing,\u201d Kagan said. \u201cIt was a long conversation; he took the opportunity to get to know me. He questioned me with great seriousness and great knowledge about my record. \u2026 And I still more vividly remember the conversations we had at my hearing itself.\u201d\u201cIn the last day or so, many people have talked about how funny Senator Graham was. I think Al Franken said that he was the funniest man in the Senate,\u201d Kagan continued. \u201cWhat I remember about that hearing was that somehow Senator Graham made me look funny, which is a harder thing entirely, by asking me what I had done on Christmas. \u2026 Many people said to me afterwards that exchange with Senator Graham was the moment my confirmation was sealed.\u201dGraham mentioned his vote for Kagan during his famous tirade at Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s hearing. To Kavanaugh, he said, \u201cWhen you see Sotomayor and Kagan, tell them that Lindsey said hello because I voted for them.\u201dHe turned his attention back to the Democrats and said, \u201cI would never do to them what you\u2019ve done to this guy. This is the most unethical sham since I\u2019ve been in politics. And if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn\u2019t have done what you\u2019ve done to this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obama-Appointed Justice Has Only Kind Words For Lindsey Graham - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1254\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obama-Appointed Justice Has Only Kind Words For Lindsey Graham - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan \u2014 nominated to the high court in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama \u2014 took a moment on Tuesday to remember the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and had only kind words to say about him.Kagan recalled her confirmation process, noting specifically how strange it was for a Republican to vote in favor of her confirmation when the nominee was chosen by a Democratic president \u2014 and vice versa \u2014 and said that Graham had approached the process with \u201cseriousness\u201d appropriate for the situation.WATCH:Justice Elena Kagan on her 2010 confirmation hearing: \u201cMany people have talked about how funny Senator Graham was\u2026What I remember about that hearing was that somehow Senator Graham made me look funny, which is a harder thing entirely, by asking me what I had done on\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/U6IFdoGIwN\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) July 14, 2026Kagan began by offering her condolences to Graham\u2019s family and friends, adding that \u201cthe entire Court\u201d wished them well.\u201cI\u2019ll just say that I didn\u2019t get many Republican votes when I was confirmed to the Supreme Court,\u201d Kagan said with a smile, adding, \u201cAnd that\u2019s the usual state of things today.\u201dShe went on to say that it was even more striking to see a Republican from a deep red state like South Carolina cast a cross-party vote for a nominee: \u201cAnd yet, Senator Graham voted for me.\u201d\u201cI vividly remember, because he was a vivid person, the conversation that we had in his office prior to my hearing,\u201d Kagan said. \u201cIt was a long conversation; he took the opportunity to get to know me. 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