Lindsey Graham Talks About The "Good Old Days Of Segregation" During The Amy Coney Barrett Hearings

By Red Painter — October 14, 2020

During the 3rd day of the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings, Lindsey Graham opened up a line of questioning regarding various precedent setting rulings. When bringing up the Board vs Board of Education, he actually said "You're not aware of any efforts to go back to the good old days of segregation" and I cannot believe the entire room didn't gasp.

Twitter noticed, though:

"good old days of segregation"

What in the actual f...

— 𝔍𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔭𝔥 𝔊𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢 🎃 (@JosephGoulette) October 14, 2020

Wtf?? Just...wtf is happening

— SodapopCurtis (@sasser826) October 14, 2020

Why did Graham use the phrase "good old days" when referring to segregation? https://t.co/5dT12av0r0

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 14, 2020

Graham last week: “if you're a young African American or an immigrant, you can go anywhere in this country. You just need to be conservative, not liberal."

Graham today: refers to segregation as “the good old days.” https://t.co/XpqvIvHiPG

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) October 14, 2020

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1316370021644337152s=20

.@LindseyGrahamSC just called segregation “the good old days.” The good old days for who, Senator?

It’s 2020, not 1920. Act like it. pic.twitter.com/qVhhfp7oRY

— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) October 14, 2020

Did Lindsey just say "the good old days of segregation?"

DID. LINDSEY. JUST. SAY, "THE. GOOD. OLD. DAYS. OF SEGREGATION?"

THAT DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN RIGHT? pic.twitter.com/nIxrU7yuI3

— Shannon4OH (@ShannonFreshour) October 14, 2020

Nothing to see here, just a Republican Senator talking about the “good old days of segregation.”pic.twitter.com/e4268ubFot

— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) October 14, 2020

We need to help Lindsey Graham retire. His time is done.

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