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Dave Goldiner

Sen. Graham storms out of Supreme Court hearing for Jackson

After a stormy dispute over terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Sen. Lindsey Graham stormed out of the Senate hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

“I hope they all die in jail if they’re going to go back and kill Americans,” Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said before grabbing a bottle of soda and stalking out. “That’s a better outcome than letting them go.”

Wagging his finger, Graham appeared to lose his temper as he derided the “frickin’ ” Afghanistan government and accused Jackson of being soft on the detainees.

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