Lindsay Graham does a Masterclass in Comedy and Sarcasm

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Sometimes when you get too comfortable, you say things that were meant for a certain audience. Your tongue gets a little too loose and your fraternizing gives way to frankness.

Senator Lindsay Graham probably knows this all too well when he was a part of the committee overseeing the confirming hearings for Amy Coney Barrett, a devout Catholic and conservative who serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals.

You may recall that Barrett’s nomination by President Trump to this prestigious seat was due to the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And to have a conservative replace a liberal on the Supreme Court would only be welcome news for the Republicans.

At this Supreme Court confirmation, Senator Graham asked Barrett, “One of the reasons you can say with confidence that you think Brown v. the Board of Education is super-precedent is that you are not aware of any effort to go back to the good ole days of segregation by a legislative body, is that correct?”

To me, even if Senator Graham’s comment was “deep sarcasm” as he would later say in his defense, it is wickedly tone deaf, don’t you think?

You’re overseeing the potential appointment to the Supreme Court. It’s been a year of racial tension in a decade of racial tension in a century of racial tension. Not to…