Lindsey Graham told Sonia Sotomayor that she has "said some things that just bugged the hell out of" the South Carolina Republican but added later that her testimony had been "very reassuring" on the point of whether she understood and respected the difference between her personal beliefs and her judicial approach.
Sonia Sotomayor and Lindsey Graham during a break in the hearings. (Getty Images/Mark Wilson)
Graham offered yet another critique from Republicans of Sotomayor's speeches, most notably her now-famous "wise Latina comment" and her advocacy as a member of the board of a Latino legal advocacy group, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, from 1980 to 1992.
The plain-spoken Republican said Sotomayor's speeches "suggested gender and racial affiliations" that raise his concern.
Graham, who said Wednesday that it would be difficult to decide whether to support or oppose her confirmation, added that he had come to believe that the nominee was not a judicial activist "chomping at the bit" to change the law from the bench.
"I think and believe, based on what I know about you so far, that you're broad-minded enough to understand that America is bigger than the Bronx. It's bigger than South Carolina," he said.
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