蓄奴的南卡罗来纳州在1860年第一个宣布分裂，而来自该州的林赛·格雷厄姆是卡瓦诺在参议院司法委员会中最强有力的支持者，他将针对卡瓦诺的性侵指控描述为“自我从政以来最不道德的骗局 ” 。
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the first slave state to secede in 1860, was Kavanaugh’s most aggressive promoter on the Senate Judiciary Committee, describing sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh as “the most unethical sham since I’ve been in politics.”