AP reports on Alito’s wife crying… suggesting it was Lindsey Graham who caused it.
It was of course constant Democratic charges of bigotry that caused Mrs. Alito’s crying. Lindsay Graham merely asked the question they were, but in a way meant to allow him to answer it directly and forcefully. So the AP reports:
“Martha-Ann Bomgardner, who had sat behind her husband for hours of questioning over several days, left as her husband was being questioned by Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.“‘Are you really a closet bigot?’ Graham asked Alito. The nominee said no, and Graham said, “No sir, you’re not.”
Are you freakin’ kidding me? How do they have the nerve?
A correction must be issued. AP simply cannot be allowed to get away with this sort of blatant misrepresentation. No, it’s worse than that— it’s an outright deliberate lie.