Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamSenate GOP aims to confirm Trump court pick by Oct. 29: report The Hill's Campaign Report: GOP set to ask SCOTUS to limit mail-in voting Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot MORE (S.C.) said "the roles were reversed" in Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation process and that Kavanaugh turned out to be the "slut whore drunk” as he faced public scrutiny following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

NBC News reported shortly after the Senate voted to confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday that Graham was pressed about whether sexual assault victims would be more reluctant to speak out because Kavanaugh was confirmed despite the gripping testimony of Christine Blasey Ford, the college professor who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault while they were in high school.

Graham said in response: "I think the roles were reversed: The slut whore drunk was Kavanaugh.”

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"I've tried to look at this thing through a process that stood the test of time — some standards, some presumptions, some evidentiary requirements," the South Carolina Republican said while noting his experience dealing with rape cases as judge.

"All I can say is that seldom do you advance justice by creating an injustice, and I think it would have been unjust for Judge Kavanaugh to have his life ruined based on the allegations that were presented,” Graham continued.

"Dr. Ford, I think, is the victim of a process," the senator said. "But we've got to have some verifications, some sense of balance, because if that's enough, just the mere accusation, then you're going to unleash Pandora's box here. Because those of us in public service, you should be scrutinized but you don't want to set a standard where you just take anybody out by accusing them."

Last week, Ford testified that during the alleged incident she thought Kavanaugh might accidentally kill her when she said he put his hand over her mouth and pinned down her to a bed while groping her and attempting to remove her clothes in the summer of 1982.

Kavanaugh forcefully denied Ford's allegations and several other allegations of misconduct stemming from his time in high school and college that have been leveled against him.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and former Justice Anthony Kennedy swore Kavanaugh in as an associate justice to the Supreme Court in a private ceremony Saturday after the Senate confirmed him in a 50-48 vote.