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The Hill
September 18, 2018
05:00 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is privately warning GOP colleagues that there will be political fallout for the party if they fail to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, quashing any talking within his conference about pressuring Kavanaugh to drop out.
McConnell gathered Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in his Capital Hill office Tuesday to buck up their resolve to get the nominee confirmed before the election, according to lawmakers who attended.
"McConnell's message was, 'Get it Done!' He said there are a few issues that voters care about and the Supreme Court is one of them," said one Republican senator who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
The lawmaker said this stern message from McConnell has tamped down any talk of pressing Kavanaugh to withdraw his name though "some of us may be thinking it."
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orangecrush
(19,556 posts)is one McTurtle will regret.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)So he's a rapist, and we won't allow an examination of his whole record, but what's that got to do with a lifetime appointment? Let's just get it done. Time's a-wastin'!
Has anyone thought to ask the Majority Leader what the big fat fucking hurry is to get Kavanaugh confirmed? Or is Republican perfidy so obvious, so baked into the system, that nobody even bothers to question it anymore? "Yeah, they're pulling a fast one, but it makes for such good television, we don't want to get in the way. Big ratings! People don't want to tune in to some dry, boring governance, they want action! Heroes! Villains! Who's up? Who's down? Will the bad guys get away with it again, or will they be stopped? Tune in and see! It's so exciting!"
john657
(1,058 posts)When was he charged?
When was he tried?
When was he convicted?
When was he sentenced?
So far, it's only an allegation.
Fact is that no one on this board know whether or not he's guilty of this allegation.
There are proven facts of why he should not be confirmed, lying under oath is a pretty big one.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)When was he tried?
When was he convicted?
When was he sentenced?
So far, it's only an allegation.
Fact is that no one on this board know whether or not he's guilty of this allegation.
Nope, still sounds stupid. I'll stand by my post.
john657
(1,058 posts)BootinUp
(47,151 posts)Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)They should have never nominated a gropping partisan hack with gambling problems, ethical challenges, honesty issues and dubious debts to who knows whom. Checkmate.
underpants
(182,807 posts)Afromania
(2,768 posts)Hard you ride it. The only win now is to limit how much the gop gets dirt burn messing around with this nomination.
idcdu
(170 posts)McConnell didn't even want the rat bastard on, either. Just reject Kavanaugh and move on.
eleny
(46,166 posts)red dog 1
(27,804 posts)The Hill
Sept. 18, 2018
05:46 PM EDT
"Senator Doug Jones (D-Alabama) said Tuesday that the Senate Judiciary Committee should subpoena a former classmate of Brett Kavanaugh as it examines sexual assault allegations against the Supreme Court nominee.
Jones weighed in shortly after the former classmate, Mark Judge, told committee leaders through his attorney that he won't testify and that he has no recollection about the alleged incident from the early 1980s."
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)Go fuck yourself