The Memo: GOP risks disaster with Kavanaugh, midterms

The question for Republicans, as they press forward with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, is whether they risk alienating female voters for years — and just in time for this year’s midterms.

Progressives are certain the GOP will end up on the losing side, pointing to intense outrage over the likely confirmation of a judge to the Supreme Court despite compelling testimony from Christine Blasey Ford, who says he sexually assaulted her decades ago.

“I think the Republicans are going to lose women for a generation,” said Karine Jean-Pierre, a senior adviser and national spokeswoman for MoveOn, a progressive group.

Speaking on Friday evening, and referring to the questioning of Ford and Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee the previous day, Jean-Pierre added: “Women are not going to forget what happened yesterday — they are not going to forget it tomorrow and not in November,” when the midterm elections take place.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/409074-the-memo-gop-risks-disaster-with-kavanaugh-midterms