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Potential 2020 candidates gather at the Texas..Festival. Talk of the White House? No, just Kavanaugh
Potential 2020 candidates gather at the Texas Tribune Festival. Talk of the White House? No, just Kavanaugh.
Eric Holder, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke, Michael Avenatti and more stopped by the Texas Tribune Festival. There was only one thing to talk about.
Brett Kavanaugh, former Attorney General Eric Holder said, behaves "more like a political operative" than a Supreme Court nominee.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, lamented the pending Kavanaugh confirmation vote, saying that "it shouldn't have to be female members of the Republican Party to get it right."
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for one of Kavanaugh's accusers, spoke to a sold-out theater. And Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., drew a hero's welcome, after her startling exchange with Kavanaugh about blackout drinking at last Thursday's Judiciary Committee hearing went viral.
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"It's all about matchups," Avenatti told the crowd, arguing that his brand of in-your-face personality was the only way to defeat Trump in 2020.
Klobuchar spoke Saturday morning to a large tent full of attendees, many of whom came soaked from a morning downpour to hear her.
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Klobuchar also knocked Republicans on the committee for "pounding their chests" during the hearing, calling it a strategy to deflect from Ford's testimony. And while Klobuchar's sudden moment in the spotlight has focused increased attention on her possible presidential aspirations, she refused to disclose her plans, saying, "I am representing Minnesota. That's what I'm focused on right now." - NBC News
Eric Holder, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke, Michael Avenatti and more stopped by the Texas Tribune Festival. There was only one thing to talk about.
Brett Kavanaugh, former Attorney General Eric Holder said, behaves "more like a political operative" than a Supreme Court nominee.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, lamented the pending Kavanaugh confirmation vote, saying that "it shouldn't have to be female members of the Republican Party to get it right."
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for one of Kavanaugh's accusers, spoke to a sold-out theater. And Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., drew a hero's welcome, after her startling exchange with Kavanaugh about blackout drinking at last Thursday's Judiciary Committee hearing went viral.
<snip>
"It's all about matchups," Avenatti told the crowd, arguing that his brand of in-your-face personality was the only way to defeat Trump in 2020.
Klobuchar spoke Saturday morning to a large tent full of attendees, many of whom came soaked from a morning downpour to hear her.
<snip>
Klobuchar also knocked Republicans on the committee for "pounding their chests" during the hearing, calling it a strategy to deflect from Ford's testimony. And while Klobuchar's sudden moment in the spotlight has focused increased attention on her possible presidential aspirations, she refused to disclose her plans, saying, "I am representing Minnesota. That's what I'm focused on right now." - NBC News