By Peter Hasson - The Daily Caller
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh might keep facing political attacks from the left if he is confirmed to the nation’s highest court.
Kavanaugh faced an onslaught of attacks from Democrats and liberal activists even before Palo Alto University professor Christine Blasey Ford accused him of drunkenly trying to force himself on her while the two were in high school. Kavanaugh denied Ford’s accusation once again in an emotional testimony Thursday.
Brian Fallon, former press secretary on Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful 2016 presidential campaign, predicted Kavanaugh “will not serve for life” if confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Fallon leads Demand Justice, a Democratic dark money group dedicated to opposing Kavanaugh’s confirmation, and previously called for Kavanaugh to be impeached from his current position on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
“If Senate GOP ignores Dr. Blasey Ford and tries to muscle an attempted rapist onto the Supreme Court: 1. They will pay dearly this November. 2. Senators up in 2020 (Collins, Gardner et al) will feel intense heat for next two years. 3. Kavanaugh will not serve for life,” Fallon predicted.
Some congressional Democrats are already pledging to investigate Kavanaugh if they retake Congress with him sitting on the Supreme Court.
Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Senate Judiciary Committee member, pledged to investigate Kavanaugh “as soon as Democrats get the gavel.”
“This is such bad practice that even if they were to ram this guy through, as soon as Democrats get gavels we’re going to want to get to the bottom of this,” Whitehouse told CNN on Sept. 20.
“His background is fair for consideration, both before he is confirmed and, if he should be confirmed, we would be duty-bound to follow-up on any blemishes on his record that were not fully discovered prior to his confirmation,” Georgia Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson told The Intercept on Wednesday. “We would owe that to the American people.”
California Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu “would need more information” before weighing in on Kavanaugh’s impeachment, he told The Daily Caller News Foundation in a private Twitter message Thursday.
Lieu noted he hasn’t “heard Mark Judge or the other accusers questioned under oath,” but didn’t rule out supporting impeachment.
One of Lieu’s fellow California Democrats, Rep. Eric Swalwell, previously floated the possibility of a “judicial impeachment” in the event that Kavanaugh is confirmed.
“If the Republicans rush through a nominee where you have unanswered sexual assault allegations, I can promise you that Democratic senators will be interested in going and looking at those allegations, and if Judge Kavanaugh lied under oath, you could see a judicial impeachment, and that’s not good for anybody, so we should try and avoid that,” Swalwell told Fox News in a Sept. 22 interview.
Liberal activists and journalists Thursday predicted a push to impeach Kavanaugh if he is confirmed and Democrats retake Congress.
Kavanaugh criticized Senate Democrats’ no-holds-barred campaign to stop his nomination in his statement before the judiciary committee Thursday.
“This confirmation process has become a national disgrace,” Kavanaugh said. “The Constitution gives the Senate an important role in the confirmation process, but you have replaced ‘with advice and consent’ with ‘search and destroy.'”
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham similarly condemned Senate Judiciary Democrats’ handling of the Kavanaugh confirmation.
“What you want to do is destroy this guy’s life, hold this seat open, and hope you win in 2020,” Graham said. He went on to call the entire process “the most unethical sham since I’ve been in politics.”
I was just thinking.... With all the BILLIONS of dollars the liberals waste trying to buy power and influence, they could really help most of the people that they pretend to care about.
DemonGeminiX (09-28-2018)
But they won't... because they're full of shit.
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Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it.
OK, Lets go ahead and go after Hillary.. These mafuckas wanna play? Lets bring a little heat back..
Remember how when Obama won (I don't remember if it was his first or second term) when all the democrats were gloating and saying how elections have consequences (I believe even Obama himself echoed that but I'm not 100% sure)? Well I guess that elections only have consequences when they control the White House.
RBP (09-28-2018)
RBP (09-28-2018)
Senator Flake has sided with the democrats...he will vote the Kavanaugh nomination out of committee, but he won't vote to confirm unless there's an FBI investigation next week.
Now they just adjourned.
Here's what I got what happened because I was interrupted by work
I believe they did get it voted out of committee (they did, 11-10 along party lines), but Senator Flake has indicated that he won't vote to confirm on the full senate floor vote until there has been up to and no more than a week given to the FBI for an investigation. The democrats cornered him in an ante room and I guess they all said enough to swing him over to their side for this magical FBI investigation.
Of course all they can do is ask though because once it gets to the floor, Sen McConnell who is the the majority leader, can call for a vote at any time. But I'm guessing if he does, then Flake will fall to a 'no' vote.
Hasn't the FBI all but said there is nothing to investigate? What would be the point? No charges can be brought after all this time, he was a "child" at the time and all the named witnesses that were "present" at the alleged party have said they have no idea what she's talking about. The investigation would just cost millions of dollars to do and would come to the conclusion that there is nothing there. Either she's lying or has convinced herself that he's "the guy". It's proven that memories are not "rigid" and change over time. The only thing an FBI investigation would accomplish is delaying the vote until after the midterm election. That's exactly what this is all about. Literally buying time.
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RBP (09-28-2018)
McConnell might not even go for it, like they said in the committee after the vote, all they can do is ask, McConnell is the one that runs the senate. The only way I can see McConnell delaying the vote and continuing with the circus is if they don't have the votes. They can only lose 1 republican vote if no democrats vote yes to confirm. There are some democrats that might (like Senator Manchin of West Virginia) but no one knows for sure, although I am sure there will be many head counts taken this weekend to see how many votes they have, and that's what will ultimately decided whether they go forward with this FBI investigation nonsense.
RBP (09-28-2018)