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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs tRump going to stop supporting Kavanaugh?
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/9/18/1796799/-Ivanka-Advising-Daddy-To-Cut-Bait-On-Kavanaugh-Plus-Trump-Calls-Him-A-Bush-GuyGabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair:
Two sources told me the White House has heard rumors that Fords account will be verified by women who say she told it to them contemporaneously. People worry, without apparent evidence, of another Ronan Farrow bomb dropping. One source says Ivanka Trump has told her father to cut bait and drop Kavanaugh.
Another reason Trump hasnt gone to the mat for Kavanaugh is that hes said to be suspicious of Kavanaughs establishment pedigree. Hes a Bush guy, why would I put myself out there defending him? Trump told people, according to a former White House official briefed on the conversations. Trump also has expressed frustration with White House counsel Don McGahn, who aggressively lobbied for him to choose Kavanaugh, a source said. Trump wants this guy on the court, but Trump knows there are five other people he could put on the court if this falls apart, a former official said.
Even before the Kavanaugh crisis, Trump has been worried about Republicans declining fortunes, and hes been finding ways to shift the blame. Trump told a friend in the Oval Office last week that it would be Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryans fault if Republicans lost the House and the Senate, according to a person familiar with the conversation. This is the election about Ryan and McConnellits about those guys, Trump said. Trump referred to his 2020 campaign as the real election. Its pure Trump. He has to come up with a way hes not responsible if Republicans lose, a former West Wing staffer said.
MSNBC Wash Post reporter is saying that this is very possible from what he has seen and heard.
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Is tRump going to stop supporting Kavanaugh? (Original Post)
BigmanPigman
Sep 2018
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Jarqui
(10,130 posts)1. If polls came out showing Kavanaugh would hurt Trump's effort
to try to maintain control over the House and/or Senate, Trump will nuke Kavanaugh in a heartbeat for self preservation from impeachment.
Media articles with polls might be the best way to sink Kavanaugh's nomination.
lapfog_1
(29,223 posts)2. His usual move is to double down on support
right up until that it simply won't work anymore... then they quietly shove the person out of the backdoor with "we hardly knew them" goodbyes.