Brett Kavanaugh, the Bridge between Trump and the Bushes
To listen to many establishment Republicans, the rise of Trumpism is a perversion of the true GOP. But if the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh revealed one thing, it’s the shared interests of George W. Bush and Donald J. Trump.
Kavanaugh is the bridge between Dubya and Trump. And he is now the shield on the Supreme Court, installed to protect both presidents — following a confirmation fight won with deceitful Swift Boat tactics that recall the heyday of Karl Rove.
The decision by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) to throw her support behind Kavanaugh helped reveal the powerful connection between Bush and Trump. Collins is a Bush loyalist; the Bushes have deep ties to Maine through their Kennebunkport compound, and as The Intercept notes, Collins has long been a member of the Bush inner circle. Over the weekend, America learned that W. Bush repeatedly called Collins to lobby her to vote for Kavanaugh.
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And her decision to back Trump’s nominee was even praised by Dubya’s ailing father George H.W. Bush:
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Why does Kavanaugh matter to the Bushes? To start, the W. Bush presidency flouted the law, repeatedly, and has never been called to account. Recall the failed Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers, a top lawyer from the W. Bush administration. Miers was seen, at the time, as a Bush loyalist who might shield the administration’s legacy for a coming generation, including against court cases arising from the administration’s use of torture, black sites and mass surveillance — to say nothing of its march to war in Iraq under false pretenses.
Kavanaugh is Miers 2.0. He is a former Bush lieutenant who was not only a lawyer in the Florida recount of 2000, but inherited the pivotal job of staff secretary to the president from Miers as she rose through the White House ranks.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/brett-kavanaugh-trump-connection-734465/
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