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appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 12:24 PM Oct 2018

McConnell Vows Kavanaugh Vote 'Here On This Floor, This Week'

Source: Washington Post

By John Wagner, Mike DeBonis, 34 mins. ago.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) doubled down Tuesday on his vow to hold a vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh by the end of the week, accusing Democrats of throwing “mud and muck” at President Trump’s pick.

“One thing we know for sure: The Senate will vote on Judge Kavanaugh here on this floor, this week,” McConnell said during a floor speech in which he also dismissed some recent media reports about Kavanaugh’s decades-old behavior.

His comments come as Democrats are pressing for a more expansive FBI investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh. On Monday, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee called for FBI interviews of about dozen people who might have information relevant to three Kavanaugh accusers.

McConnell characterized that as a part of an ongoing effort by Democrats to “move the goal posts” on Kavanaugh’s confirmation and predicted they would be unsatisfied when the FBI completes its work this week. Democrats, McConnell said, “will not be satisfied unless they have brought down Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination.”...


Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-vows-kavanaugh-vote-%e2%80%98here-on-this-floor-this-week%e2%80%99/ar-BBNPVty

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McConnell Vows Kavanaugh Vote 'Here On This Floor, This Week' (Original Post) appalachiablue Oct 2018 OP
Will any Republican vote no? oberliner Oct 2018 #1
Note McTurtle did not say he has the votes. honest.abe Oct 2018 #2
Fuck you Mitch! Merrick Garland sends his "regards". Va Lefty Oct 2018 #3
McTurdmouth Racerdog1 Oct 2018 #4
He is working against a deadline liberal N proud Oct 2018 #5
No Mitch, we "will not be satisfied" until we have brought YOU down. JudyM Oct 2018 #6
Agreed, he needs to be flushed from the senate. Initech Oct 2018 #9
The FBI has till the end of the day, Fri. Bayard Oct 2018 #7
Shove your vote up your ass, Mitch!!! Initech Oct 2018 #8
Kavanaugh could . . . . . Iliyah Oct 2018 #10
my opinion: barbtries Oct 2018 #11
And the CC, Jesuits have pulled back, with a recent article appalachiablue Oct 2018 #12
So before the FBI finishes its investigation on Friday? apnu Oct 2018 #13

Initech

(100,103 posts)
9. Agreed, he needs to be flushed from the senate.
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 01:04 PM
Oct 2018

And then he needs to confess to what he's done to this country. Nothing would make me happier than to see him take a perp walk in an orange jumpsuit to Supermax with Trump as his cell mate.

Bayard

(22,152 posts)
7. The FBI has till the end of the day, Fri.
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 01:00 PM
Oct 2018

That's my understanding. So unless they finish their investigation early, there will be no time to review the results before the weekend, Turtle Boy.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
10. Kavanaugh could . . . . .
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 01:05 PM
Oct 2018

fatality harm a room full of people, and McTurtle would still schedule a vote with the majority of GOP senators in toll.

barbtries

(28,811 posts)
11. my opinion:
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 01:58 PM
Oct 2018

with the news that's breaking, the Bar Association, Harvard Law School, etc, etc, he's not going to have the votes. Without the votes, he will not hold a vote.

It seems as if McConnell's hold over every fucking traitorous republican may be loosening.

appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
12. And the CC, Jesuits have pulled back, with a recent article
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 02:04 PM
Oct 2018

in the J.'s main magazine, more. They've got their hands full with huge sexual assault reports lately. I can't believe he'll pass with all the expose, evidence and objections, we'll see.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jesuits-legal-institutions-back-away-from-kavanaugh-vote/ar-BBNGabI?li=BBnb7Kz

apnu

(8,758 posts)
13. So before the FBI finishes its investigation on Friday?
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 03:13 PM
Oct 2018

And before any Senator can read the FBI's results?

Why even have an investigation McConnell? Just call a floor vote right now and get it all over with.

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