McConnell calls opposition to Kavanaugh a 'great political gift' to Republicans

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post




By Seung Min Kim October 6 at 1:16 PM

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he never considered urging the White House to withdraw Brett M. Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court and called opposition to the judge a “great political gift” for Senate Republicans in next month’s midterm elections.

In an interview with The Washington Post ahead of Kavanaugh’s near-certain confirmation on Saturday afternoon, the Kentucky Republican again underscored his confidence in Kavanaugh’s innocence while decrying the “mob” of protesters who had descended on GOP senators. McConnell also said he didn’t know he had the votes until senators were actually on the floor and voting.

“I never thought Judge Kavanaugh would withdraw,” McConnell said during the interview with The Post. “When your integrity is attacked like his was, a withdrawal was certainly no solution to that, so we were in the fight to the finish.”

McConnell, overseeing a razor-thin 51-49 GOP majority, said he became confident he had the votes only when the roll call happened Friday morning, when the Senate narrowly moved to advance Kavanaugh’s nomination. He announced last week that the Senate would vote on Friday following a brief FBI investigation — a probe demanded by a trio of influential Republican senators who had yet to decide how they would vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination.


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[CousinIT]

1. It is ALSO great gift to DEMOCRATS if they get their angry asses out and VOTE

You MAD?

VOTE!

And talk to your friends, kids and neighbors and be sure THEY do, too.

[saidsimplesimon]

3. Turtle is blowing smoke. Let's make him eat these words.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. That's the attitude. Leave him in the dust. Why would Rs vote now? They got their stolen seats. .nt

[Iliyah]

2. Hmmmmmmm, I don't think so.

I know McTurtle and crew are again doing their best in stealing, cheating, rigging and suppressing the votes repeat like in 2016, but it ain't going to work. Your days are numbered.

[efhmc]

28. "stealing, cheating, rigging and suppressing the votes" This is such a

perfect summation of what these horrible people have done to the voting rights of Americans.

[DeminPennswoods]

4. Mad as he11 and not going to take it anymore

is what he's made Democrats and many Independents.

[SunSeeker]

5. More gaslighting from Traitor Turtle. Wrong, women are pissed!

And this has lit a fire under us to get out the vote in November!

[Politicub]

6. He has no idea about the gift that's coming the GOPs way

In November.

Women aren’t stupid. They know the men in the GOP use women as meat shields. Having the woman prosecutor grill Dr. Ford on their behalf hid nothing. Susan Collins was selected to deliver their talking points because the men of the GOP know they are loathed.

But the thing is, they are fooling no one but themselves. The GOP is a party of craven, sleazy cowards. Kavanaugh only bolsters what the majority of Americans already know.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

11. Susan Collins seemed to be shaking a lot when she was giving her speech yesterday...

... and looked like she had some acid reflux. I could be wrong, but...

[KatyMan]

16. I wouldn't assume she has any morals

or conscience. None of this kept her up last night.

[turbinetree]

7. Hey, McConnell your fucking sexual predator asshole lost the election by 2.5 + million votes

and your sexual predator lying drunk perjurer does not have over numbers ...................asshole

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-final-look-at-where-voters-stand-on-kavanaugh-before-the-senate-votes/

Hey McConnell did you know that the lead singer in the Band Devos, was a student at Kent State


https://www.flipitblue.net/

[olegramps]

13. This was the result of compromise to get the support for the constitution.

It should be rectified and replaced by majority vote. Another compromise was states rights. Their should be one law of the land for federal issues. Local governments rights should be restricted to local issues. This latter issue will come into increasing play with Kavanaugh on the bench. Many don't believe that the Supreme Court will reverse Roe vs. Wade but with the majority will declare state restrictions constitutional. That is the problem with states rights being able to ignore federal law it creates a ridiculous situation. An example is liquor laws which allow states, cities and counties to ignore the repeal of prohibition. The problem is that most of the objections and exceptions are based on religious convictions and it is the a case of people is control imposing their religious dogmas on the entirety of those in their jurisdiction. It is ironic in that the very people who are opposed to government control are the worst abusers of what they oppose. What can be more fundamental than a women's control of her own body.

[bitterross]

8. Does he mean they'll use protecting him as a campaign tactic?

My first thought was he is full of shit because the independents and Dems are so furious. Then I thought - How can they turn this to their advantage?

My answer was they have to make it about protecting him and Trump from impeachment from the evil Democrats.

That might be what they are thinking of doing in these last days until the election.

[pangaia]

10. Of course they are.

Brownshirts in action....

If only they wore their hoods on the floor of the senate.

[BlueStater]

9. I wish it was possible for humans to die more than once.

[Harker]

22. You might consider Buddhism.

Of course the interval between human rebirths and 'redeaths' can be quite lengthy.

[woundedkarma]

12. I didn't know it was the three republicans who called for the FBI investigation that got it rolling.

Looking back on this it's clear it was planned.

McConnell figured they could have a pretend FBI investigation. I would guess they even chose exactly which agents would do the investigation. Then had the three of them come out and call for it. Trump went along with the plan.

A fake investigation, a week later, those three can pretend they did some serious deliberation and after much thought came to the conclusion that kavanaugh was a good man.

And the senator who had the most to lose, she could vote no (murkowski) which would get her all kinds of brownie points and keep her in her seat.

[Rizen]

14. McConnell thinks the Kavanaugh thing will HELP Republicans?!

He's an idiot in addition to being human garbage. This has been a hot mess. Even if K gets in, it's damaged the R party significantly.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

15. Fuck him, Collins and the whole lot of them. I'm sick and tired of the bullshit.

Time to play on their level...meaning dirty. Playing nice gets us nowhere.

Sorry (not sorry).

[BigmanPigman]

17. And I CALL McConnell every insult in the book,

and in multiple languages. That is after I mute him of course. I think my blood pressure has improved and a few wrinkles have diminished after I started this practice. It is almost as beneficial as a mini spa trip...very refreshing and cheaper too!

[forgotmylogin]

18. FUCK YOU TURTLE.

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU.
The demons in Hell are going to put their hand over your mouth and turn up the music as they tear off your one-piece.

[Baitball Blogger]

19. He wouldn't spend any time talking about it, if he really believed it.

[StevieM]

20. Sadly he may be right. By doing the right thing the Democrats opened themselves up to swift boating.

The GOP has rallied their base by lying, just as they always do. And they have persuaded many independents of a non-existent conspiracy, just like they always do.

I realize that this isn't what many people want to hear. But it may will turn out to be reality.

I hope it doesn't. But in the past the GOP has repeatedly been rewarded for doing the wrong thing and smearing Democrats. Remember the so-called Wellstone funeral rally?

[efhmc]

29. I do remember that rally and unhappily I think you are right.

nt

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. Just wait til Nov 6 motherfucker

OUR VOTE IS OUR VOICE AND WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED!

[ronatchig]

24. Talk about whistling last the graveyard

[pazzyanne]

25. Buckle up, Mitch.

My guess is that there are a lot more "gifts" on their way.

[shanny]

26. Heh.

tick tock motherf@cker

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Yeah? We'll see about that...