Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Senate Republicans to suspend Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation proceedings following more allegations against Kavanaugh made by Julie Swetnick Wednesday.
Read Schumer’s statement below:
“Republicans need to immediately suspend the proceedings related to Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination, and the president must order the FBI to reopen the background check investigation. There are now multiple, corroborated allegations against Judge Kavanaugh, made under the penalty of perjury, all of which deserve a thorough investigation.
“I strongly believe Judge Kavanaugh should withdraw from consideration. If he will not, at the very least, the hearing and vote should be postponed while the FBI investigates all of these allegations. If our Republican colleagues proceed without an investigation, it would be a travesty for the honor of the Supreme Court and our country.”
Stay on it, Chuck. And get everybody else on board.
Now repeat it 40 times on every news outlet you can find. FBI investigation.
At the very least, Schumer has now made it possible for all 49 Dems to stick together on a “no” vote.
I hope this is “hardball” enough for folks who have been wanting the Dems to play hardball…
To which Orrin Hatch replied- “When the fuck has honor ever applied to getting our guys on the Supreme Court?”