Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told listeners at the annual Values Voter summit to “keep the faith” and “not get rattled” by “tactics” being used to keep Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh off the bench.
“You’ve watched the fight, you’ve watched the tactics. But here’s what I want to tell you: in the very near future, Judge Kavanaugh will be on the United States Supreme Court,” he said to a swell of applause. “So my friends, keep the faith and don’t get rattled by all of this. We’re gonna plow right through it and do our job.”
McConnell did not mention the upcoming hearing with Kavanaugh and professor Christine Blasey Ford where Republicans claim to want to hear both accounts of the alleged sexual assault. His comments do not seem to display any desire on his part to hear her out in a way that could disqualify Kavanaugh from contention.
McConnell also patted himself on the back for keeping Merrick Garland off of the bench, calling it one of the most important things he has done as majority leader.
Watch McConnell speak here.
McConnell - "We’re gonna plow right through it and do our job.”
Worth repeating - just like they did with Merrick Garland!
I hope leading Democrats are seeing and hearing this and feeling the outrage I feel. With McConnell, it’s about the exertion of raw power and not morality, ethics, or institutional traditions.
When Democrats take the Presidency and Senate, if they don’t add a couple more SCOTUS seats with progressive minded judges, I’ll be more than a little unhappy.
Meanwhile
Garners this response:
It’s imploding fast. Your den of DC GOP operatives are writhing around - trying to scurry into dark corners. But its not working the way that it usually does, Mitch.
Well we were warned about what the gop would do if they got in power and people either ignored it or just didn’t believe it would happen. Now those same folks are acting all outraged and shocked that the gop is doing what they were told they would do. And now those same folks are looking for someone to blame instead of looking in the mirror
Wow, he manages to say a lot of things with few words.