Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a key swing vote Republicans need to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, indicated to CNN after leaving a briefing on the FBI report that was turned over to the Senate overnight that she thought the report was “thorough.”
“It appears to be a very thorough investigation,” she told CNN, but she did not say how she planned to vote on the confirmation of Kavanaugh, which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to happen by the end of the week.
Collins also told CNN that she had not yet read the full report, but planned to later Thursday.
Collins’ comments on Thursday morning hold a considerable amount of weight, given her status as one of a select group of Republicans and at-risk Democrats who have been waffling on how they’ll vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
“One of the most investigated we’ve seen, from the standpoint of investigating.”
Here we go and she hasn’t even read the report!
Her two hands are sore from wringing, so now she will be using both sides of her mouth for talking.
Sadly, I’d have to agree that the fix is in.
I don’t think voting for Kavanaugh helps any red state Dem as much as they think it does, but in Manchin’s case, if the GOP already has 50, he might not take the risk of finding out.
That’s all it ever was
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