Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), who is facing a tough reelection battle this year and voted last year to confirm Justice Neil Gorsuch, announced his opposition to confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court on Friday.
“While I would gladly welcome the opportunity to work with President Trump on a new nominee for this critically important position, if Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination comes before the full Senate for a vote under these circumstances, I will oppose it,” he said in a statement, in which said the sexual misconduct allegations facing Kavanaugh were “disturbing and credible” and deserved investigation by the FBI.
Donnelly’s opposition puts the attention on Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Joe Manchin (D-WV). If all four of them also oppose Kavanaugh, his confirmation will likely fail on the Senate floor. If just one of them supports him, it will likely succeed.
Correction: This article originally incorrectly stated that Sen. Donnelly’s first name is John. We regret the error.
Is there hope on the full vote? Pretty please?
It’s all going to come down to Susan f-ing Collins.
I think this took some balls. I feel the need to contribute to him.
Please Dems hold together, if he is confirmed let it be one party only and by the slimiest numbers.
That’s one of the gang of four. Let’s hear from the other three.