McConnell: Sinking Kavanaugh Would Set ‘Un-American Precedent’

In a speech on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that sinking Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination would set an “un-American precedent.”

“Nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent in this country. Nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent in the United States of America. The Senate should not set a fundamentally un-American precedent here,” he said.

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  1. An “un-American precedent" - holding a rich white man accountable for his words and actions.

  2. And holding the Merrit Garland nomination hostage did not set an un-American precedent?

  3. Nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent in this country. Nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent in the United States of America.

    last time on ‘Cecil’

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