In a clever troll move, or perhaps just a complete absence of shame, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), in his questions for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, invoked D.C. Circuit Court Chief Judge Merrick Garland, and the number of times he and Kavanaugh, also a judge on the D.C. appeals court, have voted together.
“You voted together 93% of the time,” Cruz said, while rattling off other data points about opinions Kavanaugh has written that Garland has joined and vise versa.
Kavanaugh took used the opportunity to further praise Garland.
Garland, of course, was President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court who was blocked by Senate Republicans from receiving even a confirmation hearing. Cruz, at the time, also suggested that Republicans would continue to block a confirmation for that vacancy if a Democrat won the White House.
Justice Neil Gorsuch ultimately took the Supreme Court vacancy for which Garland was nominated.
Lickspittle Carnival Cruz isn’t fit to mention Merrick Garland, anywhere, anyhow, anytime.
Lick-spittle. (kro͞oz) A slimy grovelling and devious person who will do anything to get ahead in their life and career including accepting an order from the boss to lick a big green greasy lump of spit in the hope of promotion or a pat on the head.
Another example of rubbing salt in the wound.
So, the obvious question for Senator Cruz is why was Judge Garland unacceptable?!?
And one wonders on what they “disagreed”???
Judge Kavanagh – The 7% solution
The kind of softball that Republicans will lob all week. You might think that even the president’s party would want to know what the nominee is like, but that would be so 1980s. Or 1960s.
And Cruz’s question was further proof that the Duke of Wellington was right when he said there are three types of lies: Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
I’ll take “Absence Of Shame” for $1000, Alex.