President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed his disappointment in how long it has taken to get Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to the Supreme Court, telling reporters he “would have preferred” that Republicans “pushed through” Kavanaugh two and a half weeks ago.
“The Senate, the Republicans could not be nicer in the way they’re handling this,” he said during a pool spray at the United Nations. “They could have pushed it through two and a half weeks ago and you would not be talking about it now, which is frankly what I would have preferred, but they didn’t do that.”
“I think I might have pushed it forward a lot faster,” he continued, adding that he’s “okay” with how “respectful” Republicans have been of “the woman,” referencing Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
Trump: I would've "preferred" if Republicans "pushed through" Kavanaugh two weeks ago. pic.twitter.com/kkMCNeMxNY
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Of course he said this. Because Trump.
I’d prefer you were a crash dummy. The heart want what it wants.
The kind that tests no-seatbelt configurations. Hello windshield!
We don’t actually know he wasn’t that kind of crash-test dummy. I think there are arguments both ways.
Maybe this goes without saying but I’d prefer we had a president who wasn’t such a goddamn twit that he feels comfortable blathering out something that bleedin’ obvious without thinking how laughable it is because he’s been surrounded by flunkies and underlings for decades and never had anything like a peer group or real friends.
There is no reason to waste taxpayer money and important GOP senatorial time with committee hearings and interviews. Getting advise from the Federalist Society as the basis for their consent satisfies their constitutional duty. If McConnell and Grassley were efficient they would have gone straight from the Federalist Society recommendation to a floor vote.