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madamesilverspurs

(15,822 posts)
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 08:13 PM Sep 2018

GOP contempt for democracy on full display at Kavanaugh hearing

..."There is one final reason Democrats have every right to be outraged that Republicans are trying to sail Kavanaugh’s nomination through with the smallest amount of scrutiny possible. The only reason he will be able to move the court so dramatically to the right if he is confirmed is that Senate Republicans stole a Supreme Court seat, refusing to allow Judge Merrick Garland even to get a hearing, let alone a vote, when he was nominated by President Barack Obama to fill a vacancy in 2016.

So spare us their huffing and puffing about Democratic obstruction. Democrats could glue the doors to the Judiciary Committee’s hearing room shut and it would not be a fraction as offensive to democracy or the Constitution as that despicable act, which was supported by not just every Republican senator but by the entire Republican Party. If we lengthen Kavanaugh’s confirmation process by a day or a week so we can discuss the implications of his nomination in more detail, it will be well worth the trouble."

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/09/04/gop-contempt-for-democracy-on-full-display-at-kavanaugh-hearing/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=fb-denverpostopinion&utm_campaign=socialflow


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GOP contempt for democracy on full display at Kavanaugh hearing (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Sep 2018 OP
Excellent! K&R nt scarletwoman Sep 2018 #1
I hope the Dems really fuck with them tomorrow. Especially when they start Maraya1969 Sep 2018 #2

Maraya1969

(22,541 posts)
2. I hope the Dems really fuck with them tomorrow. Especially when they start
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 08:36 PM
Sep 2018

asking Kavanaugh questions I want to watch that little red faced liar squirm. I want them to catch him lying. I want him to sweat.

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