Posted on 09/24/2018 12:56:15 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Monday that the Senate will hold an up-or-down vote on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, amid a committee investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against the nominee.
"I want to make it perfectly clear ... Judge Kavanaugh will be voted on here on the Senate floor. Up or down on the Senate floor. This fine nominee to the Supreme Court will receive a vote in the Senate in the near future," McConnell said from the Senate floor on Monday.
He declined, after his floor speech, to say if Republicans would try to vote on Kavanaugh before Oct. 1—the previous timeline for when leadership wanted to get him confirmed.
McConnell's comments are the latest sign from top Republicans and the White House that they are not backing down from an all-out brawl as they try to confirm Kavanaugh to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy.
He added that Democrats are trying to "smear" Kavanaugh, arguing that their tactics are "despicable."
The floor speech was McConnell's first comments on Kavanaugh since The New Yorker reported that Senate Democrats are investigating a second sexual misconduct allegation dating back to Kavanaugh’s freshman year at Yale.
Deborah Ramirez says Kavanaugh exposed himself in front of her during a gathering at Yale. She told The New Yorker that Kavanaugh thrust his penis in her face, causing her to touch it without her consent.
Kavanaugh was already facing a sexual assault allegation from Christine Blasey Ford, who says that at a party in the early 1980s Kavanaugh pinned her down to a bed and tried to remove her clothing.
Kavanaugh and Ford are both scheduled to testify before the Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Kavanaugh has denied wrongdoing.
McConnell indicated on Monday that he wants the Thursday hearing to go on as scheduled, saying senators should "have a fair hearing on Thursday."
Hold that line, Mitch!
We are witnessing Diane Feinstein’s sexual assault of a federal judge on live TV.
Good. He’s threatening to take it away from Grassley and put this straight on the floor.
Even if Kavanaugh is voted down we’ll know who the quislings are. Frankly I think a lot will not like the game of chicken and vote yea.
Yep. Give Kavanaugh a up or down vote.
Enough of this nonsense.
Take a page from Colin Pimpleneck. Just do it turtle face.
Can McConnell put this to vote to the full Senate, even if the Committee does not have 11 ‘yes’ votes? Can he do so, regardless of whether Flake goes ‘present’ or ‘no’?
Kavanaugh has become a symbol of the “War on White men”. That Hawaiian piece of garbage made it clear yesterday. If you’re white, male, and conservative, you are Under Suspicion of being a sexual abuser. Only white liberal men can atone for the original sin of their White maleness.
Kavanaugh looks like the kind of son that every mother would love to raise and be proud of. I hope all the soccer moms are able to figure this out when it comes time to vote in the midterms.
Kavanaugh has become a symbol of the “War on White men”. That Hawaiian piece of garbage made it clear yesterday. If you’re white, male, and conservative, you are Under Suspicion of being a sexual abuser. Only white liberal men can atone for the original sin of their White maleness.
Kavanaugh looks like the kind of son that every mother would love to raise and be proud of. I hope all the soccer moms are able to figure this out when it comes time to vote in the midterms.
Yes, he can
When, after the dems steal enough seats in the senate ?
yes! If a boy scout like Kavanaugh can be slimed and destroyed this way, then no male is safe from this tactic. Also, wimpy never-Trumpers should take notice. The left really doesn't care about ethics or morality, they will slime anyone that gets in their way. That's why it's critical that we have a fighter on our side.
All LIB women...all women... who support this lunacy can go scre* themselves. I hope they enjoy their life and their cats.
Nothing on the Senate agenda was more important. Quick early action would have prevented the current quagmire. Mitch may be a lot of things, but "The Turtle" fits him perfectly. No one would confuse McConnnell with a fast moving "can do", go-getter who is on a roll. Without Metamucil, McConnell wouldn't move at all.
Is this before or after the circus leaves town....or before or after the little girls are KILLED by these VILE, EVIL, VICIOUS LIARS!
Oh yeah! Milquetoast McConnell in for the save. Ole Bitch, er I mean Mitch is here to save the day! Liberals everywhere are rejoicing! This walking talking rectum is exactly what is wrong with Republicans. His ass needs a permanent vacation. Ole No Guts or Balls Grassley needs to join McConnell in retirement. These two scrotums can write a book about how they have screwed us over after they retire and become even richer rectums. Ain’t America grand?
If there are a few Democrat no shows does it matter if we lose a fewGOP?
Crucial statement, Democrats won’t win in their efforts to keep the vote from the floor!
Many mothers are taking notice and grandmothers.
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